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The 


Manors  of  Suffolk 


Notes 


on 


Their  History  and  Devolution 


The  Hundreds  of  Samford,  Stow,  andThedwestry 

With  some  Illustrations  of  the  Old  Manor  Houses 


BY 


W.  A.  COPINGER,    M.A.,   LLD.,  F.S.A,  F.RS.A. 

Of  the  Middle  Temple,  Barrister-at-law,  Professor  and   Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Law  in  the 

Victoria  University  of  Manchester,  Sometime  President  of  the  Bibliographical  Society,  Author  of 

"County of  Suffolk  :  Its  History  a*  Disclosed  by  Existing  Records,"  &c. 


VOL.  6. 


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TAYLOR.    GARNETT,    EVANS.   &   CO.,    LTD. 
MANCHESTER 
1910 


SAMFORD  HUNDRED. 


SAXTON, 
1576. 


SPEED, 
1610. 


BOWEN, 
777. 


THE 


MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 


SAMFORD  HUNDRED. 

HIS  Hundred  is  in  the  Deanery  to  which  it  gives  its  name,  in 
the  Archdeaconry  of  Suffolk,  and  Diocese  of  Norwich.  It 
is  of  an  angular  figure,  and  its  western  side  is  about  nine 
and  each  of  its  other  sides  fourteen  miles  in  length.  It  is 
bounded  on  the  south  by  the  Stour,  which  separates  it  from 
Essex  ;  on  the  west  by  Babergh  and  Hartismere  Hundreds, 
on  the  north  by  Bosmere  and  Claydon  Hundred  and 
the  Borough  of  Ipswich,  and  on  the  east  by  the  Orwell.  It  is  generally 
of  a  rich  and  loamy  soil,  and  is  a  picturesque  district,  the  south-eastern 
portion  forming  a  fertile  peninsula  between  the  estuaries  of  the  Orwell 
and  Stour,  terminating  at  the  confluence  of  those  broad  arms  of  the  sea, 
opposite  Harwich. 

In  1465  the  fee  of  this  Hundred  was  in  Sir  Robert  Willoughby,  Knt., 
who  died  seised  thereof,  when  it  descended  to  Sir  Robert,  his  son  and  heir, 
whose  descendants  inherited  the  same  until  their  failure  in  male  issue, 
when  Catherine,  the  heir  general  of  that  house,  brought  it  to  the  Suffolk 
family  in  1528  by  her  marriage  with  Charles  Brandon,  Duke  of  Suffolk. 
She  re-married  Richard  Bertie,  and  by  him  had  a  son  named  Peregrine, 
who  in  his  mother's  right  was  summoned  to  Parliament  as  Lord  Willoughby 
of  Eresby,  and  was  father  of  Robert,  the  1st  Earl  of  Lindsey,  ancestor  of 
the  Duke  of  Ancaster.  The  fee  of  the  Hundred  is  now  in  the  Crown,  and 
the  government  in  the  Sheriff  and  his  officers. 

It  consists  of  48,549  acres,  in  28  parishes  and  77  manors,  as  follows  :— 


Parishes. 


Manors. 


Parishes. 


Manors. 


Belstead,  Gt. 


Belstead, 

Little 


Bentley     . . 


Gt.      Belstead      or 

Washbrooke. 
Amer  or  Hamer,  or 

Amor  Hall. 


Little  Belstead. 


Bentley  Hall. 

Old    Hall,    Bentley 

Church  House. 
Bentley  Fastolfs. 
.  Dodnash. 


Bergholt 

(East) 


Brantham  . 


Burstall 


Illarius  al.  NewHall. 

Old  Hall  or  Adehall. 

Spencer's. 

Commandry's      al. 
St.  John's. 

Brantham  Hall. 

Braham    Hall 
in    Cattiwade. 

Bridge  Place. 

Brokes    Hall. 

Harrold's      or 
Harrold's. 

Langston's,      Lang- 
ton's  or  Lingston's 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


Capel  St. 

Mary 


Chattisham.. 


Chelmon- 

diston. 


Copdock  

Erwarton    . , 
Freston    . . . 

Harkstead  . 


Boitwell      Hall     or 

Boyton  Hall  with 

Groats    or    Grots  R    don 
Deny  s     and     Het- 

house     lands     at. 

Beanies. 

Churchford  Hall.       Shelley 
Thorney. 
Castel's. 
Rembrow. 


Chattesham  or 
Chattisham  Hall. 

•  Chelmondiston. 

Copdock       with 

Barons. 
Copdock  Hall. 

Erwarton. 

I  Freston. 
Bonds  or  Bonds 
Hall. 


Harkstead. 
Bruckley  Bond. 
Brandeston     or 

Brampston. 
\  Netherhall. 


Shotley 


Sproughton 


Higham   


Hintlesham 


Holbrook     . . 
Holton 


Higham  Hall. 
Minoth       or 

Minetts. 
Raven's      Hall      or 

Reymes. 

Hintlesham. 
Priory  Manor  of  St. 

Peter's  or   Manor 

le  Lyesnes. 
Hintlesham     Priory 

called  Veyseys. 

Holbrook. 

Holton. 

Boy  ton's  in  Holton. 


Stratford 
St.  Mary 


Stutton 


Tattingstone 

Wenham 
Magna 


Wenham 
Parva 


Wherstead 


Woolverstone 


MMMH 


Raydon  or  Raydon 

Hall. 
Mark's 
Sulveyes  or  Sullies 

or    Martyns    and 

Sulveges 
Shelley  Hall. 
Shotley      Hall      or 

Kirkton. 
Overhall       with 

Netherhall. 
Thirkleton  or  Thor- 

kleton  al.  Stecke. 
Sproughton      called 

Lovedays. 
Dangevilles. 
Bordeshaw  or  Brad- 

shaw  or  Bosford 

Hall  al.  Boss  Hall. 
Necton'sor  Netton's. 
Northwood's. 
Stratford  Hall. 
Vesey's   or    Bonhall 

Payses. 
Overhall. 
Spanbies. 
Stutton  Hall. 
Creping  Hall. 
Argents. 
Crowe  Hall. 
Alton  Hall. 
I  Rectory  of  Stutton. 
Tattingstone. 
Wenham   Magna   or 

Brend  Wenham. 
Boyton  Hall. 

Wenham  Parva. 
Vaux,    Germans    or 

Jermyn's. 
Stodhaugh. 
Caltham. 

Wherstead  Hall. 
Pannington  Hall. 
Bo  wen  Hall. 
Thorington  Hall. 

I  Woolverston         o  r 
Woolverston  Hall. 


GREAT   BELSTEAD. 
BELSTEAD  (GREAT}  OR  WASHBROOKE. 


HERE  were  in  Saxon  times  five  manors  in  Belstead,  probably 
three  in  Great  and  two  in  Little  Belstead.  The  main 
manor  was  held  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  Aluric  de  Weinhou 
with  3  carucates  and  40  acres  of  land.  There  were  12 
villein  tenants  and  3  bordars,  5  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in 
demesne,  8  ploughteams  probably  belonging  to  the  men, 
6  acres  of  meadow,  and  wood  for  60  hogs.  A  church  with 

34  acres  of  free  land.     The  worth  was  £8,  and  Aluric  had  the  soc.     By  the 
time  of  the  Norman  Survey  the  value  had  decreased  to  £6,  and  there  had 
been  various  alterations  in  the  details.     There  was  then  i  serf  in  lieu  of  5, 
i  ploughteam  in  demesne  instead  of  2,  and  5  in  lieu  of  8  belonging  to  the 
men,  and    wood  for  20  hogs  only,  but  there  were    actually  27  hogs  and 

35  sheep.     This  manor  was  a  league  long  and  3  quarentenes  broad,  and 
paid  in  a  gelt  yd.     The  Domesday  tenant  in  chief  was  the  Countess  of 
Albemarle.1 

Another  manor  was  held  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  Godwin  Alsies 
Sone,  Queen  Edith's  thane,  with  2  carucates  of  land.  There  were  8 
villeins,  3  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  4  ploughteams  belonging 
to  the  men,  10  acres  of  meadow,  i  mill,  2  rouncies,  n  hogs,  and  100  sheep. 
Godwin  had  the  soc,  and  the  value  was  £4.  By  the  time  of  the 
Domesday  Survey  there  was  but  i  ploughteam  in  demesne,  i  rouncy,  30 
sheep,  and  the  mill  had  disappeared.  The  value  was  lobs.  The  extent 
of  the  manor  was  half  a  league  long  and  4  quarentenes  broad,  and  paid 
in  a  gelt  <\\d.  The  Domesday  tenant  in  chief  was  Robert  Malet.2 

A  small  manor  was  held  by  Aluric  under  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux.  It 
consisted  of  30  acres  only,  and  2  bordar  tenants  with  i  ploughteam,  and 
was  worth  55. 3  The  only  other  holding  mentioned  in  Belstead  in  Saxon 
times  was  that  of  Olf ,  a  freeman  under  commendation  to  Ansgar,  and  he 
had  the  estate  still  at  the  time  of  the  Survey.  It  consisted  of  80  acres,  a 
villein,  2  bordars,  a  ploughteam  (reduced  to  half  a  team  when  the  Survey 
was  taken),  and  2  acres  of  meadow.  Also  a  mill  which  had  disappeared, 
and  the  fourth  part  of  a  church,  the  value  being  IDS.  (reduced  to  75.  at 
the  time  of  the  Survey).  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt." 

AMER  OR  HAMER  OR  AMOR  HALL  MANOR. 

One  of  tne  manors  has  been  usually  known  as  Amer  or  Hamer  Hall 
Manor.  The  main  manor  formed  part  of  the  estate  of  Odo  de  Campania, 
Earl  of  Champaign,  in  France,  and  Earl  of  Albemarle  and  Holderness.  He 
was  nearly  related  to  the  Conqueror,  being  grandson  of  Maud,  daughter 
of  Richard,  Duke  of  Normandy,  the  wife  of  Odo,  Earl  of  Blois  and 
Chartres.  From  this  time  to  the  time  of  William  de  Fortibus,  7th  Earl 
of  Albermarle,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Clopton 
Hall,  in  Clopton,  in  Carlford  Hundred. 

The  manor  was  given  by  a  member  of  the  family  to  the  abbey  of 
Albemarle  or  Aumerle  or  Aumale,  in  Normandy.  On  the  Patent  Rolls  in 
1353  is  a  pardon  to  John  de  Ufford  for  acquiring  in  fee  without  licence  the 
manor  from  the  Abbot  of  Albemarle  and  his  convent.5  At  the 

'Dom.  ii.  4306.  *Dom.  ii.  4116. 

'Dom.  ii.  306.  5Pat.  Rolls,  27  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  8. 

3  Dom.  ii.  378. 


4  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

dissolution  of  the  alien  priories  it  was,  together  with  the  impropriation  of 
the  church  of  the  hamlet  of  Felchurch  (or  Velechurch),  granted  to  the 
nunnery  of  Dartford,  in  Kent.  In  1371  it  was  released  by  the  prioress 
of  Dartford  to  the  King,  who  restored  it  to  the  convent  in  1375,  and  the 
house  retained  the  same  until  the  Dissolution,  when  it  passed  to  the  Crown, 
and  was  in  1538  granted  to  Sir  Percival  Hart,  and  on  his  death  in  1581 
passed  to  George  Hart.  In  1650  the  manor  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  Beding- 
neld,  and  in  1658  belonged  to  Sir  Henry  Bedingfield,  of  Darsham,  Knt. 
It  subsequently  passed  to  De  Grey,  of  Merton,  in  Norfolk,  and  Thomas  de 
Grey  held  the  manor  in  1764,  and  died  seised  of  it  in  1766.  From  this 
time  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Copdock.inthis 
Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  the  trustees  of  the  late  John  Hales  Tooke, 
of  Holt,  co.  Norfolk,  who  died  in  1899. 


m 


AMOR  HALL. 


LITTLE    BELSTEAD.  5 

BELSTEAD    (LITTLE). 

|NE  of  the  manors  of  Little  Belstead  was  held  by  Tocha,  a 
freeman,  holding  by  commendation  only,  and  consisted 
of  80  acres.  There  were  2  villeins,  i  ploughteam,  2  acres 
of  meadow,  and  i  mill  worth  i6s.  By  the  time  of  the  Domesday 
Survey  the  2  villeins  had  become  2  bordar  tenants,  the 
value  had  decreased  is.,  and  it  was  held  by  Fermeus  under 
Aubrey  de  Vere.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt. 
Another  manor  of  80  acres  was  held  by  Turgisus,a  freeman,  by  com- 
mendation only.  There  were  2  villeins  and  i  bordar  tenant,  i  ploughteam 
which  lately  had  disappeared,  2  acres  of  meadow  worth  i6s.,  but  later  is.  less. 
The  soc  of  this  manor  also  was  in  Bergholt.  These  last  two  manors  were 
5  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  6%d.  They  were  taken 
by  judgment  from  Ralph  Taillebosc  and  Phin  into  the  King's  hand,  and 
later  Aubrey  de  Vere  received  them  without  livery  of  seisin.1 

Another  manor  was  held  by  Turi  with  80  acres.  There  were  3  villein 
tenants  and  two  bordars,  i  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the 
men,  2  acres  of  meadow,  and  the  fourth  part  of  a  church,  and  the  worth 
was  235.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.  The  Domesday  tenant  in  chief  was 
Robert  de  Stratfort.' 

LITTLE  BELSTEAD  MANOR. 

Robert  Malet  gave  to  his  good  knight,  Hugh  de  Goldingham,  and  to 
his  heirs  all  his  lands  in  the  town  of  Belstead,  lying  between  the  fee  of  the 
King  and  the  lands  of  the  Earl  of  Albemarle,  which  lands  were  held  of  the 
Honor  of  Eye. 

Little  Belstead  Manor  (probably  by  coalescence  of  the  two  Domesday 
manors  of  Little  Belstead)  was  vested  in  the  time  of  John  and  Hen.  III. 
in  William  de  Goldingham,  and  in  1251  in  Alan  de  Goldingham,  for  this 
year  he  with  Alice  his  wife  were  plaintiffs  in  a  fine  against  Thomas  de 
Kerdison  as  to  the  manor.3  The  Goldinghams  originally  came  from 
Norfolk.  In  1206  William  de  Weston  released  the  lordship  of  Thorp  Parva, 
in  Norfolk,  to  Alan  Pictairensis,  afterwards  called  Alan  de  Goldingham, 
and  in  1256  Daniel  de  Beccles  held  it  of  the  said  Alan  by  the  service  of 
one  knight's  fee. 

A  lordship  in  Kethill  in  the  same  county,  called  Goldingham's  Manor, 
was. granted  by  Hugh  Bigot  to  Alan  de  Goldingham,  with  view  of  frank- 
pledge  and  assize  of  bread  and  ale  of  all  the  tenants,  and  in  1285  another 
Alan  de  Goldingham  brought  an  action  against  Edmund  de  Wimundhale 
and  Maud  his  wife  (Alan's  mother,  it  is  supposed)  for  waste  committed  in 
that  part  of  this  manor  which  the  said  Maud  held  in  dower  of  his  inheritance. 
In  1315  John  de  Goldingham,  son  of  Sir  Alan,  owned  it,  and  held  part  of 
it  of  the  Honor  of  Eye  and  the  other  part  of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk.  This 
John  de  Goldingham  was  in  holy  orders,  and  in  1331  we  find  an  order 
authorising  him  to  retain  the  manor  on  granting  other  lands.4 

In  1377  Sir  John  de  Goldingham  and  Margaret  his  wife  levied  a  fine  of 
the  manor  and  the  advowson  of  the  church  in  which  John  Rokwod  and 
Thomas  Hughe  were  respondents.5  Ultimately  the  manor  vested  in 
John  Goldingham,  who  died  in  1518.  This  John  Goldingham  was  buried 
with  Jane,  his  ist  wife,  daughter  of  -  -  Lowthe,  and  with  Thomasine, 

'Dom.  ii.  4186.  "I.Q.D.,  5  Edw.  III.  File  216,4. 

*Dom.  ii.  4456.  5Feet  of  Fines,  i.  Rich.  II.  2. 

3  Feet  of  Fines,  25  Edw.  I.  15. 


6  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

daughter  and  coheir  of  Robert  Listen, of  Badingham,  John's  2nd  wife,  in  that 
parish  church.  On  his  monument  he  is  shown  in  globular  cuirass  and  other 
armour  of  that  date,  ban-headed,  with  hair  reaching  nearly  to  the  shoulder, 
and  centrally  parted,  his  face  shaven,  and  hands  joined  in  prayer.  On  a 
shield  over  hU  lu  ad  arc  his  arms.  The  effigies  of  his  two  wives,  Jane  and 
Thomasine,  appear  on  either  side,  bunchy  figures  in  kennel  headdresses, 
and  gowns  looped  up  by  fastenings  over  the  hips,  showing  an  underskirt. 
Each  lady  cat  m >  at  her  girdle  a  long  rosary  and  two  pendants.  The  ist 
wife  wears  a  paitlet,  and  over  her  head  is  the  shield  of  Goldingham  impaling 
Lovth,  while  over  tin  _»nd  wife  is  Goldingham  impaling  Liston  and  Carbonel 
quartered.  Two  inscription  plates  have  been  lost,  and  the  2nd  wife's  figure  is 
broken  across.  The  brass  lies  on  the  north  side  of  the  nave  before  the  screen. 

\\ . i-ver  mentions  the  following  interments  in  this  church  :  "  Margaret, 
late  wife  of  John  Goldyngham,  Knt.,  died  in  an.  1413  "  ;  "  John  Goldingham, 
Esquire,  son  to  John,  dyed  in  an.  1420  "  ;  "  Elizabeth,  late  wife  of  John 
Goldingham,  Esquire,  died  in  anno  1429." 

John  Goldyngham,  who  died  in  1518,  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  John 
Goldingham,  who  married  Elizabeth  Spelman,  of  Norfolk. 

Blomefield  gives  the  following  inscription  from  a  brass  plate  in  Nar- 
burgh  church,  Norfolk  :  "  Hereunder  lyeth  buried  Elizabeth  Goldyngham 
who  departed  this  present  world  the  4  Day  of  February,  1556,  whose 
Sowle  God  pardon." 

On  the  death  of  this  last  John  Goldingham  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Christopher'  Goldingham,  and  a  fine  was  levied  against  him 
by  Elizabeth  Goldingham,  wid.  in  1544. *  Christopher  married  ist  Alice 
Fernham,  and  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Rous,  of  Dennington, 
Knt.,  and  on  his  death  in  Sept.  1559,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Thomas  Goldingham,  and  a  fine  was  levied  against  him  by  Anne  Goldingham 
in  1563. J  Thomas  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Henry  Chetting,  of 
Wortham,  and  on  his  death  the  manor  devolved  on  his  son  and  heir, 
Christopher  Goldingham,  who  resided  at  Goldingham  Hall,  in  Essex,  and 
married  Elizabeth  Alleyn,  of  Hatfield  Peverell,  co.  Essex,  and  on  his  death 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Edward  Goldingham. 

In  1566  Henry  Reynolds  (but  how  he  became  entitled  does  not  appear) 
sold  to  William  Plumbe,4  and  he  to  Thomas  Blosse,  a  clothier,  of  Ipswich. 
He  married  Joanna,  daughter  of  Robert  Canham,  of  Swaffh,am,  in  Norfolk, 
and  died  in  1580,'  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas 
Blosse.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  --  Bowde,  and  widow  of  --  Barker, 
and  died  nth  Sept.  1632,  without  issue,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
rii-phew,  Thomas  Blosse,  son  of  Tobias  Blosse  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Sicklemore,  of  Ipswich,  which  Tobias  had  died  6th  Jan.  1630.° 
Thomas  Blosse  married  twice— ist  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  William 
Cage,  of  Ipswich,  and  2ndly  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Darcy, 
of  Dartford,  in  Kent,  Knt.7  In  the  church  of  Belstead  is  a  large  marble 

'Morant  says  Christopher    succeeded  his         6 He  was  married  at  St.  Lawrence,  Ipswich, 

grandfather.    Essex  ii.  311.  2oth   Sept.   1591,   and  his  will    is 

Fine.  Trin.  36  Hen.  VIII.  dated     I3th      July,      1630,     and 

proved  nth  Feb.  1631. 

Fine,  Hil.  20  Eliz.  7  Martin  adds  from  her  monument  "  whose 

»He  was  buried  at  St.  Laurence  Church,  father  was  servant  unto  ye  Hopefull 

Ipswich,    20th    Dec.    1580.      Add  Prince  Henry,  whose  Grandfather 

MSS.    19119;  Harl.   156   F.   282;  was    Sir    Edward    Darcy,     Knt., 

1169  F.  100.  servant  to  Queen  Elizabeth."    Eliza- 

beth Blosse  died  8th  Dec.  1653. 


LITTLE   BELSTEAD.  7 

slab  in  the  floor  incised  with  arms  of  Blosse  and  Darcy  impaled,  with  Cage 
in  pretence,  per  pale  Gu.  and  Az.  a  saltire  Or,  and  an  inscription  referring 
to  Thomas  Blosse  and  his  ist  wife,  by  whom  he  had  five  children.  There  is 
also  a  marble  monument  on  the  east  wall,  surmounted  by  an  emblazoned 
shield,  Blosse,  impaling  Darcy,  Az.  three  cinquefoils  betw.  nine  crosslets 
(3,  3  and  3)  Arg.  and  on  a  scutcheon  of  pretence  Cage  arms.  It  is  to  the  and 
wife  Elizabeth,  who  died  8th  Dec.  1653,  leaving  two  sons  and  three 
daughters.  After  the  above  particulars  the  words  :— 

"  In  this  same  grave  my  body  lies  at  rest 
Till  Christ  my  King  shall 

raise  it  to  be  blest, 
For  at  His  Coming  I  am  sure  to  see 
This  Righteous  Judge 
my  Saviour 
for  to  be." 

Beneath  are  small  kneeling  figures  of  Blosse  and  his  wife  and  children 
carved  in  relief.  The  boys  are  in  loose  breeches,  buttoned  doublets,  and 
cloaks  with  deep  falling  bands  or  collars ;  the  girls  in  plainly-made  gowns, 
over  which  the  youngest  wears  a  broad  kerchief. 

Thomas  Blosse  died  5th  March,  1662,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
and  heir,  Thomas  Blosse,  who  died  in  1695,  when  the  manor  devolved  on 
his  grandson,  Thomas  Blosse.  He  married  ist  Cecilia,  daughter  of  Edmund 
Tyrell,  of  Gipping,  by  whom  he  had  one  son  and  one  daughter,  Tobias  and 
Cecilia.  He  married  2ndly  Elizabeth,-  daughter  of  Laurence  Rous,  of 
Badingham,  by  whom  h'e  left  one  daughter  only,  Elizabeth.  He  died  23rd 
May,  1722,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Tobias  Blosse.  He 
died  ist  Nov.  1737,  aged  40,  without  issue,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his 
sister  and  heir,  Cecilia  Blosse,  who  sold  the  same  to  Robert  Harland. 
He  was  a  distinguished  naval  officer,  acquiring  considerable  reputation  on 
various  occasions  in  the  wars  of  1740  and  1755.  He  obtained  the  rank  of 
Admiral  28th  Oct.  1770,  and  was  created  a  baronet  igth  March,  1771.  He 
sailed  for  the  East  Indies  as  commander-in-chief  of  the  fleet  and  plenipo- 
tentiary to  the  Nabob  of  Arcot,  returning  to  England  in  1775.  In  1778  he 
was  appointed  second  in  command  of  the  fleet  under  Admiral  Keppel, 
and  in  1782  made  one  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty.  Ill- 
health  forced  him  to  retire  from  the  service  in  1783,  and  he  settled  on  his 
estate  at  Sproughton,  to  which  he  considerably  added  and  improved,  by 
purchasing  the  Belstead  estate  and  also  the  estate  and  manors  inWherstead, 
belonging  to  Thomas  Wenham  Cooke. 

Sir  Robert  married  ist  I5th  May,  1736,  a  Miss  Marlow,  of  Ipswich 
(who  brought  him  a  fortune  of  £20,000,  and  by  whom  he  had  no  issue), 
and  2ndly  in  1749,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Col.  Rowland  Reynolds,  of 
London,  and  granddaughter  and  heir  of  Col.  John  Buncombe,  with 
whom  he  had  a  fortune  of  £40,000,  and  by  whom  he  had  issue,  i,  Frances  — 
married  to  Count  Edward  Dillon ;  2,  Marianne  Dorothy,  married  to  Major- 
Gen,  the  Hon.  William  Dalrymple,  only  brother  of  the  6th  Earl  of 
Stair;  3,  Susanna  Edith,  married  to  Sir  William  Rowley,  of  Tendring  Hall; 
4,  Robert.  Sir  Robert  Harland  died  2ist  Feb.  1784,  aged  69,  and  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son,  Sir  Robert  Harland,  2nd  Bart.,  a  cornet  in  the  Royal 
Regiment  of  Dragoons,  who  sold  out  on  the  death  of  his  father.  He  served 
in  the  West  Suffolk  Militia,  and  obtained  his  Lieut  .-Colonelcy.  Between 
the  years  1790  and  1794  he  pulled  down  his  residence  at  Sproughton,  which 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


had  been  purchased  by  his  grandfather,  a°d  built  a  handsome  house  on  his 
Whersteaa  estate  which  his  father  had  purchased.  In  May,  1801,  he 
married  Arethusa,  daughter  of  Henry  Vernon  (elder  brother  of  Earl  Ship- 
brooke),  of  Great  Thurlow,  sister  of  John  Vernon,  of  Orwell  Park,  and  died 
in  1848. 

Upon  Sir  Robert  Harland's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow,  who 
was  lady  of  the  manor  in  1855.  The  manor  subsequently  passed  to  Captain 
George  Astley  Charles  Dashwood,  cousin  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Vernon,  D.D. 
Mr  Dashwood  married  the  Hon.  Harriet  Anne,  daughter  of  William,  ist 
Lord  Bateman,  and  on  his  death  in  1863  the  manor  passed  under  his  will 
to*  his  trustees,  who  were  lords  in  1885,  and  the  lordship  is  now  vested  in 
the  testator's  eldest  son,  Charles  Edmund  Dashwood,  of  Wherstead  Park. 

Arms  of  GOLDINGHAM  :  Arg.  a  bend  varry  Gu.  Of  BLOSSE  :  Gu. 
three  dragons  passant,  in  pale  Ermine  (granted  by  William  Segar  (Coll. 
Arms,  E.D.N.  57  fol.  35).  Of  HARLAND  :  Or,  on  a  bend  wavy  betw.  two 
sea  lions  Sable,  three  bucks'  heads  cabossed  Arg. 


BENTLEY.  9 

BENT  LEY. 

N  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor  Earl  Guert  held,  and 
afterwards  Earl  Ralph  the  Staller  joined  to  it  a  manor  in 
King  William's  time  as  a  hamlet  with  2  carucates  of  land. 
There  were  18  villeins,  3  bordars,  4  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in 
demesne,  8  belonging  to  the  men,  8  ploughteams  which  might 
taking  demesne  and  villeins  together  be  replaced,  8  acres  of 
meadow,  wood  for  12  hogs,  8  beasts,  7  hogs,  42  sheep,  and 
half  a  park,  and  the  whole  was  worth  but  6d.  By  the  time  of  the  Domesday 
Survey  the  value  does  not  seem  to  have  been  altered,  but  there  were  5 
villeins  less,  and  apparently  no  serfs,  and  the  ploughteams  in  demesne 
were  reduced  by  half.  This  manor  was  then  held  by  the  King,  and  Aluric 
Wanz  had  the  charge.1 

Another  manor  in  Bentley  was  held  in  the  Confessor's  day  by  Edmund, 
a  freeman,  of  Robert  Wimareson,  with  40  acres,  and  it  was  worth  IDS.  The 
Fair  Edith  had  the  soc,  and  it  was  held  in  the  time  of  the  great  Survey  by 
Furic  of  Earl  Alan  as  tenant  in  chief.1 

A  third  manor  in  Bentley  was  held  in  Edward  the  Confessor's  time  by 
Tostin  with  40  acres,  I  bordar,  and  half  a  ploughteam,  worth  55.  4^.  By  the 
time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  the  property  had  improved ;  there  were  2 
bordars,  a  whole  ploughteam,  and  the  worth  was  then  6s.  This  manor  was 
held  by  Aluric  the  priest  of  Earl  Alan.3 

In  all,  Bentley  was  a  league  long  and  3  quarentenes  broad,  and  paid  in 
a  gelt  $d. 

These  manors  were  later  represented  by  the  Manor  of  Bentley  Hall, 
Old  Hall,  Bentley  Church  House,  Bentley  Fastolfs,  al.  Langstones  Manor, 
and  the  Manor  of  Dodnash  and  Charles. 

BENTLEY  HALL  MANOR. 

This  was  the  holding  of  Alan,  Earl  of  Brittany,  at  the  time  of  the 
Domesday  Survey,  and  in  the  time  of  King  John  was  held  by  Hugh  Talmache 
by  serjeanty.4  In  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  the  lordship  was  held  by  William 
Talmache,  being  then  stated  to  be  held  by  the  service  of  a  fourth  part  of  a 
knight's  fee.  The  family  is  said  to  have  held  lands  in  the  parish  of  Bentley 
in  Saxon  times,  but  the  early  history  of  this  family  is  not  to  be  relied  on. 
It  is  purely  fictitious,  and  has  been  severely  criticised  by  the  late  Professor 
Freeman  in  an  article  on  "  Pedigrees  and  Pedigree  Makers,"  in  the  "Con- 
temporary Review  "  for  June,  1877. 5  The  first "  real  man  "  in  the  pedigree, 
according  to  Mr.  Freeman,  is  one  Hugo  Talmashe,  who  lived  in  or  about 
the  time  of  Hen.  I.,  and  this  view  is  amply  supported  by- the  Public  Records. 

William  Talmashe  was  succeeded  by  Hugh,  who  had  a  grant  in  Bentley 
in  1236.  He  claimed  to  have  warren,  view  of  frankpledge,  and  assize  of 
bread  and  beer  in  Bentley.6  There  is  a  fine  as  to  a  third  of  the  manor  by 
Margaret,  who  was  wife  of  William  "  Talmache  "  in  1253  against  Hugh 
"  Thalemache,"  no  doubt  her  son.7 

'Dom.  ii.  287.  knight's  fee,  and  in  another  place, 

2  Dom.  ii.  2956.  Ib.  283,  half  a  knight's  fee. 

3  Dom.  ii.  2956.  5Vol.  30,  pp.  27-9. 
4i2io-i2,  Red  Book    of    the    Exchequer         6H.R.  ii.  177,  189 ;  Q.W.  723. 

1326;  T.  de  N.  295.     His  holding  is         'Feet  of  Fines,  37  Hen.  III.  196. 
here  stated  to  be  by  the  service  of  a 


xo  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Hugh  Tallemache,  who  died 

in  i*)7   an.l  was  succeeded  by  his  widow  Mam,  who  dying ;  in  1301, 

nYnor  pa^-,1  to  h, -r son.  lliu;h   1  all.-mache.     On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  the 

Ume  of  fcdw.  1 1 1 .  is  a  ,H  t  it  ion  of  Robert  de  Coppedok  showing  that  Hugh  .son 

of  Hugh  "  TaU -UKH  1, '.-  .It-iuised  to  Geoffrey  de  Dodenes  for  life  the j  Manor 

tentfey  with  thcadvowson  of  the  church  of  Copdock  pertainnm  thereto, 

1     n    1  ,;.(  ,(  l-Mw.  I.,  and  afterwards  Hugh  acknowledged  the  advowson 

t be"h "right  of  Robert  de  Coppedok,  grandfather  of  the  petitioner  who 

was  his  hei?,  and  surrendered  same  to  him  by  fine  without  the  licence  of 

the  King.' 

Hugh  Tallemache  in  1310  settled  the  manor  on  himself  for  life  then  a 
moietv  for  his  wife  Katherine,  and  subject  thereto  on  ^.^  J°?*«£ 
the  heirs  of  the  body  of  the  said  John,  with  remainder  to  the  right  heu 
of  the  settlor,  who  retained  the  reversion  of  a  manor  in  Oulton  held  by 
Hawfee,  late  wife  of  Hugh,  the  settlor's  father.'  A  fine  was  levied  of  the 
manor  in  support  by  Hugh  Tallemache  and  Katherine  h*  wife =  and John 
their  son  v  William  le  Gros,  clerk/  This  son,  John  Tallemache,  settled 
the  manor  subject  to  his  mother's  life  interest  in  a  moiety  on  himself  and 
Katherine  his  wife  with  remainder  to  Richard  their  son  in  tail. 

The  licence  for  this  settlement  will  be  found  amongst  the  Patent  Rolls 
of  Edw  III.  It  is  for  John,  son  of  Hugh  Tallemache,  to  enfeoff  Richard 
de  Tendryng,  parson  of  the  church  of  Burgate,  and  Thomas  de  Norton  of 
a  moiety  of  Bentley  Manor,  and  of  the  reversion  of  the  other  part  of 
manor  expectant  on  the  demise  of  Katherine,  late  wife  of  Hugh  Tallemache, 
and  for  them  to  regrant  these,  which  were  held  in  chief,  to  him,  Katherine 
his  wife  Richard  their  son,  and  to  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  the  said  Richard, 
with  reversion  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  John.6  Hugh  Tallemache  the 
settlor,  died  the  year  of  his  settlement,  and  Sir  John  in  1341 ,  when  his  widow 
Katherine,  according  to  the  terms  of  the  second  settlement,  held  amoi  ;ty 
for  life. 

On  the  Close  Rolls  in  1341  will  be  found  an  order  for  the  delivery  to 
Katherine,  late  wife  of  Sir  John  Tallemache,  and  to  Richard  their  son  as 
not  held  in  chief,  the  Manor  of  Bentley.  The  manor  in  his  order  is  stated 
to  be  held  by  the  service  of  a  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.7      On  her  death 
in  n6i  *  Richard  Tallemache  her  son  had  the  whole.     He  died  "V1^.2, 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Tallemache,  who  died  m 
1437  9  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  nephew  and  heir,  John  TaUemaci 
There  is  an  inquisition  as  to  manors  of  Bentley  and   Copdock  of  ajo 
"Tallemache  or  Tolemache.'"        John   Tollemache  died   in  1477,      and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  and   heir,  John   Tollemache,  who  died 
Feb.   1510-1,"   when  the   manor    passed  to    his    son  and  heir,  Lio 

•IPM,    29   Edw.    I.   17.       Extent    of  'See  I.P.M.  11  Edw.  III.   2nd.  Nos.  7 ; 

the  manor  will   he   found  both  in  15  Edw.  III.  11 ;  I.Q.D.,  n  Edw. 

the  inquisition  after  the  death  of  HI.  File  239,  7. 

Hugh   Tallcmache,  25   Edw.  I.  16,  6Pat.  Rolls,  12  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  32; 

and  of  his  widow,  29  Edw.  I.  17.  Edw.  III.  78. 

•Pat.  Rolls,  18  Edw.  III.pt.  11.40;  I.Q.D.  'Close  Rolls,  15  Edw.  III.  pt.  m.  6. 

4  Edw.  II.  File  83,  2 ;  0. 4  Edw.  III.  •  I.P.M.,  35  Edw.  III.,  2nd  pt.  69. 

lg.  9I.P.M.,  15  Hen.  VI.  21. 

»Pat.Rolls,4Edw.II.pt.ii.  12 ; Originalia,  "I.P.M.,  36  Hen.  VI.  18. 

4  Edw.  II.  20.  "I.P.M.,  17  Edw.  IV.  19. 

'Feet  of  Fines.  5  Edw.  II.  39;  see  I.Q.D.  "I.P.M.,  2  Hen.  VIII.  52- 

6  Edw.  II.  File  92,  20. 


BENTLEY.  n 

Tollemache,'  who  died  in  1553,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir, 
another  Lionel  Tollemache,  who  died  in  1571,  from  which  time  to  the 
time  of  Sir  Lionel  Tollemache,  3rd  Bart.,  the  manor  descended  in  the 
same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Helmingham  Hall,  in  Bosmere  and  Claydon 
Hundred.  In  1586  a  fine  was  levied  of  this  manor  and  the  Manors  of 
Oldhall,  Fastolf,  Churchhouse,  Dodnash,  &c.,  by  Leonard  Craston  and 
others  against  Sir  William  Sprynge  and  others.2 

Sir  Lionel  Tollemache,  3rd  Bart.,  in  1668,  disposed  of  the  manor 
to  John  Cudworth,  who  held  his  first  court  2nd  July  this  year.  Until 
recently  the  Tollemache  family  had  nothing  in  Bentley  save  woods,  which 
were  of  considerable  extent  and  value.  A  curious  story  is  told  of  the  manner 
in  which  the  family  was  left  without  any  farms  here.  One  of  the  Tolle- 
maches  is  said  to  have  had  such  an  inveterate  rage  for  gambling  that  having 
one  night  lost  all  his  money,  he  staked  his  landed  property  at  Bentley  and 
lost  it.  It  was,  however,  afterwards  discovered  that  when  he  risked  this 
property  upon  the  cast  of  the  die,  he  called  it  only  his  farms  in  Bentley. 
This  was  construed  not  to  include  the  woods,  and  they,  of  course,  still 
remained  in  the  family. 

This  manor  was  in  1895  purchased  by  the  Hon.  Stanhope  Tollemache, 
of  North  Leigh,  Ipswich,  son  of  the  ist  Lord  Tollemache,  of  Helmingham. 

OLD  HALL  BENTLEY,  CHURCH  HOUSE  MANOR. 

This  manor,  too,  was  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  vested  in 
Alan,  Earl  of  Brittany,  or  at  least  he  then  held  the  lands  of  which  it  was 
subsequently  composed. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  I5th  century  the  manor  was  held  by  the 
Fastolfs,  who  acquired  by  marriage  with  the  Holbrooks.3  This  appears 
from  the  inquisition  of  John  Fastolf,  who  died  in  1405,  which  includes  this 
manor,  and  runs  thus  :  "  John  Fastolf  in  right  of  his  wife."4  Sir  Hugh 
Fastolf,  son  and  heir  of  John,  was  the  next  lord,  and  he  died  in  1418,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Fastolf,  who  died  in  1447,'  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas,6  on  whose  death  it  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  John  Fastolf.7  In  1532  it  was  vested  in  the  Crown,  and  Edw.  VI. 
made  a  grant  of  it  to  Lionel  Talmach,  from  whom  it  passed  to.  his  son  and 
heir  Lionel,  who  died  seised  in  1571,  from  which  time  the  manor  passed  in 
the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Helmingham  Hall,  in  Bosmere  and  Claydon 
Hundred,  until  the  time  of  Sir  Lionel  Tollemache,  3rd  Bart.,  who  sold  the 
manor  in  1662  to  Sir  Philip  Meadow. 

In  1798  the  manor  was  held  by  Benjamin  Keene,  who  died  in  1823, 
when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Benjamin  Keene,  and  on  his  death  in 
1828  to  his  son  and  heir,  Benjamin  Keene,  who  died  in  1841,  when  it  passed  to 
the  Rev.  Charles  Edmund  Keene,  of  Swyncombe,  co.  Oxford,  son  of  Benjamin 
Keene  (of  Westoe  Lodge,  co.  Cambridge,  who  represented  that  county  in 
Parliament)  by  Mary  his  wife,  only  daughter  and  heir  of  George  Ruck,  of 

•There   is  amongst   the   State   Papers   a  'Fine,  Trin.  28  Eliz. 

licence  for  this  Lionel  "Talmage"  3See  Holbrook  Manor,  in  this  Hundred. 

to    alienate    this    manor  (S.P.    24  4 1. P.M.,  7  Hen.  IV.  34. 

Hen.  VIII.  1598,  (6).   And  there  is  5I.P.M.,  26  Hen.  VI.  15. 

an  order  on  the  Memoranda  Rolls  6  There  was  a  suit  concerning  this  manor  in 

in  1538  for  Lionel  Talmage  to  show  1456    (Add.  Ch.  17244). 

title  to  this  manor  and  the  manors  7  See  Manor  of  Langston,  in  Burstall.inthis 

of  Dodnash  and  Charles  in  Bentley.  Hundred. 

(30  Hen.  VIII.  Memo.  Rolls,  Pash. 

Rec.  Rot.  2.) 


12  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

S\\ynrombe,  \vhi<  h  Benjamin  Kerne  was  the  son  of  the  Right  Rev.  Kclinuiul 
l\t  .  in-,  I).h.,  Hi-hup  of  Kly.  'I  lie  Rev.  Oiarles  H.  Krnir  iiiairiril  ;nl  April, 
1821,  Rebecca  l-'iamis,  _'iul  (laughter  of  Sir  (ieorp-  Shitliu-r,  1st  Hart.,  of 
Coombe,  Sussex,  and  by  royal  licence  igth  July,  1841,  assumed  the  sur- 
name of  Ruck  in  addition  to  his  patronymic  Keene.  On  his  dearth  in  1888 
the  manor  passed  to  his  3rd  son,  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Rwk-Keene,  rector 
of  Copford,  Colchester,  who  had  in  Aug.  1855,  married  Edith  Alice,  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Ralph  Berners,  and  is  father  of  the  Rev.  Edmund  Ralph  Ruck- 
Keene. 

There  is  a  fine  of  a  "  Churchehouse  Manor  "  levied  in  Mich,  term 
3  Mary  I.  by  Nicholas  Bacon  against  George  Wright  and  others  which 
included  tenements  in  Walsham. 

BENTLEY  FASTOLFS. 

This  manor  also  Davy  considers  to  have  been  part  of  the  holding  of 
Alan,  Earl  of  Brittany.  In  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  it  was  vested  in  Richard 
de  Holbroke,  son  of  William  de  Holbroke,  and  he  had  a  grant  of  free  warren 
in  1253  and  1267,'  and  in  1286.' 

Alicia,  wife  of  John  de  Holebrok,  apparently  held  the  manor,  of  which 
there  is  an  extent,  and  died  seised  in  1310, 3  being  succeeded  by  John  de 
Holbroke,  who  died  in  1316,  from  which  time  to  the  time  of  Sir  John 
Fastolf,  who  succeeded  his  father  in  1418,  the  devolution  of  the  manor  is 
the  same  as  that  of  Holbrook  Manor,  in  this  Hundred. 

Sir  John  Fastolf  died  in  1448,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir  Thomas.  John  his  son  followed  him,  and  on  his  death  in  1508  the 
manor  passed  to  George  Fastolf,  who  conveyed  the  lordship  in  1509  to 
Richard  Long,  William  Jones,  John  Longe,  Richard  Reynolds,  and  Thomas 
Powell,  who  were  probably  trustees.4  The  manor  shortly  afterwards 
seems  to  have  become  vested  in  the  Brokes,  for  Sir  Richard  Broke5  died 
seised  of  it  6th  May,  1529,  leaving  a  son  and  heir  Robert,  then  aged  34,  to 
whom  it  passed.6  The  manor  with  Bentley  Hall  was  included  in  the  fine 
levied  in  1586  by  Leonard  Craston  and  others  against  Sir  William  Sprynge 
and  others.7  The  manor  was  in  1662  acquired  by  Sir  Philip  Meadow,  and 
subsequently  passed  as  Old  Hall,  Bentley. 

DODNASH  MANOR. 

This  manor  in  1292  was  held  by  William  Charles,  son  of  Edward  Charles, 
who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here,'  and  in  1315  Sir  Edward  Charles  had 
the  lordship.  It  is  said  that  it  passed  into  the  possession  of  Dodnash 
priory,  which  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  in  1307,"  but  it  is  probable  that 
the  manor  did  not  pass  to  the  priory  until  somewhat  later,  for  we  meet 
with  an  authority  for  Sir  Edward  Charles  in  1315  expressly  to  retain  this 
manor  on  settlement  of  other  property.10 

On  the  suppression  of  the  religious  houses  the  manor  reverted  to  the 
Crown,  and  was  in  1525  granted  by  Hen.  VIII.  to  Cardinal  Wolsey,  who 
made  it  part  of  the  foundation  of  his  college  at  Ipswich."  In  1529,  on 

'Chart.  Rolls,  37  &  38  Hen.  III.  pt.  i.         6I.P.M.  2  Edw.  V.  60. 

14,  70;  51  Hen.  III.  5.  "Fine,  Trin.  28  Eliz. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  14  Edw.  I.  27.  'Chart.  Rolls,  20  Edw.  I.  45. 

I. P.M.,  3  Edw.  II.  51.  'Chart.  Rolls,  i  Edw.  II.  pt.  i.  n. 

'Fine,  Mich,  i  Hen.  VIII.  "I.Q.D.  8  Edw.  II.  File  109,  6. 
'See  Broke  Hall  Manor,  Nacton,  Colneis        "See  S.P.  17  Hen.  VIII.  1833. 
Hundred. 


BENTLEY.  13 

Wolsey's  fall,  it  reverted  to  the  Crown,  and  in  1530  was  granted  to  Lionel 
Tollemache  and  others.  Davy  says  this  same  year  Robert  Downes  had 
licence  to  grant  to  Lionel  "  Tallemach,"  and  amongst  the  State  Papers 
for  this  year  we  do  meet  with  a  licence  to  Robert  Downes  to  alienate  lands 
in  Bentley.1  The  following  year,  however,  Thomas  Alverd  had  a  grant 
from  the  Crown,  and  in  1544  Lionel  "  Tollmach  "  also  had  a  grant  from 
the  Crown.  This  grant  seems  to  have  been  more  effectual  than  the  previous 
ones,  for  Lionel  died  seised  of  the  manor  in  1553,  when  the  manor  passed  to 
his  son  Lionel,  being  held  of  the  castle  of  Framlingham  by  the  4th  part  of  a 
knight's  fee.  On  the  death  of  Lionel  in  1571  it  devolved  in  the  like  course 
as  the  Manor  of  Helmingham,  in  Bosmere  and  Clay  don  Hundred,  until 
the  time  of  Sir  Lionel  Tollemache,  3rd  Bart.,  who  died  in  1669,  though  we 
do  find  it  stated  that,  in  1601  there  was  a  grant  of  the  manor  from  the 
Crown  to  William  Chambers  and  John  Still. 

Sir  Lionel  Tollemache,  3rd  Bart.,  sold  the  manor  in  1662  to  Sir  Philip 
Meadow,  who  by  deed  2ist  Nov.  1679,  conveyed  the  same  to  Tollemache 
Duke. 

In  1798  it  was  vested  in  Benjamin  Keene,  who  died  in  1823,  from 
which  time  the  devolution  is  identical  with  that  of  Old  Hall  Manor,  in 
Bentley,  already  given. 

The  manor  was  included  with  the  main  manor  in  a  fine  levied  in  1586 
by  Leonard  Craston  and  others  against  Sir  William  Sprynge  and  others.2 
Davy  has  another  Manor  of  Bentley  styled  "  Manor  of  Altamounton 
Spettel  or  Bentley,"  and  the  lords'  names  given  are  Sir  Andrew  Windsor, 
Lord  Windsor,  William,  Lord  Windsor,  who  had  licence  to  alien  it  in  1557 
to  Sir  Robert  Rochester,  Knt.,  Sir  Edw.  Waldegrave,  William  Cordell, 
and  Anthony  Brown,  probably  by  way  of  settlement,  as  subsequently 
Davy  states  the  manor  came  to  Edward,  Lord  Windsor,  son  and  heir  of 
William.  No  further  information  can  be  discovered. 


'S.P.  22  Hen.  VIII.  220,  4.  'Fine,  Trin.  28  Eliz. 


I4  THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 

BERGHOLT  (EAST}. 

|ERGHOLT  was  held  in  Edward  the  Confessor's  time  by 
Harold  with  13  carucatcs  of  land.  There  were  42  villeins, 
5  bordars,  6  serfs,  3  ploughteams  in  demesne,  20  belonging 
to  the  men,  12  acres  of  meadow,  wood  for  1,000  hogs,  i 
mill,  i  horse,  80  beasts,  29  hogs,  85  sheep,  and  26  goats, 
and  to  the  manor  belonged  a  hamlet,  Sceveley,  having  2 
carucates  of  land  in  King  Edward's  time.  There  were  then 
10  villeins,  7  bordars,  4  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  8  belonging  to 
the  men,  16  acres  of  meadow,  i  mill,  i  rouncy,  4  beasts,  7  hogs,  and  23 
sheep. 

By  the  time  of  the  Great  Survey  there  was  one  more  villein  and  there 
\\cre  22  bordars,  while  the  serfs  were  reduced  by  2.  The  ploughteams 
in  demesne  in  the  manor  proper  were  I  less,  and  in  the  hamlet  also  I  less, 
while  those  of  the  men  had  in  the  former  case  been  reduced  from  20  to  10, 
and  in  the  latter  from  8  to  4,  a  very  considerable  reduction.  The  land 
\vus  held  in  King  William's  hands,  but  entrusted  to  Aluric  Wanz  as  steward.' 

Bergholt  in  all  was  a  league  and  2  quarentenes  in  length  and  I  league 
in  breadth,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  Sd.,  and  Sceveley  was  8  quarentenes  in  length 
and  3  in  breadth,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  ^d. 

Aubrey  de  Vere  held  a  socman  of  Bergholt  having  4  acres  worth  I2d. 
He  held  him  at  Aldham.  The  Survey  states  that  those  freemen  who  in 
King  Edward's  time  belonged  to  the  Bergholt  jurisdiction  each  gave  to 
the  prepositus  annually  a  gratuity  of  4^.  only,  and  rendered  soc  dues  as 
the  law  required,  and  when  Roger  Bigot  first  had  the  shrievalty  his  officers 
ordered  that  they  should  render  £15  annually,  which  they  did  not  do  in 
the  Confessor's  time.  And  when  Robert  Malet  had  the  shrievalty  his 
officers  increased  them  to  £20.  And  when  Roger  Bigot  had  them  again  in 
like  manner  they  gave  £20,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  Aluric  Wanz 
held  them  by  the  like  custom  as  in  the  Confessor's  time.2 

"  The  men  of  Beck-holt,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  say  that  in  the  time 
of  King  Henry,  grandfather  of  our  Lord  the  present  King  (Henry  III.) 
they  used  to  have  this  custom — that  when  they  would  marry  their  daughters 
they  used  to  give  to  the  Lord,  for  licence  so  to  do,  two  ores,  which  were 
worth  thirty- two  pence. 

"  Here  these  ores,  which  were  Saxon  coins,  are  declared  to  be  in  value 
of  our  money,  sixteen-pence  a-piece,  but  after,  by  the  variation  of  the 
standard,  they  valued  2od.  a-piece.  And  this  fine  for  the  tenants  marrying 
their  daughters  (pro  filiabus  suis  maritandis)  was,  without  doubt,  in  lieu  ot 
mercheta  mulierum,  or  first  night's  lodging  with  the  bride,  which  the  Lord 
anciently  claimed  in  some  manors." — Blount's  Tenures. 

Mr.  Astle  is  of  opinion  that  this  kind  of  intercourse  between  the  lord 
and  his  female  villeins  never  existed,  but  was  a  fine  paid  by  a  socman,  or  a 
villein,  to  his  lord,  for  a  licence  to  marry  his  daughter,  to  indemnify  him 
for  the  loss  of  his  property  ;  and  in  process  of  time,  this  composition  was 
thrown  into  the  aggregate  sum  of  quit  rents. 

Many  years  ago  there  were  in  East  Bergholt  four  public-houses,  known 
by  the  names  of  the  Bear,  the  Eagle,  the  Ship,  and  the  Three  Cups,  and  so 

1  Dom.  ii.  287.  « Dom.  ii.  2876. 


BERGHOLT.  15 

successful  were  these  important  institutions  that  a  competitor  was  allured 
into  the  field.  He  opened  an  alehouse,  which  he  styled  the  White  Horse,  and 
underneath  a  sign  intended  to  represent  an  animal  of  this  description  were 
written  the  following  lines  :— 

My  new  White  Horse  shall  kick  the  Bear 

And  make  the  Eagle  fly  ; 
Shall  turn  the  Ship  right  bottom  up 

And  drain  the  Three  Cups  dry. 

Mine  host  of  the  White  Horse,  perhaps  by  his  extraordinary  verse,  or 
maybe  by  better  quality  of  the  ale,  discomforted  his  competitors  according 
to  his  threat,  for  certainly  their  establishments  have  passed  away,  while 
the  White  Horse  still  remains,  now  only  opposed  by  a  Red  Lion,  the  Hare 
and  Hounds,  and  the  King's  Head. 

There  were  in  early  times  four  manors  here  —the  Manor  of  Illarius  al. 
New  Hall,  Oldhall,  Spencer's,  and  Commandry  al.  St.  John's. 

Philip  de  Orebyn  was  lord  of  Bergholt  in  1315. 


MANOR  OF  ILLARIUS  al.  NEW  HALL. 

This  manor  belonged  in  the  i4th  century  to  Philip  Tilney,  of  Boston, 
co.  Line.,  who  died  in  1453,  from  which  time  to  the  time  of  Edmund  Knevitt, 
who  died  in  1546,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of 
Cowling,  in  Risbridge  Hundred. 

The  third  part  of  the  manor  was  the  subject  of  a  fine  in  1519  levied  by 
Robert  Coke  and  others  against  Robert  Sheffield.1  The  whole  manor  was 
also  included  in  a  fine  levied  in  1538  by  Robert  Reignold  and  others  against 
Richard  Cole  and  others  ;2  and  upon  the  marriage  of  Edmund's  son  and 
heir,  John  Knevitt,  with  Agnes,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Harcourt,  the  Manors 
of  Horham,  Thorp  Hall,  and  this  manor  were  settled  on  them,  and  by 
indenture  2Oth  Jan.  34  Hen.  VIII.  (1542),  they  sold  this  manor  described 
as  "  Illarys  al.  Newall  in  Estbergholt,"  and  also  the  Manors  of  Stratford, 
Wenham  Magna,  Capel,  Butley,  Holton,  and  Brantham  to  Robert  Reynolds, 
of  East  Bergholt,  a  fine  being  levied  for  a  third  part.3 

There  is  an  action  for  forcible  ejectment  from  copyholds  and  felling  of 
trees  at  East  Bergholt  in  the  time  of  Hen.  VIII.  between  Robert  Cole  and 
Robert  Reynolds  and  others.4 

The  manor  later  vested  in  Thomas  Lambe,  son  and  heir  of  Richard 
Lambe,  of  Trimlcy.  He  married  Winifred,  daughter  of  William  Grislinge, 
of  London,  and  had  issue  Thomas,  Edward,  Henry,  Elizabeth,  Thomas,  and 
Winifred.  He  died  i5th  May,  1570,  when  the  manor  seems  to  have  passed 
to  his  2nd  son  Edward,  who  held  his  first  court  27th  April,  1584.  In  1589  he 
conveyed  by  deed  to  trustees  a  schoolhouse  and  piece  of  land  in  the  parish, 
part  of  the  Manor  of  "  Illarys,' '  to  the  intent  that  a  free  school  should  be  upheld 
in  East  Bergholt.  He  died  in  1617,  and  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church 

'Fine,  Mich,  n  Hen.  VIII.  4Star  Chamber  Proceedings,  Hen.  VIII., 

"Fine,  Easter,  30  Hen.  VIII.  Vol.  10,  109-110. 

JFine,  Trin.  35  Hen.  VIII. 


16  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

is  a  monument  to  his  memory  with  the  following  singular  epitaph  engraved 
in  two  columns,  each  word  beginning  with  the  initial  of  his  name  : — 

Edwarde  Lambe 

Ever  Lived 

Envied  Laudably 

Evil  Lord 

Endured  Let 

Extremities  Like 

Even  Life 

Earnestly  Learne 

Expecting  Ledede 

Eternal  Livers 

Ease  Lament. 

Which  a  correspondent  in  the  Gentlemen's  Magazine  for  1788  thinks  may 
be  read  thus,  by  the  alteration  of  one  word,  Icdedc,  into  he  died  :— 

"  Edwarde  Lambe  ever  lived  envied,  laudably  evil  endured.  Lord, 
let  extremities  like  even  life  learn.  He  died  earnestly  expecting  eternal 
ease.  Livers  lament."1 

The  manor  then  passed  to  Edward  Lambe' s  nephew  John,  son 
of  Edward's  eldest  brother,  Thomas  Lambe,  by  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Poley , 
of  Badley,  and  he  held  his  first  court  I2th  Oct.  1619.  On  his  death  it 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Lambe,  who  died  in  1708-9.  His  daughter 
and  heir  Elizabeth  married  John  Acton,  of  Bramford.  John  Acton  died 
in  1685,  and  his  widow  held  a  court  I5th  Nov.  1709,  and  died  in  1717,  when 
tl\e  manor  passed  to  their  3rd  son  and  eventual  heir,  Nathaniel  Acton/ 
who  held  his  first  court  8th  April,  1728,  and  died  in  1745,  when  the  manor 
went  to  his  3rd  son,  Nathaniel  Acton,  who  held  his  first  court  24th  Sept. 
1 747,  and  died  in  1795,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Nathaniel 
Lee  Acton,  who  held  a  court  I4th  Oct.  that  year,  and  sold  the  lordship  to 
John  Reade  in  1796.  John  Reade  held  his  first  court  3Oth  Dec.  1796,  and 
died  in  1804,  when  the  manor  vested  in  Sarah  Roberts,  widow,  who  held  a 
court  7th  Dec.  1804.  At  her  death  in  1811  the  manor  was  purchased  by 
Peter  Godfrey.  He  married  Arabella,  daughter  of  Sir  Joshua  Rowley, 
ist  Bart.,  of  that  house,  and  sister  of  Sir  William  Rowley,  Bart.,  of  Tendring 
Hall,  and  on  his  death  in  1837  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Edward 
Godfrey.  In  1833  he  married  Susan  Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Morton, 
daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Buller,  of  Lupton,  in  Devonshire,  Bart.,  and 
widow  of  George,  I7th  Earl  of  Morton,  who  had  died  in  July,  1827. 
Edward  Godfrey  died  in  1842,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow, 
the  said  Susan  Elizabeth,  Countess  Dowager  of  Morton,  who  held  her  first 
court  this  year. 

On  her  death  the  manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir  (by  her  2nd  husband), 
Peter  Godfrey,  who  was  lord  in  1855.  It  was  then  acquired  by  Francis 
Thomas  Cuddon,  who  in  1862  sold  the  same  to  William  Sidney  Calvert,  of 
East  Bergholt,  who  still  holds. 

MANOR  OF  OLDHALL  OR  ADEHALL. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Harold  in  Saxon  times  and  of  William  the 
Conqueror  later.  In  the  middle  of  the  I4th  century  it  was  held  by  Sir 
John  de  Sutton,  of  Wyvenhoe,  son  of  William  Sutton,  and  in  1349  ne»  with 

1  Page,  Hist,  of  Suffolk,  p.  17.  'See  Manor  of  St.  Margaret's,  Cretingham, 

in  Lots  Hundred. 


EAST    BERGHOLT.  17 

Margaret  his  wife,  levied  a  fine  against  Amflesia,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Baldewyne,  and  Walter  de  Barkworth  and  Katherine  his  wife  of  a  moiety 
of  the  manor,'  and  the  same  year  levied  a  fine  of  a  third  part  of  the  manor 
against  John  Wolf,  of  Mauntre,  and  Joan  his  wife.2  In  1360  the  same 
pelents  levied  a  fine  of  a  fourth  part  of  the  manor  against  William  de 
Waldingfield  and  Amflesia  his  wife,  John  Wolf  and  Joan  his  wife,  and 
Katherine  who  was  wife  of  Walter  de  Barkworth.3 

Serjeants'  Accounts  of  lands  of  this  Sir  John  in  East  Bergholt  in  1355 
will  be  found  amongst  the  Ministers'  Accounts  in  the  Public  Record  Office.4 
In  1365  Sir  John  gave  10  marks  for  licence  to  acquire  certain  lands  in  East 
Bergholt.5  From  Sir  John  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Margaret, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  John  de  Whelnetham,  he  probably  having 
been  the  previous  owner  of  this  manor.  She  died  in  I384,6  and 
was  succeeded  by  her  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Sutton,  M.P.  for  Suffolk  in 
1377.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  de  Reyden,  of 
Overbury  Hall  in  Layham,  and  widow  of  Sir  Andrew  de  Bures.  He  also 
married  a  daughter  of  Sir  Michael  Poynings  on  the  death  of  Alice. 

Sir  John  de  Sutton  died  in  1393,  and  in  his  inquis.  p.m.  will  be  found 
an  extent  of  Oldhall  and  4  messuages,  70^  acres  of  land,  19  acres  and  32 
acres  of  meadow,  52  acres  and  I  rood  of  pasture,  one  fishery,  and  175.  $d. 
rent.7 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Sir  Richard  de  Sutton,  then  aged  60, 
and  the  same  year  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  against  him  by  Thomas 
Cogesale,  Edmund  Brokesbourne,  Gilbert  de  Debenham,  Roger  Wolferston, 
John  Boys,  Thomas  Monchasy,  Ralph  Chamberleyn,  and  Peter  Westwode.8 
Sir  Richard  Sutton  died  without  issue,  and  the  manor  reverted  to  his  niece 
Margery,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of  the  last-mentioned  Sir  John  Sutton, 
married  to  Richard  Walton,  whose  heir-general,  Joan  Walton,  wife  of  Sir 
John  Howard,  was  the  next  holder,  and  on  his  death  in  1409'  she  remarried 
Sir  Thomas  Erpingham. 

The  manor,  however,  passed  on  Joan's  death  in  1425'°  to  Elizabeth, 
her  daughter  and  heir  by  Sir  John  Howard,  married  to  John  de  Vere,  I2th 
Earl  of  Oxford.  It  was  found  by  inquisition  in  1425  that  Joan,  late  wife  of 
Sir  Thomas  Erpyngham,  was  seised  at  her  death  in  fee  of  a  messuage,  i6£ 
acres  meadow,  80  of  pasture,  155.  4%d.  rent,  a  rent  of  4  cocks  and  5  hens 
in  East  Bergholt,  held  in  chief  in  socage  by  render  of  2os.  called  "  Claunche- 
ferme,"  and  she  had  before  death  enfeoffed  John  Alderford,  John  Swan, 
and  Peter,  parson  of  the  church  of  Athilburgh,  who  survived,  and  others 
in  fee,  and  a  licence  was  granted  them  to  hold." 

The  manor  seems  to  have  passed  to  Elizabeth  de  Vere's  son  and  heir, 
John  de  Vere,  I3th  Earl  of  Oxford,12  and  on  his  death  in  1512  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  John  de  Vere,  I4th  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  from  him  to  his 
son  and  heir,  John  de  Vere,  I5th  Earl  of  Oxford,  who  held  his  first  court 

'Feet  of  Fines,  23  Edw.  III.  6.  M.P.M.,  17  Rich.  II.  51. 

"Feet  of  Fines,  23  Edw.  III.  5.  8Feet  of  Fines,  17  Rich.  II.  20. 

3  Feet  of  Fines,  34  Edw.  III.  22.  'I.P.M.,  10  Hen.  IV.  36. 

42Q  and  30  Edw.  III.,  Bundle  991,  No.  12.  IOI.P.M.,  3  Hen.  VI.  19. 

5O.  39  Edw.  III.  29.  "Pat.  Rolls,  3  Hen.  VI.  pt.  ii.  18. 

'Extent,  of  Eldhall  or  Adehall,  in  East-  "See  Manors  of  Earls  Hall, Cockfield  and 

bergholt,    and    also    4  messuages,  Lavenham,  in  Babergh  Hundred. 

70^  acres  of  land,  19  acres  and  32 

of  meadow  in  Eastbergholt  (I.P.M. 

8  Rich.  II.  33). 

C 


i8  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

2ist  Jan.  1537-8-  He  died  in  1539,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
John  de  Vere,  i6th  Earl  of  Oxford,  against  whom  a  fine  was  levied  in  1548 
by  Edward,  Duke  of  Somerset,  and  others.' 

In  1550  this  John,  Earl  of  Oxford,  was  called  upon  to  show  by  what 
title  he  held  East  Bergholt,  and  kept  a  court  leet  and  view  of  frank- 
pledge,  &c.' 

In  1564  the  manor  was  in  the  hands  of  Sir  Robert  Dudley,  K.G.,  during 
the  minority  of  Edward,  Earl  of  Oxford.  Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceed- 
ings of  the  time  of  Elizabeth  is  an  action  by  Robert  Cole  against  the  Earl  of 
Oxford  and  others  touching  parcel  of  Oldhall  Manor,3  and  another  between 
James  NYhet ley  and  Joan  his  wife  against  John  Swayne  touching  copyhold 
of  the  same  manor.4  Edward  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford,  sold  the  manor  in 
1579  to  Thomas  Walton  and  Robert  Derehaugh,3  who  i2th  April,  1580, 
held  their  first  court. 

A  little  later,  probably  the  following  year,  Robert  Derehaugh  granted 
the  manor  to  William  Cardinall,  who  held  his  first  court  in  1582.  He  or 
his  son  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor  in  1588  against  Hugh  de  Vere.6  From 
William  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Cardinall.  He  married 
Anne,  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheirs  of  James  Derehaugh,  of  Gedgrave, 
near  Orford,  and  was  slain  at  the  Battle  of  Edgehill  (being  in  the  Life  Guard 
of  Robert,  Earl  of  Essex)  in  1642,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  sister  Anne, 
wife  of  Henry,  and  son  of  Sir  Calthorpe  Parker,  of  Erwarton/  and  Henry 
Parker  held  his  first  court  i7th  Sept.  1653. 

Amongst  the  Exchequer  Depositions  in  1663  will  be  found  an  action 
as  to  this  manor  and  metes  and  bounds  and  customs  by  this  Henry 
Parker  against  John  Clark.8 

Henry  Parker  died  in  1 68 1,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother, 
Nathaniel  Parker,  who  died  in  1684,  when  the  manor  passed  probably  to 
a  trustee  (for  a  court  was  held  on  I5th  Oct.  1684,  by  Philip  Gurdon),  and 
ultimately  to  Henry  Parker's  son,  Henry9  who  died  in  1701,  when  the  manor 
went  to  his  sister  Mary,  married  to  Joseph  Chaplin,  which  Joseph  held  a 
court  23rd  July,  1702,  though  a  court  held  by  him  gth  Oct.  1705,  is  called 
a  first  court. 

In  1725  he  left  an  estate  now  consisting  of  a  cottage,  barn,  and  16  acres 
of  land,  to  his  son-in-law,  Henry  Hankey,  and  his  heirs  in  trust  to  apply  the 
rents  thereof  in  providing  coats  and  shoes  for  five  poor  men,  and  gowns, 
petticoats,  and  shoes  for  five  poor  women,  such  as  receive  no  alms.  This 
charity  estate  used  to  be  let  for  £35  a  year,  and  the  number  of  objects  had 
been  increased  beyond  that  specified  by  the  donor. 

On  Joseph  Chaplin's  death  the  manor  passed  to  Henry  Hankey,  who 
had  married  his  (Chaplin's)  daughter,  and  he  held  his  first  court  8th  April, 
1730.  On  nth  Oct.  1 737,  Sir  Joseph  Hankey  held  his  first  court ;  on  22nd 
Aug.  1770,  Joseph  Chaplin  Hankey  his  first  court;  but  in  1774  Katherine, 
the  widow  of  Joseph  Chaplin  Hankey,  had,  as  guardian  of  Joseph  Chaplin 
Hankey,  her  son,  an  infant,  held  a  court  ist  Aug.  that  year. 

1  Fine,  Easter,  2  Edw.  VI.  6Fine,  Trin.  30  Eliz. 

'Memoranda,  4  Edw.  VI.  Mich.  Rec.  Rot.         7See  Manor  of  Erwarton,  in  this  Hundred. 

73.  '15  Chas.  II.  at  Bergholt. 

»C.P.  Ser.  ii.  3,  xliii.  10.  'Court  Rolls   of   this    Manor,    1690-1699 

*Ib.  B.  clxxxvi.  13.  written  on  9  skins   of  parchment, 

J  Fine,  Hil.  21  Eliz.  u     inches    wide,    and    24  inches 

long,  8  skins  written  both  sides, 
were  offered  for  sale  by  Coleman 
in  1890  for  £3.  zos.  6d. 


EAST    BERGHOLT.  19 

The  manor  was  then  sold  to  Richard  Rigby,  of  Mistley  Hall,  Essex, 
Paymaster  of  the  Forces,  and  son  of  Edward  Rigby,  of  St.  Paul's,  Covent 
Garden,  London,  who  held  his  first  court  22nd  Oct.  1777.  He  died  without 
issue  8th  April,  1788,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother  and  sisters, 
Fred.  Hale  Rigby,  Lieut. -Gen.  Barnard  Hale,  governor  of  Chelsea  Hospital, 
in  right  of  his  wife  Martha,  and  Anne  Rigby,  spinster,  who  held  a  court 
2Oth  Oct.  1788,  and  the  manor  was  in  1799  vested,  probably  under  some 
arrangement  between  the  parties  interested,  in  the  said  F.  Hale  Rigby  and 
Martha  Hale  widow,  for  23rd  January  this  year  they  held  a  first  court. 
Lieut. -Gen.  Barnard  Hale  died  I3th  Mar.  1798. 

On  the  opening  of  the  igth  century  the  manor  had  passed  to  Sarah 
Roberts,  who  held  her  first  court  7th  Dec.  1804,  and  the  manor  subsequently 
passed  as  the  main  manor  to  Susan  Elizabeth,  Countess  Dowager  of  Morton, 
and  is  now  vested  in  W.  S.  Calvert,  of  East  Bergholt. 

Amongst  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  will  be  found  an  action  as  to  the  diversion  of  a  watercourse  from 
a  ditch  called  the  Old  Raye.  Oldhall  Manor  and  Brantham  Mill.1 

In  this  manor  the  custom  of  Borough  English  prevails. 

Arms  of  CARDINAL  :  Sa.  a  fesse  betw.  3  hinges,  Arg.  Of  DEREHAUGH  : 
Or  on  a  bend  cotised  Sa.  3  martlets  displayed  of  the  1st. 

MANOR  OF  SPENCER'S. 

This  was  vested  in  the  early  part  of  the  i3th  century  in  Roger  Dakeny, 
and  in  1254  m  J°an  Dakeny.  A  little  later  the  manor  was  held  by  John 
Dakeny/  and  in  1286  by  John  de  la  Mare,  from  whom  it  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Sir  John  de  la  Mare,  who  died  in  1313, 3  when  a  moiety  passed  to 
his  widow  Eleanor  for  life,  subject  to  which  it  passed  on  her  death  in  1324* 
to  Florence,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  de  la  Mare,  married  to  Philip  de 
Oneby.  She  died  in  1344,  and  was  succeeded  by  her  son  and  heir,  Sir  John 
de  Oneby,  who  died  in  1353,  when  it  went  to  his  daughter  and  heir,  married 
to  Henry  de  Percy,  whose  daughter  and  heir  Mary  married  Sir  John  de 
Roos  de  Hamlake,  who  died  without  issue  in  1394,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  brother  and  heir,  William,  Lord  Roos,  of  Hamlake,  at  whose  death 
in  1414  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John,  Lord  Roos,  who  died  without 
issue  in  1421. 

There  were  several  fines  levied  of  the  Manor  of  Bergholt,  but  of  which 
of  the  several  manors  of  this  place  it  is  not  possible  to  say  positively.  It 
is  probable,  however,  they  were  levied  of  Spencer's  Manor.  There  were  in 
1319  (i)  John  Daundely  v.  Adam  de  Grymesharewe  and  Sibilla  his  wife  of  a 
third  part  ;5  (2)  John  Daundely  v.  Wm.  de  Tendring  and  Margaret  his 
wife  of  a  third  part  ;6  (3)  John  Daundely  v.  John  de  Louches  and  Isabella 
his  wife  of  a  third.7  A  fourth  fine  was  levied  by  Walter  Baldewene  and 
Joan  his  wife  v.  Sir  Nicholas  Fraunceys  and  Florence  his  wife  and  is  not 
stated  to  have  been  of  a  part  only.8  There  is  an  inquis.  p.m.  of  Joan,  wife 
of  Walter  Baudwyne,  as  early  as  1324,  but  it  does  not  apparently  relate  to 
more  than  one  messuage,  20  acres  of  land,  6  of  meadow,  and  10  of  pasture.9 

'Duchy  of  Lancaster,  Cal.  to   Pleadings  5 Feet  of  Fines,  13  Edw.  II.  8. 

32  Eliz.  2.  6Ib.  n. 

5  He    claimed    to    have    privileges    here  7Ib.  13. 

(H.R.  ii.  189).  'Feet  of  Fines,  10  Edw.  III.  43. 

M.P.M.,  7  Edw.  II.  20.  9I.P.M.,  18  Edw.  II.  50. 
4I.P.M.,  18  Edw.  II.  47. 


20  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

There  is  also  an  inquis.p.m.of  a  Walter  Baldwyne  in  1346,  but  it  seems 
to  be  more  of  a  messuage,  16  acres,  &c.,  in  East  Bergholt,  than  of  a  manor.' 
There  is  an  order  to  the  escheator  the  following  year  not  further  to  inter- 
meddle with  a  moiety  of  East  Bergholt  Manor,  but  to  restore  to  Joan,  late 
\vift-  of  Walter  Baldewyn  and  mother  of  Thomas,  Walter's  son,  the  same 
being  held  jointly  with  Joan,  wife  of  Nicholas  Fraunceys,  at  fee  farm. 
Thomas  Baldewyn  was  declared  to  be  the  next  heir  of  the  age  of  four  years.1 

There  is  an  order  on  the  Close  Rolls  this  same  year  to  deliver  to  Joan 
late  wife  of  Walter  Baldewyn  and  mother  of  Thomas,  Walter's  son,  a 
messuage,  16  acres  of  land,  4  acres  of  meadow,  5  acres  of  pasture  and  55. 
rent  provided  Joan  answered  at  the  Exchequer  for  the  same,  it  being 
held  of  the  King  for  2os.  yearly.  The  premises  were  held  in  chief  by  free 
socage  as  of  the  King's  ancient  demesne.1  The  order  referred  to  as  made  in 
1341  was  no  doubt  in  connection  with  the  fine  levied  three  years  previously 
by  Richard  le  Spenser,  of  Bergholt,  and  Katherine  his  wife,  against  Wm. 
de  Tendringe  and  Margaret  his  wife  of  a  third  part  of  the  manor,  which  in 
the  fine  is  stated  to  be  held  by  Sir  Nicholas  Fraunceys  for  life.4 

The  other  fines  were  in  1342,  1344,  and  1381.  The  first  was  levied  by 
John,  son  of  John  de  Louches,  of  Gersyngdon,  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
against  Roger  de  Shyrynton  and  Sibilla  his  wife,  and  related  to  a  third 
part  of  the  manor,  which  Sir  John  Daundelyn  held  for  life.5  The  second 
was  levied  by  Sir  Roger  Hillary  and  John  his  son  against  John  de 
Louches,  of  Gersyngdon,  of  two  parts  of  the  manor  which  Sir  John 
Daundelyn  held  for  life.6  The  third  fine  was  levied  by  John,  son 
of  Sairus  de  Rochefort,  junr.,  and  Alice  his  wife  against  Sir  Roger  Hillary 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  without  specifying  any  particular  part.7 

Somewhat  later  the  whole  manor  vested  in  Margery,  the  widow  of  John, 
Lord  Roos,  who  was  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Philip  le  Despenser.  She 
died  in  1477. 

In  1513  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  Robert  Brewse 
and  others  against  Robert  Fremleand  Rosa  his  wife,8  and  in  1548  with  one 
levied  by  Richard  Walker  and  others  against  Robert  Reynold.' 

We  next  find  the  manor  vested  in  Thomas  Lambe,  who  died  seised  of 
it  in  1570,  after  which  it  passed  in  the  same  way  as  the  main  Manor  of 
I  liar  ins  to  Susan  Elizabeth,  Countess  Dowager  of  Morton,  and  is  now 
vested  in  W.  S.  Calvert,  of  East  Bergholt. 

MANOR  OF  COMMANDRY'S  al.  ST.  JOHN'S. 

This  was  given  by  King  Hen.  II.  to  Peter  Liscamp,  who  gave  the  same 
to  the  Knights  Templars.  The  entry  showing  this  in  the  Testa  de  Nevill  is 
to  the  effect  that  Hen.  I.  gave  to  Roger  de  Teoni  £20  of  land  in  East  Bergholt 
of  his  demesne  on  marriage  with  the  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Henon,  and 
retained  C.in  his  own  hand,  of  which  Henry  gave  to  Peter  de  Liscamp  iiij/*., 
and  these  Peter  gave  to  the  Templars.10  The  Templars  claimed  warren, 
view  of  frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer  in  this  manor,"  and  there 
is  notice  on  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1281  of  a  suit  by  Thomas  Fitz  Michael 

'I. P.M.,  14  Edw.  III.  23.  rFeet  of  Fines,  5  Rich.  II.  2. 

'Close  Rolls,  15  Edw.  III.  40.  spine,  Easter,  5  Hen.  VIII. 

s Close  Rolls,  15  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  40.  »Fine,  Trin.  2  Edw.  VI. 

«Feet  of  Fines,  12  Edw.  III.  33.  '<>T.  de  Nevill,  295. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  16  Edw.  III.  25.  "QAV.  728. 
«/&.  18  Edw.  III.  7. 


EAST    BERGHOLT.  21 

against  the  Master  of  the  Knights  Templars  in  England  and  others  touching 
a  tenement  in  East  Bergholt.'  The  manor  was  later  vested  in  the 
Hospitallers  of  Battisford,  and  then  in  the  Preceptory  there. 

At  the  dissolution  of  the  religious  houses  the  manor  passed  to  the 
Crown,  and  was  granted  for  the  benefit  of  Cardinal's  College,  Oxford/  and 
subsequently  granted  in  1544  to  John  de  Vere,  i6th  Earl  of  Oxford.  He  died 
in  1562,  when  the  manor  was  for  a  time  in  the  hands  of  Sir 
Robert  Dudley,  K.G.,  Earl  of  Leicester,  as  farmer  of  it  during  the 
minority  of  Edward,  iyth  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  he  held  a  first  court  for  the 
manor  in  1565.  The  I5th  March,  1572-3,  Edward,  iyth  Earl  of  Oxford, 
held  his  first  court,  and  sold  the  manor  in  1579  to  Thomas  Walton  and 
Robert  Derehaugh.3  They  held  their  first  court  I2th  April,  1580. 

Thomas  Walton  and  others  were  in  1580  called  upon  to  show  title  to 
the  manor,4  though  it  is  stated  by  some  that  the  i7th  Earl  of  Oxford  sold 
in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  to  William  Cardinall,  sen.  Wm.  Cardinall, 
however,  probably  acquired  the  manor  from  Robt.  Derehaugh  as  he  did 
the  Manor  of  Oldhall,  and  held  his  first  court  "  die  Merc.  px.  post  fest. 
Pash.  1582."  The  manor  subsequently  passed  in  the  same  course  as  that 
manor  to  Susan  Elizabeth,  Countess  Dowager  of  Morton,  and  is  now  vested 
in  W.  S.  Calvert,  of  East  Bergholt. 

Philip  Gurdon  held  his  first  court  I5th  Oct.  1684  ;  Henry  Hankey,  his 
8th  April,  1730  ;  Joseph  Chaplin  Hankey,  gth  Oct.  1776  ;  the  Right  Hon. 
Richard  Rigby,  22nd  Oct.  1777  ;  Francis  Hale  Rigby,  Barnard  Hale  in 
right  of  his  wife  Martha,  and  Anne  Rigby,  theirs  I7th  April,  1789  ;  John 
Reade,  his  24th  July,  1804,  and  Sarah  Roberts,  nth  June,  1805. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  there  are  two  actions  probably 
relating  to  this  manor.  One  is  by  Henry  Clarke  against  William  Cardinall 
and  Christopher  Boroughe  for  admittance  to  copyholds  held  of  Bergholt 
Manor,  defendant  Cardinall  being  lord,5  and  the  other  is  of  copyholds  of 
the  manor  against  Wm.  Cardinall,  sen.,  lord,  "  who  had  purchased  of 
the  Earl  of  Oxford,"  to  establish  fines  certain  on  admittances."6 

There  is  an  extent  of  the  Manor  of  East  Bergholt  in  the  inquis.  p.m. 
of  Isabella  de  Maydenhath  in  1318.' 


'Pat.  Rolls,  9  Edw.  I.  wd.  5C.P.  i.  205. 

'State  Papers,  17  Hen.  VIII.  1834  (2)-  6C.P.  ii.  214. 

3 Fine,  Hil.  21  Eliz.  ?I.P.M.,  12  Edw.  II.  37. 

4  Memoranda  Rolls,  22  Eliz.  Pas.  Rec.  Rot. 
101. 


22  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

BRA  NTH  AM. 

|N  Saxon  times  there  were  four  manors  in  this  place,  which  in 
thr  Survey  is  stated  to  be  altogether  a  league  long  and  half 
a  league  broad,  and  to  pay  in  a  gelt  iSd. 

One  manor  was  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor  held  by 
Godwin,  a  freeman  with  35  acres,  and  this  at  the  time  of  the 
Survey  was  held  by  him  of  Earl  Alan.  There  were  2 
bordars,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  4  acres  of  meadow  valued 
at  45.  And  the  Earl  also  held  in  demesne  i  carucate  and  n  acres  of 
land,  2  ploughteams,  4  acres  of  meadow,  and  one  salt  pan,  valued  at  22$.  8d., 
which  had  been  held  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  eight  freemen.  The  soc  of 
this  was  in  Bergholt.' 

Another  manor  was  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  held  by  Hubert  of  Robert 
Malet.  It  consisted  of  i  carucate  and  20  acres  of  land,  3  bordars,  i  plough- 
team  in  demesne,  and  2  acres  of  meadow,  worth  2os.,  which  had  formerly 
been  held  by  Godwin,  Alsies'  son,  Queen  Edith's  thane,  with  2  ploughteams 
in  demesne,  the  said  Godwin  having  the  soc.2 

Two  other  manors  are  mentioned  amongst  the  estates  of  Robert 
Grenon.  One  consisting  of  60  acres  was  held  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by 
William  de  Aln,  of  Robert  Grenon,  having  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor 
been  held  by  a  freeman  named  Grim.  Attached  to  the  manor  in  Saxon 
times  were  one  bordar  tenant,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  i  acre  of  meadow,  valued 
at  los.  8d.,but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  when  there  were  but  2  oxen  in 
place  of  the  half  ploughteam,  valued  at  55.  Robert  Grenon  claimed  this 
manor  by  exchange  with  Hugh  de  Montfort's  land,  and  Harold  had  the  soc. 

The  second  manor  consisted  of  30  acres,  i  bordar  tenant,  half  a 
ploughteam,  and  I  acre  of  meadow,  valued  formerly  at  55.,  but  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  at  35.  This  manor  paid  in  a  gelt  6%d.,  and  in  the  time  of  the 
Confessor  had  been  held  by  Tela,  a  freewoman. 

William  de  Aln  also  held  of  Robert  Grenon  5^  acres,  worth  12^.,  which 
had  been  held  by  a  freeman  Mawa  by  commendation  only,  and  Harold 
had  the  soc.1  The  only  other  holding  in  Brantham  specified  in  the  Great 
Survey  was  that  which  Roger  held  of  Ralph  Ilger's  brother.  It  had  been 
formerly  held  by  Aluric  de  Wenhou,  who  had  the  soc  under  Harold,  and 
consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land.  In  Saxon  days  there  had  been  attached 
to  this  extensive  holding  4  villeins,  I  bordar,  2  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in 
demesne,  and  I  belonging  to  the  men,  wood  sufficient  for  the  maintenance 
of  12  hogs,  5  acres  of  meadow,  i  salt  pan,  i  mill,  i  rouncy,  12  beasts, 
24  hogs,  and  60  sheep,  valued  at  405.  By  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  villeins 
were  only  2,  and  the  serfs  i,  but  the  bordar  tenants  had  increased  to  8, 
the  ploughteams  in  demesne  had  come  down  to  i,  and  the  rouncy  had 
disappeared.4  The  Domesday  Survey  mentions  that  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux 
had  here  three  freemen  -Brun,  Siric,  and  Godestan.5 

MANOR  OF  BRANTHAM  HALL. 

This  manor  was  held  about  the  year  1300  by  John  de  Holbrook,  and 
passed  to  his  widow  Alicia,  who  died  in  1309.'  It  was  later  held  by  another 
John  de  Holbrook,  and  in  1330  Margaret  his  widow  claimed  a  moiety  in 
dower.  A  hundred  years  later  it  appears  to  have  been  vested  in  Roger 

'Dom.  ii.  296.  4Dom.  ii.  425. 

'Dom.  ii.  306.  }Dom.  ii.  378. 

JDom.  ii.  419*.  420.  *I.P.M.,  3  Edw.  II.  51. 


BRANTHAM.  23 

Spice,  John  Samson,  John  Tavener,  and  others,  for  they  in  1435  sold  it  to 
John  Cornwallis,  Thomas  Terrell,  John  Fastolf,  of  Badingham,  John  Lan- 
caster, Walter  Clovile,  and  Thomas  Fastolf. 

In  1540  Edward  Cornwallis  held  a  third  part  which  passed  to  his 
brother,  William  Cornwallis.  The  next  lord  was  Sir  Humphrey  Wingfield, 
Knt.,:  the  i2th  son  of  Sir  John  Wingfield,  of  Letheringham,  who  fixed  his 
seat  here.  He  married  Anna,  daughter  and  heir  of  -  -  Wyseman,  of  Essex, 
and  widow  of  Serjeant  Gregory  Edgar,  and  died  23rd  Oct.  1545, 2  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Wingfield,  who  married  Bridget, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Pargiter,  of  London,  Knt.,  and  in  1556  a 
fine  of  the  manor  was  levied  against  him  and  others  by  William  Merkant.3 
Another  fine  was  also  apparently  levied  against  him  and  others  by  Robert 
Bogas  in  1557.*  On  Robert  Wingfield' s  death  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Humphrey  Wingfield,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Nevill,  of  Owldholt,  in  Essex,  and  dying  in  1579  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Humphrey  Wingfield,  who  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Brewse,  Knt.,  and  on  his  death  in  1612  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Wingfield,  who  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  -  -  Herick,  of  London,  and  on  his  death  in  1655  vested  in  his  son  and 
heir,  Humphrey  Wingfield,  from  whom  it  devolved  on  his  son  and  heir, 
John  Wingfield. 

The  manor  was  offered  for  sale  by  public  auction  at  the  Coach  and 
Horses,  in  Ipswich,  2oth  Sept.  1790,  with  I55a.  3r.  i6p.  of  land,  also  a 
good  farmhouse  called  "  Brantham  Hall."5 

MANOR  OF  BRAHAM  HALL  IN  CATTIWADE. 

This  lordship  was  held  in  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  by  William  de  Braham, 
and  from  him  passed  to  Roger  de  Braham,  who  claimed  warren,  view  of 
frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer  here.6  He  died  about  1286, 7  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  William  de  Braham. 

This  William  de  Braham  asserted  his  fishery  rights  in  an  action  in 
which  he  sued  Richard  Gernain  and  six  others  for  fishing  in  his  several 
fisheries  at  Brantham,  the  defence  being  that  there  was  no  individual 
right,  as  the  place  was  an  arm  of  the  sea.8  This  may  have  been  the  same 
William  de  Braham  who  with  his  wife  Amplesia  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor 
against  Henry  de  Suthflet  and  Nicholas  de  Hoo  in  1316.'  To  William 
succeeded  his  son  and  heir,  Roger  de  Braham,  and  to  him  his  son  and  heir, 
Sir  John  de  Braham,  who  married  Margery,  or  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Sir  Robert  Tye,  of  Barsham,  and  they  in  1364  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor 
against  Sir  William  de  Sondynge  and  Lionel  de  Bradenham.  Sir  John's 
will  was  dated  in  1375,  and  was  proved  gth  Oct.  1375.  He  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  de  Braham,  who  died  in  1420.  In  1425 
William  de  Braham  was  lord,  and  prior  to  1432  John  Braham  seems  to  have 
been  lord,  for  his  widow  Joan  died  seised  of  the  manor  this  year.10  In  1460  Sir 
John  Braham,  of  Braham  Hall,  in  Cattiwade,  is  mentioned,  and  afterwards 
John  Lancaster,  of  Cattiwade,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Sir  John  Braham.  John  Lancaster  died  in  1469,  and  he  by  his  will 

1  See  Manor  of  Creping  Hall,  in  Stutton,  in  >  Ipswich  Journal  4th  Sept.  1790. 

this  Hundred,  and  Dallinghoo  Manor,  6Q.W.  Rolls,  722. 

in  Loes  Hundred.  7I.P.M.  15  Edw.  I.  17. 

I.P.M.,  i6th  Jan.  1545-6.  8(o.e.)  Abbr.  of  Pleas,  33  Edw.  I.  East  18. 

'Fine,  Mich.  3  Mary  I.  »Feet  of  Fines,  10  Edw.  II.  22. 

'Fine,  Mich.  4  Mary  I.  IOI.P.M.,  10  Hen.  VI.  30. 


24  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

dated  2Oth  Nov.  this  year  devised  his  share  in  Boyton  Hall  Manor,  in  the 
parish  of  Capel.to  his  younger  sons,  John  and  Henry,  and  after  the  death 
of  Elizabeth  hi>  wife  and  William  his  eldest  son,  they  were  also  to  have 


his  >liai«  of  tin-  Manor  of  Braham  Hall,  in  Cattiwade,  in  fee.  Elizabeth, 
the  Br.ilium  hrin-ss,  lived  till  1478,  and  appears  to  have  remarried  one  Cator, 
for  by  that  name  she  is  found  to  have  died  seised  of  the  above  estate. 

William  Lain  a-t-T,  of  Cattiwade  and  Brisingham,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Notteme,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  daughter 
Benedicta,  who  married  Edward  Bolton,  of  Boyton  Hall,  in  Brisingham. 
about  the  year  1505.  This  is  probably  the  "  Braham  "  Manor  in  respect 
of  which  we  inert  with  a  fine  levied  in  1573  by  Sir  Christopher  Heydon  and 
John  Blrm  •ihasset,1  and  in  1575  by  John  Pretyman  against  Thomas 
Blenerhassett  and  others.1 

A  little  later  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Robert  Bogas,  who  probably 
acquired  it  under  a  fine  levied  in  1567  against  Humphrey  Wingfield  and 
others.1  Robert  Bogas  was  the  son  of  Robert  by  Elizabeth  his  ist  wife, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Mowse,  of  Needham  Market.  Robert  Bogas  the  son 
married  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Tanston,  of  Great  Claxton, 
Essex,  and  died  27th  March,  1586,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Robert  Bogas,  who  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Tendring,  al. 
\\  hippie,  of  Dickleborough,  co.  Norfolk.  Robert  was  living  in  1597,  and  is  said 
to  have  died  the  following  year,  but  this  can  hardly  be  correct,  as  his  son 
and  heir  Robert  was  found  to  be  nine  years  of  age  in  1611. 

Amongst  the  Calendar  to  Pleadings  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  in 
the  time  of  Elizabeth  (?  43rd  year)  there  is  a  suit  as  to  a  relief  for  a  messuage 
and  suit  and  service  of  Court,  Layton  v.  "  Boggas."  The  manor  was  offered 
for  sale  at  the  Coach  and  Horses  in  Ipswich,  igth  July,  1825,  with  332 
acres  of  land  and  2ia.  26p.  of  wood.4  The  manor  was  described  as  "  all 
that  manor  or  reputed  Manor  of  Braham  Hall  with  the  capital  farm  called 
Braham  Hall,  situate  in  Brantham  and  East  Bergholt."  In  1839  the  manor 
was  vested  in  Walter  Clerk,  of  East  Bergholt,  for  he  died  seised  this  year, 
having  devised  the  manor  to  his  son,  Walter  Finnen  Clerk.  In  1855  Peter 
Godfrey  was  lord,  and  in  1885  Sir  Thomas  S.  Western. 

Court  Rolls  of  the  manor  for  the  38  Hen.  VIII.  will  be  found  in  the 
Public  Record  Office,5  and  there  is  a  note  of  the  descent  of  the  manor  in 
1597  amongst  the  Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian.6 

MANOR  OF  BRIDGE  PLACE. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VII.  this  manor  was  vested  in  Simon  Wincenan, 
of  Brantham,  and  passed  on  his  death  to  his  daughter  Anne,  married  to 
Gregory  Adgore,  who  died  seised  in  1507,  leaving  two  daughters,  Alianor 
and  Dorothy.  The  widow  of  Gregory  Adgore,  however,  remarried  Sir 
Humphrey  Wingfield,  Knt.,  and  on  his  death  23rd  Oct.  1545,  '  the  manor 
vested  in  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Wingfield,  and  on  his  death  in  his  son  and 
heir,  Humphrey  Wingfield.  He  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor  in  1574  against 
William  Calybutt  and  others,8  and  the  following  year  had  a  fine  levied 
against  himself  by  Ralph  Scryvener.9  Humphrey  Wingfield  died  in  1579, 
when  the  manor  vested  in  his  son  and  heir  Humphrey,  on  whose  death  in 
1612  it  devolved  on  his  son  and  heir,  John  W7ingfield. 

'Fine,  Trin.  15  Eliz.  6Rawl.  B.  319. 

Fine,  Mich.  17  and  18  Eliz.  'I.P.M.,  i6th  Jan.  1545-6. 

JFine,  Trin.  9  Eliz.  "Fine,  Mich.  16  and  17  Eliz. 

4lpsu>ick  Journal,  l8th  June,  1825.  'Fine,  Hil.  17  Eliz. 
'Portfolio,  203,  77. 


BURSTALL.  25 

BURST  ALL. 

[HERE  were  several  small  manors  in  Edward  the  Confessor's 
time  in  Burstall  hamlet.  One  was  held  by  Godwin,  a  free- 
man, of  Archbishop  Stigand,  with  30  acres.  There  were 
i  ploughteam  and  i  mill,  reduced  at  the  time  of  the  Domes- 
day Survey  to  half  a  mill.  The  manor  at  this  time  was 
vested  in  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  and  was  held  by  Roger 
Bigot  of  the  bishop,  and  by  Ralph  de  Savigni  of  Bigot,  and 
the  sac,  except  for  the  house  and  for  3  acres,  was  in  Bergholt.1 

The  bishop  also  held  here  37  acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  4  acres  of 
meadow,  worth  8s.,  of  which  the  soc  was  in  Bergholt.  This  estate  had  been 
formerly  held  by  three  freemen — Godine,  Ulmar,  and  Alviet,  one  in  commenda- 
tion to  Guert,  another  to  Aluric,  and  the  third  to  Scalpi,  the  three  freemen 
having  thus  a  whole  ploughteam.2 

The  bishop  also  held  14  acres  which  had  been  held  in  the  Confessor's 
time  by  a  freeman  Ailbern.  A  church  with  26  acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  an 
acre  of  meadow,  formerly  valued  at  ios.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  at 
8s.  4^.  Also  14  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam  and  an  acre  of  meadow  whicn 
had  in  the  Confessor's  time  been  held  by  Ailric,  a  freewoman.  The  value 
had  been  55.  4^.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  45.  The  bishop  also  held 
2  acres,  valued  formerly  at  $d.  but  then  at  6d.,  which  had  been  held  in  the 
Confessor's  time  by  Ulvey,  a  freeman,  under  the  King.  The  township  is 
stated  to  have  been  8  quarentenes  long  and  a  quarentene  and  a  half 
broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  6%d.,  the  King  and  the  Earl  having  the  soc.3 

Another  manor  was  in  Saxon  times  held  by  Aluric,  Stari  Guert's  man,  by 
commendation,  with  40  acres.  There  were  2  bordar  tenants  and  i  plough- 
team  and  2  acres  of  meadow,  which  ploughteam  was  at  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Survey  reduced  to  half  a  team,  and  the  value  was  8s.,  and  held  by 
Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert. 

Amongst  the  lands  of  this  same  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert,  was  a 
holding  of  Ulmar  consisting  of  17  acres,  worth  35.,  which  had  in  the  Con- 
fessor's time  belonged  to  Leuric  by  commendation  to  Earl  Algar.  This 
Richard  claimed  as  belonging  to  Fin's  land.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.4 

Another  manor  was  held  by  Turchill  the  thane  in  King  Edward's 
day,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Norman  Survey  by  Ralph  de  Savigni  of  Ranulph 
Peverell.  It  consisted  of  28  acres  only  and  2  acres  of  meadow.  There  were 
in  it  2  bordars,  I  ploughteam  in  demesne,  I  rouncy,  I  beast,  and  14 
sheep,  which  by  the  time  of  Domesday  had  increased  to  30,  with  the  addition 
of  20  hogs.5 

These  manors  subsequently  are  represented  by  three — one  known  as 
Brokes  Hall,  another  as  Harrold's,  and  the  third  known  as  Langton's. 

MANOR  OF  BROKES  HALL. 

This  was  a  member  of  Bramford  in  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror, 
and  was  held  by  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert.  We  learn  nothing  respect- 
ing it,  and  the  only  owners  mentioned  by  Davy  are  Lady  --  Catesby  and 
Mr.  --  Broke,  who  held  of  the  Honor  of  Clare. 

'Dom.  ii.  377.  «Dom.  ii.  395. 

JDom.  ii.  377.  5Dom.  ii.  417. 

3  Dom.    ii.    375,  said    to  be  in    Bosmere 
Hundred. 


26  THE  MANORS   OF  SUFFOLK. 

MANOR  OF  HARROLD'S  OR  HORROLD'S. 

This  was  the  manor  held  by  Godwin,  a  freeman,  of  Stigand,  and  in 
Norman  days  by  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux.  We  meet  with  Harrold's 
Manor  in  the  time  of  Edw.  III.,  when  Laurence  Horold,  of  Ipswich,  held 
lands  in  Burstall,and  the  property  was  greatly  increased  by  his  son,  Thomas 
Horold,  after  whom  probably  this  manor  was  called.' 

The  land  which  Thomas  Horold  had  and  which  passed  to  Isabella 
his  wife,  including  the  manor,  was  granted  subject  to  this  life  interest  by 
Sir  Pain  Tiptot  and  William  Andrews,  of  Stoke  by  Ipswich,  in  whom  the 
reversion  was  vested  to  St.  Peter's  priory,  Ipswich,  by  deed  5th  Sept.  16 
Rich  II.'  Sir  Pain  Tiptot  was  evidently  the  superior  lord,  for  on  a  grant 
the  same  year  made  by  this  William  Andrews,  also  to  the  priory  of  St. 
Peter's,  Ipswich,  of  the  reversion  in  a  messuage,  land,  and  rent  in  Burstall, 
Bramford,  and  Sproughton,  then  held  by  Isabella,  late  wife  of  Thomas 
Horold,  for  life,1  we  find  a  licence  by  him  to  Andrews  enabling  the  grant  to 
be  made.4  This  manor  was,  with  lands  in  Burstall,  granted  to  Wolsey 
on  the  dissolution  of  the  priory  1528,*  and  by  the  Cardinal  conveyed  to 
St.  Mary's  College,  Ipswich,  the  following  year.6 

The  manor  subsequently  reverted  to  the  Crown,  and  was  in  1551  granted 
to  Thomas,  Lord  Wentworth.  Thomas,  Lord  Wentworth,  in  1581  sold 
the  manor  to  Reginald  Barker/  and  passed  to  Fynch  (?  Lynch),  who  married 
the  heir  of  Barker. 

MANOR  OF  LANGSTON'S,  LANGTON'S,  OR  LINGSTON'S. 

This  was  the  manor  of  Turchill  the  thane  in  the  Confessor's  time,  and 
was  held  by  Ralph  de  Savigni  of  Ralph  Peverell  at  the  time  of  the  Domes- 
day Survey.  It  passed  later  to  John  de  Holbroke,  and  then  to  his  widow 
Alicia,  and  on  her  death  in  1309  vested  in  John  de  Holbrook,  and  from  his 
death  in  1316  passed  in  the  same  course  of  devolution  as  the  Manor  of 
Holbrook,  in  this  Hundred,  to  the  time  of  Sir  Hugh  Fastolf,  who  died  in 
1417,  when  this  manor  went  to  his  widow  Matilda  in  dower,  and  on  her 
death  about  1436'  passed  to  Sir  Hugh's  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Fastolf, 
from  whose  death  in  1445*  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  that  of 
Kirkley,  in  Mutford  Hundred,  to  George  Fastolf,  who  in  1510  sold  the  same 
to  Richard  Longe,  William  Jones,  John  Long,  Reynold,  and  Thomas  Powell. 
They  were  possibly  trustees  for  Sir  Richard  Brooke,  for  he  clearly  held 
the  manor  about  this  time.  He  was  the  father-in-law  of  George  Fastolf, 
George  having  married  the  Chief  Baron's  daughter  Bridget.  Sir  Richard 
Brooke  died  6th  May,  1529,'"  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir  Robert, 
who  seems  to  have  sold  it  to  Stephen  Bull.  In  1574  it  was  vested  in  John 
Bull,  of  Sproughton,  who  died  seised  this  year,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Anthony  Bull."  In  1804  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Robert  Harland, 
Bart. 

•Ancient  Deeds,   5  Edw.   III.   A.  3373  ;  «S.P.  20  Hen.  VIII.  5280  ;  Fine,  Mich.  20 

7  Edw.  III.  A.  3716;   23  Edw.  III.  Hen.  VIII. ;  Easter,  21  Hen.  VIII. 

A.   3436.    See   also   the   following  7Fine,  Mich.  23-24  Eliz. 

ancient  deeds  in  the  Record  Office:  'I. P.M.,  15  Hen.  VI.  37. 

A.  3352.  3383,  3384.  3478,  3543.  9I.P.M.  26  Hen.  VI.  15. 

3726.  3752.  3820,  3896,  3969-  "I.P.M.,  2  Edw.  VI.  60. 

'Ancient  Deeds,  A.  3478.  "See  Boss  Hall,  Sproughton,  in  this  Hun- 

1  Ancient  Deeds,  16  Rich.  II.  A.  3875.  dred,  and    Glevering  Hall  Manor, 

4  A.  3877.  Hacheston,  in  Loes  Hundred. 
»S.P.  Hen.  VIII.  4424. 


BURSTALL.  27 

A  covenant  for  recovery  of  this  manor  in  1629  will  be  found  amongst 
the  Additional  Charters  of  the  British  Museum.1  One  of  the  manors  (but 
which  we  are  not  able  to  say)  known  as  "  Bursthall  Manor,"  is  included  in 
the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Anna  Bourchier,  widow,  who  died  25th  July,  1520,  when 
Andrew  Sulyard  was  found  to  be  her  next  heir,  namely,  the  son  of  John 
Sulyard.2  Lieut.-Col.  Robert  H.  L.  Anstruther,  of  Hintlesham,  is  now 
the  lord  of  this  Manor  of  Burstall. 

The  manor  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Sir  Thomas 
Holbrook,  who  died  in  1360 ,3  of  John  Holbrook  in  I37&,4  and  of  John 
Fastolf  in  1405. 5 


'Add.  Ch.  9790.  "I.P.M.  50  Edw.  III.  31- 

"I.P.M.  12  Hen.  VIII.  14.  5I.P.M.  7  Hen.  IV.  34. 

'I.P.M.  34Edw.  III.75- 


28  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

CAPEL   ST.    MARY. 

HE  entries  in  this  place  mostly  appear  under  the  head 
I  Boyton,  which  formed  part  thereof,  and  had  a  manor 
of  this  name  in  early  days.  Three  manors  appear  as 
in  Boyton  in  the  Great  Survey.  The  first  was  held  in  Saxon 
times  by  Ulestan,  a  freeman  of  Edith's,  and  consisted  of 
50  acres,  2  bordars,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  2  acres  of 
meadow,  worth  8s.,  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt.  At  the 
time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  by  Ulestan  of  Earl  Alan,  and  there 
was  i  ploughteam.1 

The  second  manor  was  held  by  Suain  Suart,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate 
of  land,  2  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the  men  ; 
also  5  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  405.,  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt.  At  the 
time  of  the  Survey  this  land  belonged  to  Robert  de  Stratford,  and  the 
bordars  were  increased  to  6. 

Robert  de  Stratford  had  another  manor  here  formerly  held  by  Brixi, 
a  freeman,  consisting  of  a  carucate  of  land,  a  bordar  (increased  to  2  at  the 
time  of  the  Survey),  a  ploughteam  in  demesne  (and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey 
a  rouncy  and  i  sheep),  worth  2OS.  It  was  7  quarentenes  long  and  6  broad, 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  i^d.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.  Others  had  holdings 
here. 

The  third  manor  was  that  of  Godwin,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  60 
acres,  3  villeins,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the  men. 
Also  wood  sufficient  to  support  10  hogs,  and  the  fourth  part  of  a  church 
with  6  acres.  The  value  was  2os.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor 
belonged  to  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux.3 

Another  estate  in  this  place  was  that  of  Levestan,  Fin's  freeman,  by 
commendation,  consisting  of  50  acres,  3  bordars,  a  ploughteam  (reduced  to 
half  at  the  time  of  the  Survey)  and  3  acres  of  meadow,  the  value  being  los. 
(increased  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  us.  5^.)  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt. 
This  estate  belonged  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  Richard,  son  of 
Earl  Gislebert.4 

MANOR  OF  BOITWELL  HALL  OR  BOYTON  HALL  WITH  GROATS  OR  GROT'S. 
DENY'S  AND  HELHOUSE  LANDS  al.  BEAMES. 

The  manor  was  held  in  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  by  Jeffrey  de  Capell  of 
the  Honor  of  Heningham  by  the  service  of  half  a  knight's  fee,  and  in  1353 
was  vested  in  Sir  John  Braham.  From  him  it  passed  to  John  de  Vere, 
Earl  of  Oxford,  who  held  in  1360.  In  the  time  of  Hen.  VI.  the  manor  was 
vested  in  John  Fastolfe,  of  Ipswich,  and  passed  to  his  heir,  Thomas  Corn- 
wallis.  A  John  Cornwallis  held  in  the  reign  of  Hen.  VII.,  and  in  the  time 
of  Queen  Elizabeth  the  manor  had  passed  to  the  heirs  of  Thomas  Woolward, 
and  to  John  Tarver,  who  held  jointly.5  Davy,  however,  says  that  in  1316  the 
manor  was  the  lordship  of  William  Fitz  Ralph,  and  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir  John,  and  from  him  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Fitz  Ralph, 
who  released  to  Sir  John  Sutton  and  others,  who  held  (probably  as 
trustees)  in  1388.  In  1428  Joan  Fitz  Ralph,  widow  of  Sir  John,  held. 
She  died  in  1432,  when  the  manor  went  to  Sir  John  Braham,  Knt.,  who 
held  in  right  of  Joane  his  wife,  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Visdelieu. 

'  Dom.  ii.  296.  « Dom.  ii.  395. 

'Dom.  ii.  4456.  sRawl.  MSS.  Bodleian  B.  319. 

'Dom.  ii.  378. 


CAPEL    ST.   MARY.  29 

He  further  states  that  in  1548  the  manor  was  vested  in  the  Master  of 
Queen's  College,  Cambridge,  and  gives  the  following  list  :— 

William  May,  LL.D.,  ejected. 

J553-  William  Glynn,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Bangor. 

1555.  Thomas  Peacock,  B.D.,  ejected. 

J559-  Wm.  May,  restored. 

1560.  John  Strokys,  B.D. 

1568.  William  Chadderton,  D.D. 

1579.  Humphrey  Tyndale,  B.D. 

1614.  John  Davenant,  D.D. 

1622.  John  Mansel,  D.D. 

1631.  Edw.  Martin,  D.D.,  ejected. 

1644.  Herbert  Palmer,  B.D. 

1647.  Thomas  Home,  D.D. 

1660.  Simon  Patrick,  D.D.,  ejected. 

1660.  Edward  Martin,  restored. 

1662.  Anthony  Sparrow,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Exeter  and  Norwich. 

1667.  William  Wells. 

1675.  Henry  James,  D.D. 

1717  John  Davis,  LL.D.,  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph. 

1731.  William  Sedgwick,  B.D. 

1760.  Robert  Plumptre,  D.D. 

1788.  Isaac  Milner,  D.D. 

1820.  Henry  Godfrey. 

The  manor  is  still  vested  in  Queen's  College,  Cambridge. 

CHURCHFORD    HALL   MANOR. 

In  Saxon  times  this  manor  was  held  by  Scapi,  Harold's  thane,  and 
consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  6  villeins,  4  bordars,  2  serfs,  2  ploughteams 
in  demesne,  ij  belonging  to  the  men,  and  7  acres  of  meadow.  Also  2 
rouncies,  6  beasts,  and  140  sheep,  which  had  disappeared  at  the  time  of 
the  Survey.  The  whole  was  worth  605.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  the 
manor  was  held  by  William  de  Aln  of  Robert  Grenon,  and  there  were  4 
villeins,  3  bordars,  a  serf,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the 
men,  also  a  mill,  and  the  worth  was  405.  It  was  6  quarentenes  long  and 
2  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  4^.  Scapi  had  held  the  soc  under  Harold.1 

The  manor  was  later  held  by  Ralph  de  Pebemarsh,  from  whom  it 
passed  to  William,  his  son  and  heir,  and  in  1329  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied 
of  the  manor  (except  the  advowson)  by  Thomas,  son  of  William,  son  of 
Ralph  de  Pebemarsh,  against  William,  son  of  Ralph  de  Pebemarsh  and 
Matilda  his  wife.1 

A  Ralph  de  Pebemarsh  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1339. 3  In 
1417  the  manor  was  acquired  by  John  Fitz  Ralph,  and  we  meet  with  a 
fine  levied  of  the  manor  in  1417  by  this  John  Fitz  Ralph  against  William 
Raynforth  and  Alianora  his  wife/ 

From  John  Fitz  Ralph  the  manor  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir 
Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain,  Knt.,  but  this  seems 
doubtful ;  for  on  the  Patent  Rolls  for  1476  we  find  a  grant  of  this  manor 
and  of  Netherhall,  in  Little  Waldingfield,  together  with  the  advowson  of 

'Dom.  ii.  419*.  3 Chart  Rolls,  12  Edw.  III.  9. 

2  Feet  of  Fines,  19  Edw.  II.  20.  «Feet  of  Fines,  4  Hen.  V.  33. 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


Capel  St.  Mary,  to  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain  without  fine  or  fee.'  From 
the  time  of  this  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain  to  the  time  of  Fitz  Ralph 
Chamberlain  the  manor  devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of 
Gedding,  in  Thedwestry  Hundred. 

In  1581  it  passed  from  Fitz  Ralph  Chamberlain,  being  then  acquired 
by  Thomas  Appleton,  and  we  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor  and  of 
tenements  there  and  in  Capel,  Wenham  Magna,  &c.,  levied  by  the  said 
Thomas  Appleton  against  the  said  Fitz  Ralph  "  Chamberleyne,"  William 
Carnage,  and  others.' 

The  manor  was  included  in  a  fine  levied  in  1586  by  Leonard  Craston 
and  others  against  Sir  William  Sprynge  and  others.3 

In  1653  the  lordship  was  vested  in  Ralph  Appleton,  and  subsequently 
in  Sir  Ralph  Appleton,  Knt.,  who  died  about  1683. 

In  1686  it  seems  to  have  been  vested  in  Bezaliel  Sherman,  for  this  year 
he  held  his  first  court,  and  from  him  it  passed  to  his  widow  Anne,  who  two 
years  later  held  her  first  court. 

In  1762  the  manor  was  vested  in  one  Fielding,  and  afterwards  in  the 
Everett  family.  Isaac  Everett4  of  Churchford  Hall,  formerly  of  Hadleigh, 
died  8th  August,  1777,  aged  69,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Isaac,  who, 
dying  in  1821,  aged  82,  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Isaac,  who  removed  to 
\\  ix  Lodge,  Essex,  leaving  his  son  Isaac  at  Churchford  Hall.  The  last- 
mentioned  Isaac  Everett  died  7th  March,  1855,  aged  46.  In  1845,  27th 
Aug.,  the  manor  was  offered  for  sale  by  the  representatives  of  Isaac  Everett 
together  with  Churchford  Hall  estate  containing  231  acres  of  land.5  This 
manor,  with  the  Manor  of  Vaux  and  Jermyn's,  was  in  1855,  vested  in  J. 
Ansell,  and  later  in  the  Rev.  William  Brooke.  In  1885  they  were  vested 
in  his  executors,  and  are  now  vested  in  Charles  James  Grimwade,  of 
Hadleigh. 

MANOR  OF  THORNEY. 

Lionel  Talmash  died  seised  of  this  manor  about  1553,  when  it  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Lionel  Talmash,  who  died  seised  in  1571,  when  the 
manor  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Lionel  Talmash,  Bart.,  who  died  in 
1612,  when  it  vested  in  his  son  and  heir,  Lionel  Talmash.6 

CASTEL'S   MANOR. 

We  find  that  this  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain, 
married  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Fitz  Ralph.  Elizabeth, 
the  widow,  died  seised  in  1517,  when  the  manor  went  to  her  son  and  heir, 
Sir  Ralph  Chamberlain,  who  died  in  1541,  in  the  same  way  as  the  Manor 
of  Churchford  Hall. 

Vaux  and  Jermyns  Manors  are  mentioned  in  some  places  as  in  Capel 
St.  Mary,  but  are  treated  of  under  Great  Wenham. 


1  Pat.  Rolls.  15  Edw.  IV.  pt.  i.  9. 

'Fine,  Trin.  23  Eliz. 

'Fine,  Trin.  28  Eliz. 

4  He  was  ancestor  of  Robert  Lacey  Everett, 
M.P.,  of  Rushmere,  brother  of  the 
late  Prof.  Joseph  David  Everett, 
F.R.S.,  M.A..  D.C.L. ;  of  the  late 
Right  Hon.  Sir  John  Barnard 
Byles,  Knight,  Judge  of  the  Com- 
mon Pleas ;  of  Judge  Philbrick, 


K.C. ;  of  Charles  Partridge,  M.A., 
F.S.A.,  F.R.G.S. ;  of  the  late  Prof. 
Edward  Byles-Cowell,  of  Cambridge, 
friend  of  the  poet,  Edward  Fitz- 
gerald, brother  of  the  Rev.  Maurice 
Byles-Cowell,  Vicar  of  Ashbocking. 

5  Ipswich  Journal,  Qth  Aug.  1845. 

•See  Manor  of  Helmingham  Hall. in  Bos- 
mere  and  Claydon  Hundred. 


CAPEL    ST.    MARY.  31 

REMBROW   MANOR. 

All  we  learn  of  this  manor  is  that  so  far  as  is  known,  the  lords  were 
the  same  as  those  of  Thorn ey  Manor,  in  Capel. 

A  Court  book  of  the  "Manor  of  Capel  St.  Maty,"  1593-1673,  is  amongst 
the  Additional  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.1 


CHATTISHAM. 

HE  only  entry  in  Domesday  as  to  this  place  is  that  it  was 
8  quarantenes  in  length  and  6  in  breadth,  and  paid  in  a 
gelt 


MANOR  OF  CHATTISHAM  OR  CHATTISHAM  HALL. 

In  1275  the  lordship  was  held  bv  the  priory  of  Wykes 
in  Essex,3  and   apparently  continued    in  this  house  until 
the  Dissolution,  when  the  manor  vested  in  the  Crown,  and 
was  in  1525   granted  to  Cardinal  Wolsey,4   who  the  same  year    vested 
the    same    in    the  Dean    of   Cardinal   College,  Oxford,  who  three  years 
later  transferred  the  manor  to  the  Dean  of  Cardinal  College,  Ipswich. 

On  Wolsey's  disgrace,  the  manor  passed  again  to  the  Crown,  and  was 
granted  by  King  Hen.  VIII.  to  the  Provost  and  Fellows  of  Eton5  in  exchange 
for  St.  James',  Westminster,  and  they  are  the  present  lords. 

Court  Rolls  of  the  manor  9,  10  Hen.  V.,  2  Hen.  VI.,  3  and  5  Edw.  IV., 
and  15  Hen.  VIII.,  will  be  found  in  the  Public  Record  Office,6  and  the 
customs  and  demesne  of  the  manor  are  referred  to  in  the  State  Papers  in 

I525-7 


1  Add  MSS.  21043-21044. 

2Dom.  ii.  2876. 

3  Serjeant's  Accounts  of  lands  of  the  Priory 

here,  13  to  14,  and  14  to  15  Edw.  III. 

will  be  found  amongst  the  Ministers' 

Accounts  in    the    Record    Office, 

Bundle  992,  Nos.  i,  2. 


«S.P.  17  Hen.  VIII.  1833. 
5SP.  23  Hen.  VIII.  406. 
'Portfolio,  203,  20,  21. 
7S.P.  17  Hen.  VIII.  1834  (2). 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

CHELMONDISTON. 

N  Saxon  times  there  was  one  manor  held  in  this  place  by 
Suwart,  a  socman  of  Stigand,  a  freeman,  consisting  of 
30  acres  in  the  jurisdiction  of"  Bercolt."  It  was  included  in 
the  valuation  of  Hintlesham,  and  appears  in  the  Survey 
under  the  name  "  Canapetuna.'" 

The  only  other  holding  mentioned  here  was  that  of 
Brunwin,  a  socman  of  the  King's  Manor  ot  Bergholt,  con- 
sisting of  4  acres  worth  i2d.  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  belonging 
to  Aubrey  de  Vere.' 

This  place  was  5  quarentenes  long  and  2  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  6$d. 

MANOR  OF  CHELMONDISTON. 

In  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  both  the  lordship  and  impropriation  of  Chelmon- 
diston  were  in  the  Crown,  and  the  latter  so  continues.  Both  Roger  de 
Lopham  and  Hamon  de  Wolferston  had  considerable  holdings  in  Chel- 
mondiston,  and  obtained  a  grant  of  free  warren,  the  former  in  1481, 3  and 
the  latter  in  1483.'  It  does  not,  however,  appear  that  either  of  them  had 
the  lordship.  On  the  opening  of  the  I4th  century  this  was  apparently  in 
the  Crown,  but  a  little  later  is  found  vested  in  Sir  Johnde  Holbrook,  Knt., 
who  died  seised  of  the  manor  in  1316,  from  which  time  it  passed  through 
the  Holbrook  family  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Holbrook,  in  this 
Hundred. 

In  1749  Samuel  Lucas  was  lord,  and  this  year  died  seised  of  the  manor. 

In  1841  it  was  vested  in  Archdeacon  Berners,  from  which  time  the 
manor  has  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Erwarton,  in  this 
Hundred.  All  the  copyholds  in  Chelmondiston  have  been  enfranchised, 
and  the  reputed  manor  is  now  vested  in  Charles  Hugh  Berners,  of  Woolver- 
stone  Park,  Ipswich. 


1  Dora.  ii.  296. 
'  Dom.  ii.  4186. 


'Chart.  Rolls,  9  Edw.  I.  54. 
4  Chart.  Rolls,  22  Edw.  I.  i. 


COPDOCK.  33 

COPDOCK. 
MANOR  OF  COPDOCK  WITH  BARONS. 

|N  1272  Peter  de  Ryngesale  and  Margery  his  wife  sued 
Geoffrey  de  Dodenesse  for  a  third  part  of  this  manor,  and 
in  1286  we  find  the  whole  vested  in  Robert  Copedoc,'  who 
was  apparently  succeeded  in  the  lordship  by  Richard  de 
Coppedoc.  Davy  put  this  Richard  de  Coppedoc  as  lord  in 
1316,  and  yet  makes  John  de  Holbrook  also  lord,  and  he  died 
this  very  same  year. 

In  1330  Margaret  the  widow  of  John  sued  Thomas  de  Holbrook,  son  of 
John,  for  a  moiety  of  this  manor  as  part  of  her  dower,  and  subject  to  this 
claim  Sir  Thomas  de  Holbrook  inherited  the  same.  He  died  in  1360.' 

It  is  quite  possible  that  the  Holbrooks  had  not  this  manor  at  all,  but 
were  lords  of  another  manor  in  Copdock  —for  as  late  as  1351  we  meet 
with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  William  Copedok  and  Beatrice  his  wife 
against  John  de  Ketene,  parson  of  Copdock  Church.3 

In  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Lionel 
Talmash,  who  died  in  1571,  when  it  passed  in  the  same  way  as  the  Manor 
of  Helmingham  Hall,  in  Helmingham,  in  the  Hundred  of  Bosmere  and 
Claydon,  until  the  death  of  Sir  Lionel  Tollemache,  3rd  Bart.,  in  1668. 

In  the  middle  of  the  i8th  century  the  manor  was  vested  in  Thomas  de 
Grey,  of  Merton,  co.  Norfolk,  M.P.  for  that  county,  who  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Wyndham,  of  Felbrigge,  co.  Norfolk,  and 
dying  in  1765  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  de  Grey.  He 
married  i2th  August,  1745,  Elizabeth,  3rd  daughter  of  Samuel  Fisher,  of 
Bury  St.  Edmunds,  but  died  without  issue,  23rd  May,  1781.  He  had, 
however,  in  his  lifetime  sold  the  manor  to  his  younger  brother,  William 
de  Grey,  a  lawyer  of  eminence,  who  was  made  i6th  Dec.  1764,  Solicitor- 
General  to  Queen  Anne,  and  was  reappointed  to  the  same  office  by  King 
George  I.,  being  subsequently  Attorney-General,  6th  Aug.  1766,  and  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  26th  Jan.  1771,  when  he  received 
the  honour  of  knighthood.  Sir  William  de  Grey  resigned  his  judicial  office 
8th  June,  1780,  and  was  advanced  to  the  peerage  i7th  Oct.  by  the  title  of 
Baron  Walsingham,  of  Walsingham,  in  Norfolk.  He  did  not  long  enjoy 
his  honour,  for  he  died  Qth  May,  1781,  leaving  by  Mary  his  wife,  daughter 
of  William  Cowper,  of  The  Park,  co.  Hertford,  whom  he  had  married  i2tn 
Nov.  1743,  an  only  surviving  son,  Thomas  de  Grey,  2nd  Baron  Walsingham, 
to  whom  the  manor  passed.  This  Thomas  married  3Oth  April,  1772, 
Augusta  Georgiana  Elizabeth,  only  daughter  of  Sif  William  Irby,  ist  Lord 
Boston,  and  for  20  years  filled  the  office  of  chairman  of  the  Committee 
of  Privileges  of  the  House  of  Lords,  and  upon  his  retirement  in  1814  was 
granted  a  pension  of  £2,000  per  annum  for  life.  His  lordship  was  also 
comptroller  of  the  first-fruits  and  tenths. 

He  died  i6th  Jan.  1818,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
George  de  Grey,  3rd  Baron  Walsingham,  who  i6th  May,  1804,  married 
Matilda,  eldest  daughter  of  Paul  Cobb  Methuen,  of  Corsham,  but  had  no 
issue.  His  lordship  held  his  first  court  for  the  manor  "  Copdock  with 

'Q.W.  736.  3Feet  of  Fines,  24  Edw.  III.  15. 

2  See  Manor  of  Holbrook,  in  this  Hundred. 


34  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Barons,"  and  also  for  Great  Belstead,  i4th  July,  1820,'  and  having  been 
unfortunately  burnt  to  death,  together  with  Lady  Walsingham,  at  his 
house  in  Harley  Street,  26th  April,  1831,  the  manor  devolved  on  his  brother, 
the  Rev.  Thomas  iU-  (irt-y,  4th  Baron  Walsingham,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey, 
Prebendary  of  Winchester,  and  Rector  of  Fawley,  Hants.,  and  of  Merton, 
Norfolk,  who  married  I2th  Aug.  1802,  Elizabeth,  youngest  daughter  of  the 
Hon.  Right  Rev.  Brownlow  North,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  and  dying  yth 
Sept.  1839,  the  manor  probably  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  de 
Grey,  5th  Baron  Walsingham,  who  married  ist  6th  Aug.  1842,  Augusta 
Louisa,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Frankland  Russell,  7th  Bart,  of 
Thirkleby,  and  2ndly  25th  Oct.  1847,  the  Hon.  Emily  Elizabeth  Julia, 
eldest  daughter  of  John,  2nd  Lord  Rendlesham. 

This  Lord  Walsingham  about  1850  exchanged  this  manor  and  the  Manor 
of  Washbrook  with  the  Rev.  James  Tooke  Hales,  for  certain  other  manors. 
This  James  Tooke  Hales  was  the  son  of  James  Hales,  a  solicitor  of  the 
city  of  Norwich,  youngest  son  of  Robert  Hales,  of  King's  Lynn,  by 
his  wife  Ann,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  John  Turner,  Bart.,  of  Warham 
Hall.  James  Hales's  wife  was  Barbara,  daughter  of  John  Greene  Baseley, 
of  Norwich.  The  Rev.  James  Tooke  Hales  assumed  the  additional  surname 
of  Tooke  on  inheriting  from  his  maternal  uncle  the  property  of  Thompson, 
in  the  county  of  Norfolk.  He  died  unmarried  in  1875,  and  the  manor 
passed  to  his  brother,  Baseley  Hales-Tooke,  who  died  unmarried  in  1892, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  next  brother,  John  Hales  Tooke,  M.R.C.S.,E.,  of 
Copdock  and  Washbrook,  who  married  ist  i6th  Sept.  1846,  Sarah,  only 
child  of  John  Clark,  of  Holt,  co.  Norfolk,  who  died  8th  Aug.  1895,  and 
2ndly,  4th  Nov.  1895,  Isabel  J.,  youngest  daughter  of  John  P.  Ballachy, 
of  Edgefield  Mount,  co.  Norfolk. 

Arms  of  DE  GREY  :  Barry  of  six,  Arg.  and  Az.  on  a  chief  of  the  first 
three  amulets  Gu. 

COPDOCK  HALL  al.  FITZ  RAFFES. 

This  probably  was  the  manor  of  Fitz  Ralph's,  of  which  there  is  a 
descent,  1597,  amongst  the  Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian."  In  1263 
the  manor  was  held  by  William  de  Montchensy  of  the  Honor  of  Hedingham 
ad  Castrum,  in  Essex,  by  the  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.  From  him 
the  manor  passed  to  John  Baron,  of  Copdock,  who  held  in  the  time  of 
Edw.  I.  In  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  the  manor  was  vested  in  John  Fitz 
Raffe,  but  in  the  same  reign  passed  to  John  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford,  and 
then  to  Richard  Dogette.  The  manor  was,  however  in  1418  granted  by 
deed  by  Alicia,  Countess  of  Oxford,  to  Robert  Fitz  Raffe.  In  the  time  of 
Queen  Elizabeth  the  manor  was  vested  in  William  Forster,  in  which  family 
the  manor  continued  for  several  generations.  William  Forster  was  the 
2nd  son  of  Richard  Forster,  of  Iveletle,  Shifmal,  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Michael  Sellman,  of  Morton,  co.  Stafford.  William  Forster 
married  Maryon,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Spencer,  of  Ipswich,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Forster,  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Christr.  Goldingham,  of  Belstead,  and  died  in  1591,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Forster,  from  whom  it  devolved 
on  his  son  and  heir  Henry,  who  parted  with  the  inheritance.  We  find  two 

1  Ipswich  Journal,  ist  July,  1820.  'Rawl.  B.  319. 


COPDOGK.  35 

disputes  as  to  the  manor,  or  copyholds  of  it,  amongst  the  Star  Chamber  Pro- 
ceedings in  1518,  and  amongst  the  Exchequer  Depositions  in  1577.  The 
one  is  an  action  between  Thomas  Harman  and  William  Spencer  and  others,1 
and  the  other  is  a  suit  between  Thomas  Harman,  of  Grantham,  and  William 
Harman,  of  Bentley,  twin  brothers,  and  Thomas  Harman,  of  Copdock,  eldest 
son  of  Thomas  Harman,  of  Bentley,  as  to  certain  lands  held  freely  by 
William  Spencer,  his  grandfather  by  the  mother  as  of  Copdock  Manor.2 

We  meet  with  a  fine  levied  in  respect  of  rents  issuing  from  the  manor 
in  1550  by  Edmund  Wythepowle  and  others  against  Peter  Moone  and 
others.3 

Of  "  Copdock  Manor  "  we  meet  with  two  fines  in  the  time  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  ;  one  in  1576  was  levied  by  Robert  Forster  against  Francis 
Symond,*  and  the  other  in  1597  by  Richard  Bradon  and  others  against 
Sir  John  Scott  and  others.5 

It  may  also  be  the  main  manor  in  respect  of  which  Thomas  Bedingfield, 
of  Gray's  Inn,  compounded,  and  which  he  had  in  1648  "  lately  purchased  of 
Henry  Forster,6  his  debtor,  a  recusant,  two  thirds  being  sequestered  for 
his  recusancy."1  We  find  that  in  1570  a  William  Foster  rendered  an 
account  to  the  Queen  as  to  courts  leet  and  view  of  frankpledge  within 
Copdock.8  In  1855  and  1885  the  manor  was  vested  in  W.  J.  Deane. 


'Star  C.P.  10  Hen.  VIII.  Bundle  19,  394.         6See  a  legend  of  Copdock  Hall  and  the 
*Exch.  Dep.  577  at  Capell.  connection     of     the    Forsters    or 

3  Fine,  Hil.  3  Edw.  VI.  Fosters    therewith,    in    the    East 

4  Fine,  Easter,  18  Eliz.  Anglian    Notes    and  Queries,  vol. 

5  Fine,  Easter,  39  Eliz.  vi.  25. 

7S.P.  Cal.  of  Comp.  1648,  p.  1867. 

8  Memoranda,  12  Eliz.  Trin.  Rec.  Rot.  61. 


36  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


ERWARTON. 

|\VO  manors  were  held  here  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by 
Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert.  The  first  was  formerly  of 
Phin's  land,  and  held  by  Turi,  the  King's  thane,  and  con- 
sisted of  ij  carucates  of  land,  8  villeins,  4  bordars,  i £  plough- 
teams  in  demesne  and  4  ploughteams  in  demesne.  Also 
3  acres  of  meadow,  the  third  part  of  a  fishery,  a  rouncy,  6 
beasts,  20  hogs,  and  80  sheep,  worth  405.,  the  soc  belonging 
to  Turi.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Roger  held  this  manor  of  Richard, 
and  some  of  the  details  had  changed  ;  the  villeins  were  reduced  to  3,  the  4 
ploughteams  in  demesne  to  I,  but  the  bordars  had  increased  to  7,  and  there 
were  in  addition  2  rouncies,  8  beasts,  26  hogs,  and  4  goats,  valued  at  305. 

The  second  manor  was  formerly  held  by  Ailbern,  a  freeman,  and 
consisted  of  60  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam,  worth  8s.' 


MANOR   OF   ERWARTON. 

This  was  at  the  time  of  the  Great  Survey  the  estate  of  Richard,  son  ol 
Earl  Gislebert,  but  in  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  was  the  lordship  of  Bartholomew 
Davillers,*  and  in  that  reign  passed  from  him  to  his  son  and  heir,  Richard 
Davillers.  Richard  was  in  the  custody  of  Cassandra,  his  mother,  by 
grant  of  Hugh  de  Burgh,  justiciary,  with  whom  she  compounded  for  205. 
The  possessions  of  this  Richard  which  lay  in  Shelfhanger,  in  Norfolk,  and 
in  Brome  and  Erwarton,  in  Suffolk,  were  then  worth  £40  per  annum,  and 
were  all  held  by  serjeanty,  viz.,  by  the  service  of  conducting  the  foot 
soldiers  of  the  two  counties  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  for  40  days  at  the  King's 
summons  from  St.  Edmunds'  ditch  (now  called  Devil's  ditch,  on  Newmarket 
Heath)  to  the  King's  army  in  Wales,  for  which  he  was  to  have  qd.  of  each 
for  conduct  money,  and  the  rest  of  their  maintenance  was  to  be  at  the 
King's  cost,  and  by  this  tenure  it  always  passed.  The  abbot  at  first  was 
to  do  this  service  till  granted  this  part  chargeable  with  it.  In  1253  Richard 
Davillers  and  Beatrix  enjoyed  the  manor.  He  died  in  1269,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Bartholomew  Davillers,  who  died  in  1276,* 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Bartholomew  Davillers,  and  on 
his  death  in  1287*  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Davillers,  and  on  his 
f  loath  in  1288'  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Bartholomew  Davillers,  Knt., 
who  in  1315  settled  the  manor  on  himself,  Joan  his  wife,  and  his  heirs,6 
and  in  support  levied  a  fine  of  it  against  John  Murieus,7  and  died  in  1330. 8 
The  manor  then  passed  to  Sir  Bartholomew's  daughter  and  coheir,  Isabel, 
who  married  Sir  Robert  Bacon,  Knt.  He  died  in  1375,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  Sir  Bartholomew  Bacon,  Knt.,  who  died 
without  issue  in  1381,  when,  subject  to  his  widow  Joan's  life  interest  by 
way  of  dower,  it  passed  to  his  sister  and  heir  Isabel,  married  to  Sir  Oliver 

'Dom.  ii.  3946,  395.  4I.P.M.,  15  Edw.  I.  16. 

'1210-12,  Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer,  132  M.P.M.,  16  Edw.  I.  22. 

B.  1253;   Chart.  Rolls  37-38  Hen.  'I.Q.D.  8  Edw.  II.  File  101,  18. 

III.  pt.  i.,  n,  57.  7Feet  of  Fines,  o  Edw.  II.  12. 

'I.P.M.,  4  Edw.  I.  70.  "I.P.M.,  5  Edw.  III.  76. 


ERWARTON.  37 

Calthorpe,  of  Calthorpe,  in  Norfolk/  and  on  their  death  to  their  son  and 
heir,  Sir  William  Calthorpe.2  From  this  time  to  the  marriage  of  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Philip  Calthorpe  (who  died  in  1549),  with  Sir 
Henry  Parker,  the  devolution  of  the  manor  is  the  same  as  that  of  the 
Manor  of  Brome  Hall,  in  Hartismere  Hundred. 

Elizabeth  Calthorpe  and  Sir  Henry  Parker  were  succeeded  by  their 
son  and  heir,  Sir  Philip  Parker,  who  was  High  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  in  1578, 
and  in  that  year  received  the  honour  of  knighthood  from  Queen  Elizabeth 
on  her  progress  through  this  county. 

It  is  stated  in  some  places  that  in  1577  the  manor  was  purchased  by 
this  Sir  Philip  Parker  of  Sir  Drue  Drury,  but  we  have  not  found  any  evidence 
of  this.  It  is  true  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  in  1566  by  Sir 
William  Cordall  and  others  against  Drue  Drury  and  others,3  but  this  does 
not  afford  sufficient  justification  for  the  above  statement. 

Sir  Philip  Parker  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Goodwin, 
of  Winchendon,  in  Bucks.,  Knt.,  and  on  his  death  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Sir  Calthorp  Parker,  who  was  knighted  by  King  Jas.  I.  before 
his  coronation.  He  married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Sir  Stephen  Soame,  Knt., 
and  on  his  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Philip  Parker, 
who  received  the  honour  of  knighthood  igth  Nov.  1624,  and  was  knight 
of  the  shire  for  Suffolk  in  1640.  He  married  Dorothy,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Sir  Robert  Gawdy,  of  Claxton,  in  Norfolk,  Knt.  (by  Winifred  his  wife, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon,  of  Stiffkey,  in  Norfolk),  and 
dying  22nd  June,  1675,  the  manor  passed  to  his  only  surviving  son  and 
heir,  Philip  Parker,  who  was  advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  baronet  13  Car.  II. 
He  married  twice — ist  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Walter,  sistei  and  eventual 
heir  of  Sir  Walter  Long,  of  Whaddon,  in  Wiltshire,  Bart.,  and  2ndly,  7th 
Nov.  1661,  Hannah,  daughter  and  heir  of  Philip  Bacon,  of  Woolverstone, 
widow  of  Thomas  Bedingfield,  son  of  Sir  Thos.  Bedingfield,  of  Darsham, 
Knt. 

Sir  Philip  Parker  died  in  1690,*  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  eldest 
son  by  his  first  wife,  Sir  Philip  Parker,  2nd  Bart. 

He  married  I3th  Mar.  1680-1,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Fortrey,  of 
Byall  Fenn,  in  Cambridgeshire,  and  on  his  death  about  I7OO5  the  manor 
passed  to  his  only  son,  Sir  Philip  Parker,  who  assumed  the  surname  of 
Parker-a-Morley  in  lieu  of  Parker.  He  was  in  both  Parliaments  of  K'ng 
Geo.  I.  and  in  the  first  Parliament  of  King  Geo.  II.,  as  member  for  the 
borough  of  Harwich,  in  Essex. 

He  married,  nth  July,  1715,  Martha,  daughter  of  William  East,  of 
the  Middle  Temple,  and  dying  2oth  Jan.  I74O-4I,6  aged  58,  without  male 
issue  the  title  in  the  family  became  extinct,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his 
eldest  daughter  and  coheir  Martha,  married  to  John  Thynne  Howe,  2nd 
Lord  Chedworth,  who  died  3oth  Nov.  1775,  without  issue. 

On  the  death  of  Lady  Chedworth  the  manor  was  purchased  by  William 
Berners,  of  Woolverstone,  son  of  William  Berners,  by  Mary  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Henry  Bendysh,  of  South  Town,  Yarmouth,  great-great-granddaughter 
of  Oliver  Cromwell.  He  married,  nth  June,  1765,  Katherine,  daughter 

'Pat.  Rolls,  14  Hen.  VI.  pt.  i.  14.  'Fine,  Mich.  8  Eliz. 

"See   Riveshall   Manor,  Hepworth,   Black-  4 Will  proved  March,  1690. 

bourn    Hundred,  and  Brome  Hall,  'Will  proved  July,  1700. 

Hartismere  Hundred.  'Will  proved  1741. 


38  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

of  John  Laroche,  of  Egham,  M.P.for  Bodmin,  and  dying  in  1815  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Charles  Berners,  of  Woolverstone  Park,  who 
>ln  «l  unmarried  igth  Aug.  1831,  aged  61,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
brother,  the  Ven.  Henry  Denny  Berners,  Archdeacon  of  Suffolk,  who  in 
July,  1799,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Jarrett,  of  Freemantle,  co. 
Hants.,  and  dying  in  Jan.  1852,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John 
Berners,  who  in  1832  married  Mary  Henrietta,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Joshua 
Rowley,  rector  of  East  Bergholt,  and  niece  of  Sir  William  Rowley,  2nd 
Bart.,  and  on  his  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother,  Captain  Hugh 
Berners,  R.N.,  who  2gth  Oct.  1832,  married  Julia  Alice,  daughter  of  John 
Ashton,  of  The  Grange,  near  Northwich,  Cheshire,  and  on  his  death,  7th 
May,  1891,  passed  to  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  Charles  Hugh  Berners,  of  \Vool- 


ERWARTON  HALI. 


verstone  Park,  J.P.  and  D.L.,  High  Sheriff  in  1895,  who  2Oth  June,  1867, 
married  Mary,  2nd  daughter  of  Sir  Ralph  Anstruther,  4th  Bart.,  of  Balcaskie, 
Fife,  N.B. 

Erwarton  Hall  is  situated  on  a  point  of  land  at  the  junction  of  the 
Orwell  and  Stour,  commanding  a  fine  view  of  these  rivers.  The  house, 
which  is  a  gabled  mansion  of  brick  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  with 
mullioned  windows,  stands  pointing  to  the  south,  the  ground  rising 
gently,  and  slightly  both  on  the  east  and  west  of  it.  At  the  back 
towards  the  north  is  a  courtyard  enclosed  by  a  brick  wall,  and  the 
entrance  was  here  through  the  gateway,  with  numerous  cylindrical 
turrets,  which  has  been  engraved  by  Grosse  and  others.  The  house 
was  rebuilt  by  Sir  Philip  Parker,  and  partially  reconstructed  in  1858 
from  a  wing  of  the  Old  Hall,  which  had  fallen  into  decay.  It  is  now  leased 
by  the  Admiralty  as  the  official  residence  of  the  captain  commanding  the 
Royal  Naval  Training  establishment  at  Shotley.  The  rooms  are  loftv 
and  large,  and  the  stairs  is  still  in  its  original  state,  the  balustrades  of  oak  are 
now  become  of  a  dark  hue,  and  are  very  massive  and  substantial.  By  the 
arms  over  the  porch  door  on  the  north  side,  which  are  Morley  impaling 
Cal  thorp,  it  would  appear  that  the  house  was  erected  by  Sir  Henry  Parker, 


ERWARTON.  39 

Knt.,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  Henry  Parker,  Lord  Morley,  who  married 
for  a  second  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Philip  Calthorpe,  of 
Norwich,  Knt.  He  died  in  1550  before  his  father. 

The  gateway  of  this  mansion  has  attracted  considerable  notice. 
It  has  been  urged,  from  the  whimsical  taste  of  its  construction,  that 
it  must  have  been  erected  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  or  Jas.  I.,  when 
architecture  seems  to  have  been  at  its  lowest  ebb,  the  buildings  of 
those  days  being  neither  Grecian  nor  Gothic,  but  an  unnatural  and 
discordant  jumble  of  both  styles.1 

There  is  a  tradition  here  that  Queen  Anne  Boleyn  visited  and  slept 
at  the  hall ;  and  some  say  her  heart  was  after  her  death  deposited  in  the 
parish  church.  Mr.  H.  W.  Birch,  in  a  communication  to  the  East  Anglian 
Notes  and  Queries,  in  1899, 2  says  that  during  some  repairs  to  the  fabric  in 
1837  a  heart-shaped  leaden  casket  containing  a  handful  of  dust  was  found 
built  in  the  north  wall. 

Arms  of  DAVILLERS  :  Az.  a  fesse  between  three  leopards'  faces  Or  or 
Arg.  three  escutcheons  two  and  one,  Gu.  Of  PARKER  :  Argent,  a  lion  pas- 
sant, Gules  between  two  bars,  Sable,  thereon  3  bezants,  2  and  i  in  chief,  as 
many  Bucks'  heads  caboshed  of  the  third.  Of  BERNERS  :  Quarterly  Or 
and  Vert. 


'Grosse's  Antiq.  vol.  5,  p.  52,  Excursions         "Vol.  viii.  p.  108. 
in  Suffolk,  vol.  i.,  p.  149-150. 


40  THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 

FRESTON. 

MANOR  was  in  Saxon  times  held  here  by  Robert,  son  ot 
Wimarc.  It  consisted  of  6  carucates  of  land,  24  villeins,  4 
bordars,  2  plough  teams  in  demesne  and  8  belonging  to  the 
men.  Also  8  acres  of  meadow,  a  mill,  some  sort  of  a  church, 
ii  beasts,  40  hogs,  and  140  sheep,  worth  £8.  The  soc 
belonged  to  Robert.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor 
was  held  by  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert,  the  ploughteams 
belonging  to  the  men  were  reduced  to  6,  the  beasts  were  only  3,  also  the 
hogs,  and  there  were  101  sheep ;  the  value  of  the  whole  had,  however, 
increased  to  £i  i .  IDS.  It  was  a  league  in  length  and  half  a  league  in  breadth 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  iod.' 

The  only  other  holding  in  this  place  was  that  of  Robert,  who  also  had 
the  soc.  It  consisted  of  30  acres  in  demesne,  a  ploughteam,  and  an  acre 
of  meadow,  worth  los.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Ernulf  held  this  estate 
of  Suane,  of  Essex.' 

MANOR  OF  FRESTON. 

In  1234  the  hall,  manor,  and  advowson  were  held  by  Philip  de  Freston, 
who  was  admitted  a  free  burgess  of  Ipswich  at  this  time,  and  in  1316  by 
John  de  Freston,  who  in  1319  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here.3 

According  to  Davy,  however,  John  de  Holbroke  died  seised  of  the 
manor  in  1316,'  and  Margaret  his  widow  had  a  part  in  dower  in  1330,  being 
succeeded  by  her  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  Holbroke,  Knt.  But  the 
manor  appears  to  have  continued  in  the  Freston  family  for  at  least  a  century 
later,  until  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Freston,  married  Thomas 
Wolferston,  of  Freston,  who  died  before  1458.  On  Thomas  Wolfer- 
ston's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth,  who 
married  William  Latimer,  of  Freston,  and  after  his  death  took  as  a  2nd 
husband  Robert  Thorpe.  He  died  in  1480,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Wm.  Latimer,  who  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Edmund 
Bocking,  of  Ash  Bocking,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Edward 
Latimer,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Christopher  Thwaites,  of  Man- 
ningtree,  and  died  and  was  buried  at  Freston  23rd  May,  1540,  when  the 
manor  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Christopher  Latimer,  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Wingfield.5 

In  1553  the  manor  was  sold  by  Christopher  Latimer  to  Thomas  Gooding, 
of  Ipswich,  2nd  son  of  Matthew  Gooding,  of  Blaxhall,  and  the  sale  was 
effected  by  a  fine  levied  in  Easter  term  this  year.6  We  meet  with  a  fine  of 
the  manor  again  in  1577  levied  by  Richard  Patrycke  and  others  against 
the  said  Thomas  Gooding  and  others,7  but  this  was  probably  by  way  of 
settlement. 

Thomas  Gooding  married  ist  a  daughter  of  Robert  Harlwyn,  of  Camp- 
sey  Ash,  and  2ndly  Dorothy.  He  was  a  portman  of  Ipswich  in  1560.  His 
will  is  dated  loth  April,  1595,  and  was  proved  I3th  Nov.  the  same  year.8 

By  his  will  he  gives  to  Robert  Gooding  his  eldest  son,  and  to  his  heirs, 
a  yearly  rent  charge  of  265.  8d.  out  of  his  lands  in  Kesgrave,  to  the  intent 

1  Dom.  ii.  3956.  5She  died  5th  March,  1557. 

'Dom.  ii.  402.  6Fine,  Easter,  i  Mary  I. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  13  Edw.  II.  'Fine,  Hil.  loEliz. 

4 See  Holbrook  Manor  in  this  Hundred.  '  I. P.M.,  38  Eliz. 


FRESTON.  41 

that  he  or  the  owners  of  Freston  Hall  shall  bestow  the  same  upon  the  poorest 
inhabitants  of  Freston  from  time  to  time.  Also  he  gave  to  the  said  Robert 
Gooding  and  his  heirs  for  ever  another  yearly  rent  charge  of  20$.  out  of  his 
said  lands  to  the  intent  that  he  or  they  should  yearly  procure  therewith 
some  honest,  learned,  and  godly  preacher  to  make  four  sermons  in  Freston 
church. 

On  his  death  3Oth  Oct.,  1595,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Robert  Gooding.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  James  Radcliffe,  of 
Norwich,  sister  of  William  Radcliffe.  His  will  is  dated  23rd  Dec.  1601,  and 
it  was  proved  loth  Feb.  1602.  He  was  buried  at  Freston  23rd  Jan.  1601, 
and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Gooding.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Burlz,  of  Debden,  by  his  ist  wife 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  William  Cresswell,  of  Prittlewell,  co.  Essex.  He 
made  his  will  nth  Aug.  1624,  and  it  was  proved  i4th  Oct.  following.  He 
died  I2th  Aug.  1624,'  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  eldest  surviving  son, 
Robert  Gooding,  aged  12  at  his  father's  death. 

This  Robert  Gooding2  in  1635  sold  the  manor  to  John  Havers,  of 
Stockelston,  co.  Leicester.3  There  were  Chancery  Proceedings  over  this 
sale  which  was  made  in  consideration  of  £2,175,  the  purchaser  alleging 
that  subsequently  to  the  contract  the  vendor  had  cut  timber  and  that  the 
estate  was  encumbered.  Particulars  of  the  suit  will  be  found  in  Muskett's 
Suffolk  Manorial  Families.* 

The  manor  was  later  vested  in  the  Wrights.  It  was  held  by  John 
Wright,  who  married  Rachael,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Fuller,  of  Ipswich, 
and  died  the  nth  Feb.  1723.  The  Wrights  separated  the  manor  and 
advowson,  and  sold  their  possessions  to  the  Thurston,  Tacon,  and  other 
families. 

The  manor  was  then  acquired  by  Charles  Berners  who  died  in  1815, 
from  which  time  the  manor  has  devolved  in  the  same  course  at  the  Manor 
of  Erwarton,  and  is  now  vested  in  Charles  Hugh  Berners,  of  Woolverstone 
Park. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  objects  upon  the  banks  of  the  Orwell  is 
Freston  Tower,  belonging  originally  to  the  manorial  estate.  "  It  is  a  strong 
quadrangular  brick  building,  about  ten  feet  by  twelve,  with  a  polygonal 
turret  at  each  angle.  It  is  six  storeys  high,  and  contains  as  many  rooms, 
one  above  another,  communicating  by  a  winding  staircase,  which,  on  the 
exterior,  forms  the  principal  face  of  the  edifice,  having  three  sides  and 
numerous  windows.  The  best  apartment  seems  to  have  been  on  the  fifth 
storey;  it  is  higher  than  any  of  the  others,  and  was  probably  hung  with 
tapestry,  as  the  small  nails  yet  left  in  the  wood  seem  to  indicate.  The 
top  is  formed  by  a  number  of  open  arches,  and  each  of  the  small  turrets 
at  the  angles  terminates  in  a  pinnacle.  The  windows  are  square,  and 
except  in  the  principal  apartment  very  small.  In  this  building  there  is 
but  one  fireplace,  which  is  on  the  ground  floor,  and  even  that  seems  to  be  of 
recent  construction,  and  to  have  no  chimney  ;  whence  it  is  probable  that 
this  place  was  rather  an  occasional  pleasure  retreat,  or  watch-tower,  than 

1 1. P.M.,  i  Car.  pt.  ii.  94.  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and 

2  Davy  makes  Mary  Burle  wife  of  this  heir,  Thomas  Burle,  but  this  does 

Robert    Gooding,  and  states  that  not  seem  to  be  correct. 

on  his  death   Jermyn   Burle,   the  3  Fine,  n  Chas.  I.  pt.  iii.  55. 

brother  of  this  Mary,  became  lord,  « Vol.  i.  p.  206-7. 


42  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

designed  for  the  purpose  of  permanent  habitation.  Excepting  a  farm- 
house, at  the  distance  of  a  few  yards,  no  trace  of  any  building  appears 
near  the  towi-r." 

"  As  there  is  among  the  records  of  the  manor,"  says  the  Suffolk 
Traveller,  "  a  very  exact  and  particular  account  of  the  manor-house,  and 
all  thv  outbuildings  and  offices  to  it,  in  Henry  the  VI I. 's  time,  and  no 
mention  is  there  made  of  the  tower,  it  is  pretty  certain  it  was  not  then  built  ; 
so  that  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  it  to  have  been  the  work  of  the  Latymcrs. 
From  the  smallness  of  the  windows  in  all  the  other  rooms,  it  looks  as  if  they 
were  built  chiefly  for  the  support  of  the  uppermost  room,  which,  having 
large  windows  on  three  sides  of  it,  seems  to  have  been  contrived  by  some 
whimsical  man  for  taking  rather  a  better  view  of  the  river  Orwell  than  can 
be  had  on  the  neighbouring  hill."1 

Arms  of  FRESTON  :  Arg.  on  a  chevron,  Sab.  3  cinquefoils,  Or.  Of 
GOODING  :  Or,  a  fesse  between  six  lions'  heads  erased  Gules.  Of  WRIGHT  : 
Or,on  a  chevron  betw.  3  greyhounds  courant  Sab.  as  many  trefoils  striped  Arg. 
Of  BERNERS  :  See  Erwarton  Manor,  in  this  Hundred. 

BONDS  OR  BONDS  HALL  MANOR. 

\Ye  find  that  Nicholas  Bonde,  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1330,' 
and  the  manor  was  subsequently  held  by  Simon  Sampson  of  Kersey. 

In  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  Thomas  Gawdy,3  who  was  afterwards 
a  knight  and  Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas,  was  owner  of  this  manor,  and  also 
of  VVoolverstone  and  Tattingstone,  into  which  parishes  it  extended.  He 
died  ist  Nov.  1588,  and  Henry  Gawdy,  his  son  and  heir,  was  created  a 
Knight  of  the  Bath  at  the  coronation  of  King  Jas.  I. 

By  1609  the  manor  seems  to  have  passed  to  Leonard  Fillet,  and  in 
1646  to  Benjamin  Cutler,  who  died  in  1664. 

Subsequently  we  find  it  vested  in  the  Rev.  Charles  Beaumont,  who 
died  seised  of  it  in  1756,  when  it  passed  to  his  widow  Elizabeth,  and  on  her 
death  passed  to  her  daughter  and  heir,  Elizabeth,  married  to  Philip  Bowes 
Broke,  of  Nacton.  He  died  in  1801,  and  she  in  1822,  when  the  manor 
vested  in  Philip  Bowes  Vere  Broke,  afterwards  Sir  Philip,  and  has  since 
devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Broke  Hall,  Nacton, 
in  Colneis  Hundred. 


'Excursions  in  Suff.  vol.  i.  p.  146.  'See  Manor  of  Weybread  Hall,  in  Hoxne 

'Chart.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  111.41.  Hundred,  and  Benhall  St.  Robert's 

Manor,  in  Plomcsgate  Hundred. 


HARKSTEAD.  43 

HARKSTEAD. 

HREE  manors  were  held  in  this  place  in  Saxon  times.  The 
principal  one  was  that  of  Harold,  and  was  held  as  a  hamlet 
of  Brightlingsea,  co.  Essex.  It  consisted  of  5  carucates  of 
land,  21  villeins,  13  bordars,  4  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in 
demesne  and  8  of  the  men.  Also  4  acres  of  meadow,  a  church, 
a  horse,  3  beasts,  7  hogs,  and  12  sheep.  When  the  Survey 
was  taken  Peter  de  Valoignes  held  this  manor  in  charge  for 
the  King,  there  being  8  villeins,  while  the  ploughteams  of  the  men  were 
gradually  decreased  to  2  and  then  to  i.  The  estate  had  formerly  been 
valued  at  £6  by  number,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  £6  by  weight,  and 
305.  by  number.  It  was  12^  quarentenes  long  and  12  broad,  and  paid  in  a 
gelt  30^.' 

The  second  manor  was  held  by  Edith  the  Fair,  and  consisted  of  7 
carucates  of  land,  17  villeins,  8  bordars,  a  serf,  3  ploughteams  in  demesne 
and  5  belonging  to  the  men,  also  8  acres  of  meadow,  wood  sufficient  to 
support  30  hogs,  and  a  mill.  There  was  also  a  church  with  24  acres,  4 
beasts,  24  hogs,  40  sheep,  and  27  goats,  the  whole  worth  £10.  At  the  time 
of  the  Survey  this  manor  belonged  to  the  Countess  of  Albermarle,  the  serf 
was  not  mentioned,  the  ploughteams  in  demense  were  reduced  to  2,  and  the 
value  was  £14.  It  was  a  league  long  and  half  a  league  broad,  and  paid  in 
a  gelt  i^d.2 

The  third  manor  was  held  by  Ahrric,  a  freeman,  in  commendation. 
It  consisted  of  30  acres,  half  a  ploughteam  (at  the  Survey  reduced  to  2 
of  oxen),  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow,  valued  at  55.  When  the  Survey  was 
taken  the  manor  was  held  by  Robert  Grenon,  and  was  worth  42^.  only.3 

MANOR   OF    HARKSTEAD. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Edith  the  Fair  in  the  days  of  the  Confessor,  and 
of  Adeliza,  Countess  of  Albermarle,  sister  of  the  Conqueror,  at  the  time  of 
the  Great  Survey.  From  this  time  probably  till  the  time  of  William  de 
Fortibus,  8th  Earl  of  Albermarle,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as 
the  Manor  of  Clopton  Hall,  in  Clopton,  in  Carlford  Hundred. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  reign  of  Hen.  III.  the  manor  vested  in  Baldwin 
de  Ripariis  or  Redvers,  Earl  of  Devon,  son  of  Baldwin  de  Ripariis,  Earl  of 
Devon,  by  Amicia  de  Clare  his  wife,  daughter  of  Gilbert,  Earl  of  Gloucester. 

He  was  lord  attendant  on  Hen.  III.  to  France  in  1262,  and  married 
Margaret,  Countess  of  Ribourg,  daughter  of  Thomas,  Count  of  Savoy,  and 
dying  at  Paris  in  July,  1262,  apparently  without  issue,  a  third  of  the  manor 
passed  to  his  widow  Margaret. 

In  1275  the  lordship  was  held  by  William  le  Breton,4  and  in  1286  by 
Nicholas  le  Breton,  who  claimed  view  of  frankpledge  and  assize  of  bread 
and  beer  here.5 

From  Nicholas  the  manor  passed  in  1295  to  his  son  and  heir,  Nicholas 
Bretun,  a  minor,  and  we  find  the  King  presenting  in  1295  Henry  de 
Langeton  to  the  living  of  Harkstead  church  in  consequence  of  the  custody 
of  the  land  and  heir  of  Nicholas  le  Bretun  being  in  his  hands.6 

1  Dom.  ii.  2866.  « T.  de  N.  285. 

2  Dom.  ii.  4306.  5H.R.  ii.  189;    Q.W.  723. 

3  Dom.  ii.  4206.  6Pat.  Rolls,  23  Edw.  I.  2. 


44  THE    MANORS    OF    SUFFOLK. 

Davy  states  that  in  1316  William  de  Bretun  or  Bretton  had  the  manor, 
and  that  in  1327  William  Hemcsted  held  a  seventh  part  of  a  fee  here 
"  formerly  Bretton' s,"  rather  implying  that  the  latter  held  the  manor,  but 
the  Breton  family  were  holding  lands  in  Harkstead  till  a  much  later  date, 
for  we  find  from  the  Originalia  Rolls  in  1369  that  at  this  time  Laurence 
Breton  held  part  of  a  fee  here.' 

Further,  we  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor  levied  in  1358,  which  certainly 
goes  to  show  that  it  had  not  passed  from  the  family  at  that  date.  It  was 
levied  by  John,  son  of  Nicholas  Breton  (probably  the  above-mentioned 
minor  of  1295)  and  Lora  his  wife  against  Thomas  Bonde  and  John  Denbeney.' 

In  1380  we  meet  with  another  fine  of  the  manor  and  advowson  by  Ralph 
de  Tendryng  and  Katharine  his  wife  against  Nicholas  Breton,  of  Leyre- 
breton/  and  another  in  1410  of  both  manor  and  advowson  levied  by  Wm. 
Tendryng  against  John  Constantyn  and  Katherine  his  wife.4 

The  Beaumont  family  seem  next  to  have  held  the  manor,  and  in  1536 
we  meet  with  a  fine  of  it  levied  by  John  Beaumont  and  others  against 
John  Paryent  and  others  of  a  third  part.5 

In  1557  we  find  George  Foster  and  John  Freelove  each  holding  a  moiety 
of  the  manor.  Freelove's  moiety  passed  on  his  death  2gth  April,  1569," 
to  his  son  and  heir  John,  and  to  him  succeeded  Richard  Freelove,  who  gave 
his  moiety  to  Richard  Coningsby.  It  is  not  at  all  clear  how  these  moieties 
passed.  The  following  is  Davy's  statement  : — 

"  Richard  Freelove  gave  a  moiety  to  Richard  Coningsby 

Anne  Beaumont. 

Richard  Coningsby  held  a  moiety  late  Anne  Beaumont's,  the  other 

moiety  of  the  gift  of  Richard  Freelove  d.  1591. 
1591.     Beaumont  Coningsby,  son  and  heir. 
1609.     John  Osborne,  Esq.,  held  a  moiety. 
1609.     Thomas  Clenche,  Esq.,  held  a  moiety. 

1625  (?).  Dorothy,  wife  of  John  Cox,  held  a  moiety.  She  was  the 
daughter  and  heir  of  Beaumont  Coningsby,  and  died  22nd 
March,  1625. 

John  Cox,  son  and  heir  of  Dorothy. 
1697.    John  and  Peter  Cox,  gents.,  presented." 

We  meet  with  the  following  fines,  presumably  of  this  manor  or  of  parts 
thereof  :  - 

1564.  Henry  Golding  v.  Robert  Waldegrave  and  Maria  his  wife  of 

one- fourth  of  the  manor,  and  tenements  in  Erwarton,  Holbroke, 
and  Chelmondeston.7 

1565.  Henry  Goldynge  and  wife  v.  Henry  Peryent  and  wife  of  one- 

fifth  of  the  manor.8 

15&5-     John  Freelove  v.  Henry  Goldyng  of  moiety  of  manor.9 
1569.     Richard  Conyngesbye  v.  Anne  Beaumont,  widow,  of  a  moiety 

of  the  manor,  and  tenements  in  Erwarton,  Chelmondeston, 

Holbroke,  Shotley,  Kirton,  Freston,  &c.10 

'O.  42  Edw.  III.  28.  6I.P.M.(  Ipswich,  2nd  Aug.  1569. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  31  and  32  Edw.  III.  27.  'Fine,  Mich.  6  Eliz. 

1  Feet  of  Fines,  4  Rich.  II.  29.  •  Fine,  Trin.  7  Eliz. 

4 Feet  of  Fines,  12  Hen.  IV.  22.  'Fine,  Mich.  7  Eliz. 

'Fine,  Mich.  28  Hen.  VIII.  "Fine,  Trin.  n  Eliz. 


HARKSTEAD.  45 

1589.     John  Clenche  and  others  v.  J.  Freelove  of  the  manor,  &c.' 
1601.     George  Cox  and  others  v.   John  Clenche  and  others  of  the 

manor.2 
1601.     John  Clenche  and  others  v.  John  Freelove  and  others  of  the 

manor,  &c.3 

About  the  year  1729  Knox  Ward,  Clarenceux  King-at-Arms,  purchased 
the  manor  from  Cox.  He  died  in  1741,  and  his  son  and  heir  sold  it  to 
Thomas  Staunton,  many  years  M.P.  for  Ipswich.  A  little  later  the  manor 
was  acquired  by  William  Berners,  of  Woolverstone,  who  died  in  1783, 
when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Charles  Berners,  who  died  in  1815,  from 
which  time  the  manor  has  devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of 
Erwarton,  in  this  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  Charles  Hugh  Berners, 
of  Woolverstone  Park. 

Arms  of  BRETON  :   Quarterly,  Or  and  Gu.  a  bordure  Az. 

BUCKLER'S   BOND   MANOR. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  i6th  century  this  manor  was  held  by  Nicholas 
Bond,  who  in  1530  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here.4  Five  years  later  we 
learn  from  the  Patent  Rolls  that  he  had  licence  to  crenelate  a  chamber  to 
be  built  in  his  dwelling-house  here.5 

Davy  states  that  Lora  Bond  held  here.  Now  we  find  in  1336  that 
William  le  Bretoun  and  Lora  his  wife  levied  a  fine  of  the  Manor  of  Hark- 
stead  against  Richard  de  Berkyngg,  parson  of  the  church  of  Lyere  Bretoun, 
and  the  advowson  of  the  church,  so  it  does  not  seem  unlikely  that  Lora 
(not  so  common  a  name)  was  the  daughter  and  heir  of  a  Bond.6 

In  1428  John  Sampson  held  a  quarter  of  a  fee,  and  subsequently 
Simon  Sampson,  who  died  in  1563,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Robert  Sampson,  from  whom  it  passed  to  George  Sampson.7 

BRANDESTON  OR  BRAMPSTON  MANpR. 

A  manor  existed  here  in  Saxon  times  and  was  held  by  Edwin  in  Edith 
the  Fair's  soc.  It  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  4  villeins,  5  bordars,  2 
ploughteams  in  demesne  and  2  belonging  to  the  men,  also  an  acre  of  meadow, 
worth  135.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  worth  i6s.,  and  was 
held  by  Godnc  with  the  Manor  of  Dodnash  of  Earl  Alan.8 

In  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  the  manor  was  in  the  Crown,  and  was  granted 
by  that  monarch  to  the  nunnery  of  Dartford  in  Kent,  where  it  continued 
until  the  dissolution  of  that  house  in  1539,  when  it  was  granted  the  following 
year  by  the  Crown  to  Sir  Percival  Hart,  Knt.9 

It  subsequently  belonged  to  the  Cox  or  Cocks  family,  and  to  Knox 
Ward,  and  passed  in  the  same  line  of  descent  as  the  main  Manor  of  Hark- 
stead. 

NETHERHALL   MANOR. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Nicholas  Bonde  in  the  early  part  of  the  I4th 
century,  and  he  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1330. 10  Lora  Bonde 

1  Fine,  Mich.  31-32  Eliz.  6Feet  of  Fines,  9  Edw.  III.  9. 

"Fine,  Easter,  43  Eliz.  7See  Manor  of  Netherhall,  in  Harkstead. 

s  Fine,  Trin.  43  Eliz.  8  Dom.    ii.  2956. 

4  Chart.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  III.  41.  »S.P.  1540,  282  (15). 

s  Pat.  Rolls,  9  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  24;  Close        I0  Chart  Rolls,  4  Edw.  III.  41. 
Rolls,  14  Edw.  III.  pt.  i. 


46  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

later  held  a  fourth  part  of  a  fee  here  which  was  in  1428  held  by  John  or 
Simon  Sampson,  who  was  succeeded  in  the  lordship  by  Simon  Sampson,1 
and  he  on  his  death  in  1563  by  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Sampson,  from 
whom  the  manor  passed  apparently  during  his  lifetime  to  his  brother, 
George  Sampson,  who  died  in  1580,  leaving  the  manor  to  his  widow  Margaret 
during  the  minority  of  George,  his  only  son,  who  survived  only  six  years, 
when  it  devolved  on  his  sisters  and  coheirs —Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  St. 
Poll,  Frances,  Susan,  and  Margaret.  Margaret  married  Robert,  2nd  son 
of  William  VYhittell,  citizen  and  merchant  tailor,  of  London,  and  younger 
brother  of  William  Whittell,  of  Ampton,  and  they  purchased  all  the  other 
shares,  becoming  legally  seised  of  the  whole  manor.  Robert  Whittell 
died  about  1607,  and  his  widow  remarried  Francis  Colby.  Some  litigation 
took  place  between  the  widow,  her  2nd  husband,  and  William  Whittell, 
respecting  money  transactions,  which  were,  however,  ultimately  amicably 
settled  by  the  sale  of  this  Netherhall  estate  in  1618  to  Richard  Sutton,  of 
Acton,  in  Middlesex.  A  little  later  the  manor  became  vested  in  John 
Ashfield,  one  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  Privy  Chamber,  son  of  Sir  Robert 
Ashfield,  of  Stow  Langtoft,  by  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Tasburgh,  of 
Flixton.  He  was  created  a  baronet  2Oth  June,  1626,  being  the  first  person 
so  created  by  Chas.  I.  He  married  in  1627  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Sir  Richard  Sutton,  one  of  the  Auditors  of  the  Imprest,  and  widow  of 
Sir  James  Altham,  of  Oxey,  co.  Herts.  He  died  in  1635,*  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Richard  Ashfield,  2nd  Bart.,  Sheriff  of  Glou- 
cestershire, 1668-9.  He  married  1st  a  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Richard 
Rogers,  of  Eastwood,  co.  Gloucester,  and  2ndly,  20th  Feb.  1673-4,  Dorcas 
Burchett,  widow,  daughter  of  James  Hore,  of  the  Mint  in  the  Tower  of 
London.  He  died  about  1684,*  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir  by  his  ist  wife,  Sir  John  Ashfield,  3rd  Bart.,  who  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  James  Hore,  the  sister  of  his  stepmother.  He  was  buried  gth 
March,  1713-4,  at  St.  Giles-in-the-Fields. 

We  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor   levied  in  1594  by  John  Clenche 
against  John  Sampson.4 


1  See  Manor  of  Sampson  Hall,  Kersey,  in 
Cosford  Hundred.  But  an  inquis. 
held  at  Wickham  Market,  loth 
Dec.  I  Hen.  VIII.  after  the  death 
of  Thomas  Sampson,  sen.,  found 
that  he  died  last  Jan.  24  Hen.  VII. 
seised  of  the  Manor  of  Harkstead 


called  Netherhall  "held  of  the  King 
as  of  the  Honor  of  Wasbroke,  parcel 
of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  by  one- 
fourth  of  a  knight's  fee." 

"Admin.  30th  Nov.  1638. 

5  Will  proved  1684. 

4  Fine,  Hil.  36  Eliz. 


HIGHAM.  47 

HIGH  AM. 

)UR  manors  were  held  here  in  Saxon  times,  the  first  by 
Godric,  a  freeman,  consisting  of  i  carucate  of  land,  a  villein, 
2  bordars,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne,  and  6  acres  of  meadow. 
Also  4  acres  of  church  land,  the  value  being  2os.  At  the 
time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  of  Richard,  son  of 
^  Earl  Gislebert,  by  Osbern,  and  was  worth  255.  The  Survey 
says :  "Of  all  these  freemen  Phin,  the  predecessor  of 
Richard,  had  nothing  in  King  Edward's  time,  except  of  one  alone  by  com- 
mendation only.  The  soc  of  the  whole  is  in  Bergholt,  and  Richard  holds 
them  (as  belonging)  to  the  Honor  of  Phin.'" 

The  second  manor  was  held  by  Asseman  as  freeman  in  commendation 
to  Robert,  son  of  Wimarc,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  a  villein,  3 
bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the  men.  Also  7  acres 
of  meadow,  wood  for  the  maintenance  of  10  hogs,  a  mill,  part  of  a  church  with 
2  acres  (and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  3  beasts),  8  hogs,  6  sheep,  and  8  goats. 
When  the  Survey  was  taken  this  manor  was  held  by  Gondwin  the  chamber- 
lain, the  bordars  were  reduced  by  i,  the  ploughteams  in  demesne  having 
disappeared  had  risen  again  to  i,  and  that  belonging  to  the  men  had 
come  down  to  half.  The  value  was  formerly  305.  but  at  the  time  of  the 
Survey  was  2os.  though  it  was  let  to  farm  for  305.  It  was  8  quarentenes 
long  and  6  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  I2d.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.  It  is 
stated  that  others  had  holdings  here.2 

The  third  manor  was  held  by  Ledmar,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  a 
carucate  of  land,  2  bordars,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne,  6  acres  of  meadow, 
the  fifth  part  of  a  church  with  4  acres,  and  24  -  -  worth  ros.  in  Saxon 
times,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  when  held  by  Ralph  de  Marci  of  Earl 
Eustace  worth  2os.,  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt.3 

The  fourth  manor  was  that  of  Siric,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  30 
acres  and  half  a  ploughteam,  worth  55.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the 
manor  was  held  by  Garenger  of  Roger  de  Raimes,  and  was  worth  8s.  Harold 
formerly  had  the  soc  in  Bergholt.4 

There  was  one  more  holding  in  this  place,  that  of  Edric,  a  freeman, 
consisting  of  60  acres,  a  bordar,  and  2  ploughteams,  worth  IDS.  When  the 
Survey  was  taken  this  was  the  estate  of  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux ;  there  was 
only  i  ploughteam,  but  the  value  had  gone  up  to  145. 5 

MANOR  OF  HIGHAM  HALL. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Siric  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor,  and  of 
Roger  de  Reymes  or  Raimes  at  the  time  of  the  Survey.  It  long  con- 
tinued in  the  same  family,  for  in  1270  we  find  William  de  Reymes,  probably 
son  of  Gilbert  de  Reymes,  lord  of  Wherstead  Hall,  1203-1240,  which 
Gilbert  was  probably  the  son  of  Robert,  son  of  William  Reymes,6  lord  in 
1281,  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  Reymes  (born  2Qth  Sept.  1252)  in  1316, 
another  John  de  Reymes,  who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1335, 7 
and  in  1363  yet  another  John  de  Reymes  or  Raimes,  son  and  heir  of 
the  last-mentioned  John. 

'  Dom.  ii.  3956.  *  Dom.  ii.  378. 

zDom.  ii.  4366.  'I.P.M.,  54  Hen.  III.  14. 

'Dom.  ii.  3036.  'Chart.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  111.  2. 
4  Dom.  ii.  423. 


48  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

In  1383  the  manor  had  gone  to  Michael  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk, 
who  being  constituted  Chancellor  to  King  Rich.  II.,  obtained  from  him  a 
special  charter  to  hold  a  court  leet  in  his  lordship  here.1 

In  1433  John  de  Reymes  and  others  held  fees  here  of  John,  Duke  of 
Norfolk.'  Davy  informs  us  that  in  the  beginning  of  the  i6th  century 
the  manor  passed  to  Richard  Welbeck,  of  Oxenheath,  co.  Kent,  who  died 
2Oth  Jan.  1516,'  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Welbeck, 
subject  to  the  life  estate  of  his  mother,  the  widow  of  Richard  Welbeck,  sen.4 
who  remarried  William  Cotton.  The  next  lord  was  William  Welbeck, 
grandson  of  the  last  Richard,  son  of  Leonard  Welbeck,  by  Frideswold 
Latton  his  wife,  who  held  in  1566.  William  Welbeck  married  Susan, 
daughter  of  John  Starling,  of  Colchester,  and  on  his  death  the  manor 
passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir  Mary.  A  fine  of  the  manor  was  levied  in 
1568  by  John  Dyster  against  William  Welbeck.3 

One  would  have  thought  that  it  was  under  this  fine  that  the  manor 
passed  to  John  Dyster,  but  an  inquis.  p.m.  taken  in  1488  after  the  death  of 
John  Braham,  who  died  4th  Oct.  1487,  shows  that  a  certain  tenement 
called  "  Skynners  in  Higham,"  worth  5  marks,  was  held  of  Thomas  Dyster 
as  of  the  Manor  of  Higham  Hall  by  fealty  and  I2d.  rent,6  so  that  there  may 
be  doubt  whether  the  manor  was  vested  at  this  date  in  the  Welbeck  family. 
We  find,  however,  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  in  1584,  which  would  show 
that  it  had  not  left  the  family  at  that  date.  It  was  levied  by  Anna  Revett 
against  William  "Welbecke"  and  others.7 

The  manor  in  1680  belonged  to  Maurice  Shelton,  and  passed  under  his 
will  dated  3rd  Oct.  this  year. 

In  1811  the  manor  was  held  by  William  Mannock;  subsequently, 
according  to  Davy,  by  James  Stutter,  but  this  seems  to  be  an  error,  for 
what  Stutter  held  was  apparently  not  the  manor  but  Higham  Hall,  with 
180  acres  which  was  sold  by  the  trustees  of  his  will  4th  June,  1847.  ^n 
1855  the  manor  was  held  by  P.  P.  Mannock,  in  1885  by  John  Dawson,  and 
in  1896  by  Mr.  Squire  Dawson. 

Arms  of  REYMES  or  RAIMES  :  Sable,  a  chevron  between  3  lions  ram- 
pant Argent.  Of  WELBECK  :  Arg.  on  a  chevron  Gu.  betw.  3  lozenges  of 
the  2nd  as  many  martlets  Or. 

MANOR  OF  MINOTTS  OR  MINETTS. 

Page  says  that  the  lordship  of  Higham  was  granted  by  Maud  de 
Munchensi  in  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  to  the  priory  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  in 
Ipswich.  It  does  not  seem  to  have  been  the  Manor  of  Higham  Hall,  so 
may  possibly  be  this  Manor  of  Minotts  which  he  refers  to. 

The  first  lord  we  find  mention  of  is  Roger  Mynoth,  to  whom  we  learn 
from  the  Abbreviation  of  Pleas  in  the  time  of  King  Edw.  I.  the  King  granted 
by  deed  warren  in  all  his  demesne  lands  here  and  handed  the  deed  to  the 
said  Roger.5  John  Withermersch  seems  to  have  had  the  lordship  in  1395, 
when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Withermersch.  Richard 
in  1396  conveyed  the  manor  to  Thomas  Moor. 

1  Chart.  Rolls,  7  and  8  Rich.  II.  10.  5  Fine,  Trin.  10  Eliz. 

'I.P.M.,  ii  Hen.  VI.  43.  6I.P.M.  3  Hen.  VII.  312. 

sI.P.M.,  12  Hen.  VIII.  69.  'Fine,  26  27  Eliz. 

'She  was    Margaret,  daughter  and  coheir  'Ahb.  of  Pleas,  17  Edw.  I.  Trin.  4. 
of  Richard  Colepeper. 


HIGHAM.  49 

But  in  1458  the  manor  was  certainly  vested  in  William  "  Mynett,"  and  a 
century  later  in  Robert  Crane,  who  died  seised  of  it  in  1550,  when  it  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Crane,  who  dying  I2th  Sept.  1591,'  it  passed 
to  Sir  Robert  Crane,  of  Chilton,  Bart.,  as  the  Manor  of  Chilton,  in  Babergh 
Hundred. 

MANOR  OF  RAVEN'S  HALL  OR  REYMES. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  John  Reymes  or  Raimes  in  1433,  but  by  1464  it 
had  passed  to.  John  Mannock  who  died  in  1476. 2  From  this  time  to  the  death 
of  Sir  George  Mannock  in  1787  the  devolution  of  the  manor  is  identical 
with  that  of  Gifford's  Hall,  Stoke  by  Nayland,  in  Babergh  Hundred.  On 
the  death  of  the  8th  Bart,  the  manor  went  to  William  Mannock,  and  we 
hear  nothing  further  respecting  it. 


'  I.P.M.,  Bury,  23  Sept.  1595.  "I.P.M.,  16  Edw.  IV. 

G 


50  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

HINTLESHAM. 

,VO  manors  were  held  here  in  Saxon  times.  The  first  was 
held  by  Stigand,  and  consisted  of  10  cacucates  and  40  acres 
of  land,  25  villeins,  17  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne 
and  16  belonging  to  the  men,  which  latter  number,  however, 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  come  down  to  12. 

Also  10  acres  of  meadow,  wood  for  the  maintenance 
of  30  hogs,  a  mill,  and  a  church  and  a  half  with  35  acres  of 
free  land.  Of  live  stock  there  were  2  rouncies  (reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of 
the  Survey),  8  beasts,  30  hogs,  and  200  sheep,  worth  £10.  When  the 
Survey  was  taken  this  was  amongst  the  lands  of  Stigand,  kept  in  hand  for 
the  King  by  William  de  Noers,  and  the  value  was  £22  by  weight.  It  was 
a  league  and  2  quarentenes  long  and  a  league  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  i&d. 

In  the  same  villa  was  a  holding  of  8  socmen,  consisting  of  a  carucate 
and  70  acres  of  land,  a  villein,  3  bordars,  4  ploughteams,  3  acres  of  meadow, 
and  a  salt  pan,  the  whole  included  in  the  above  price.  The  soc  and  sac 
belonged  to  Stigand.1 

The  second  manor  was  that  of  Suwart,  a  socman  of  Stigand,  consisting 
of  a  carucate  of  land,  3  villeins,  3  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and 
i  belonging  to  the  men.  Also  4  acres  of  meadow,  worth  405.  The  soc 
belonged  to  Stigand.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  by 
Earl  Alan.' 

HINTLESHAM   MANOR. 

This  in  Saxon  times  was  the  estate  of  Stigand,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  it  was  in  the  King's  hands.  We  next 
find  the  manor  held  by  \\  illiam  Denvers. 

From  the  Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer  we  learn  that  King  John,  after 
the  death  of  Richard  Scharchenebeye  (or  Escorcheveile)  who  held  £10 
land  here,  gave  the  lands  to  William  Talebot  or  Talbot.1  The  Testa  de 
Nevill  says  that  "  Richard  '  Scorchevellie '  held  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of 
the  King  in  chief  by  the  service  of  a  knight's  fee."4  And  in  1213  we  meet 
on  the  Close  Rolls  with  a  command  to  the  sheriff  to  let  William  Pipard 
have  all  the  land  which  belonged  to  William  Talebot  in  Hintlesham.5 

Testa  de  Nevill  says  in  one  place  that  William  Talbot  held  a  knight's 
fee  of  the  King  in  chief  here,'  and  in  another  place  that  he  held  half  a 
knight's  fee  only,7  and  that  a  moiety  of  the  manor  was  escheat  to  the  King, 
and  William  Talebot  held  the  same  as  his  bailiff,  the  value  being  xv/t.' 

In  1223  William  Talebot  had  paid  his  scutage  concerning  one  knight's 
fee  here,  as  on  the  Close  Rolls  for  that  year  there  is  an  order  to  the  Barons 
of  the  Exchequer  stating  this.9  On  the  same  Rolls  the  following  year 
there  is  an  order  to  give  seisin  to  William  Pipard  of  lands  in  Hintlesham.10 

In  1224  the  manor  was  held  by  Walter  (?  William)  Talbot.  He 
probably  held  a  moiety,  for  the  Talbots  and  the  Pipards  seem  to  have  had 
the  lordship  between  them  for  some  time." 

'Dom.  ii.  288.  6T.  deN.  291. 

*Dom.  ii.  296.  7T.  de  N.  283. 

'  Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer,  inquis.  cone.  8T.  de  N.  300. 

Serjeanty.  'Close  Rolls,  8  Hen.  III.  pt.  ii.  18. 

«T.  de  N.  295.  '"Close  Rolls,  9  Hen.  III.  pt.  i.  16. 

'Close  Rolls,  17  John,  pt  i.  5.  "  H.R.  ii.  177 ;  Q.W.  723. 


HINTLESHAM. 


Talbot  lived  at  the  Old  Hall  still  so  called,  and  in  parts  very  ancient, 
while  Pipard  lived  at  the  Hall. 

Both  William  Pipard  and  William  Talbot  claimed  franchises  here  in 
the  time  of  the  compiling  of  the  Hundred  Rolls,1  and  Talbot,  son  of  William 
claimed  warren,  view  of  frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer  in 
Hintlesham/  and  in  1227  we  find  it  stated  that  Walter  Pipard  was  lord, 
when  his  interest  seems  to  have  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Pipard. 

Amongst  the  Ancient  Deeds  in  the  Exchequer  and  Treasury  of  the  Receipt 
now  in  the  Record  Office  will  be  found  a  release  by  this  William  "  Pypard  " 
to  the  lady  Basilia,  the  prioress,  and  to  the  nuns  of  the  priory  of  Wykes, 
of  their  suit  at  his  court  of  Hintlesham  Manor  in  1257 .3  William  Pipard,  who 
is  said  to  have  held  a  moiety  in  Hintlesham  by  the  service  of  half  a 
knight's  fee4  died  in  1267, 5  when  to  this  moiety  Edmund  Pipard  succeeded, 
and  on  his  death  in  1272,*  Thomas  Pipard,  probably  a  brother  of  Edmund, 
and  certainly  a  son  of  William  Pipard,  succeeded.  The  inquis.  of  1252 
g  ves  an  extent  of  the  manor  and  advowson  which  were  held  of  the 
King  in  chief  by  the  service  of  one  fishhawk  (nisi)  and  knight's 
service,  so  that  the  King  had  always  the  wardship  of  the  heir,  but  the 
inquisition  states  that  the  jury  did  not  know  whether  it  owed  foreign 
service  to  the  King. 

On  the  Close  Rolls  in  1272  we  find  that  Nicholas  de  Kirkham  sought 
to  replevy  to  Thomas  Pipard  the  latter's  land  in  Hintlesham,  taken  into 
the  King's  hands  for  Thomas's  default  against  Margaret,  late  wife  of 
Edmund  Pipard.7 

On  the  death  of  Thomas  Pipard  in  1282"  his  moiety  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  William  Pipard,  on  whose  death  in  1301'  it  passed  to  Margery 
Pipard.  Sir  Thomas  Pipard  then  seems  to  have  had  the  moiety, which 
passed  to  his  widow  Margery  for  life. 

On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1341  we  find  a  licence  for  Sir  William  "  Pypard  " 
"to  grant  in  fee  to  Geoffrey  Gilbert  "I0  the  reversion  of  the  manor  and  the 


•  H.R.  ii.  177. 

7  Q-W.  723. 

3  A.  3563. 

<T.  deN.  283. 

sI.P.M.,  51  Hen.  III.  68. 

6I.P.M.,  56  Hen.  III.  2,  or  File  42  (19). 

7  Close  Rolls,  I  Edw.  I.  $d. 

"I.P.M.,  ii  and  12  Edw.  I.  26. 

"I.P.M.,  29  Edw.  I.  41. 

10  The  family  of  Gilbert  or  Gilberd  resided  at 
Hynthe  Place,  in  Hintlesham. 
Hierome  Gilbert,  Recorder  of  Col- 
chester, who  died  in  1583,  was 
father  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  William 
Gilbert,  President  of  the  Royal 
College  of  Physicians,  1599,  styled 
"  the  father  of  electrical  science," 
and  author  of  the  famous  book 
"  De  Magnete."  Hierome  removed 
to  Colchester,  where  he  built  the  old 
house  "  Tymperleys,"  in  Trinity 
Street,  no  doubt  called  after  the 
Timperleys,  of  Hintlesham.  This 
house  passed  to  Dr.  Gilbert's  step- 
mother after  his  father's  death,  and 
on  her  death  in  1589  to  the  great 


doctor  himself,  who  occasionally 
resided  there.  The  doctor,  follow- 
ing his  father's  example,  called  his 
London  residence  "  Wingfield 
House,"  after  his  stepmother  who 
was  a  Wingfield.  The  house  was  in 
Peter's  Hill,  near  the  College  of 
Arms.  It  is  not  known  where  the 
discoverer  was  born,  though  local 
tradition  marks  out  Hintlesham 
Hall  as  the  place  of  his  birth.  The 
Gilberts  were  apparently  cousins  of 
the  Timperleys,  and  it  was  probably 
owing  to  the  connection  between 
them  and  Queen  Elizabeth  that  he 
wasin  1601  appointed  her  physician, 
and  is  the  only  man  mentioned  by 
name  in  her  will.  This  statement 
rests  on  the  assertion  of  Morant, 
quoted  by  Sir  B.  W.  Richardson 
in  the  Asclepiad,  1887,  p.  218,  for 
no  will  of  Queen  Elizabeth  is  known 
to  exist.  He  was  physician  in  chief 
to  King  James  I.  and  died  probably 
at  Colchester,  3oth  Nov.  (loth  Dec.) 
1603. 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


advowson  dl  Hintlesham,  said  to  be  held  in  chief,  then  held  in  dower  by 
Margery,  late  wife  of  Thomas  Pypard,  and  for  Geoffrey  to  regrant  to 
\Villiam  and  Margaret  his  wife  in  tail  male  with  remainder  to  Robert  le 
Fit*  Elys  and  Margaret  his  wife  in  tail,  and  reversion  to  the  right  heirs 
of  William.1 

Sir  William  Pipard  and  Margaret  his  wife  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor 
and  advowson  in  1344  against  Geoffrey  Gilbert,2  and  Margery  Pipard  died 
the  same  year,5  when  the  manor  passed  to  William  Pipard,  and  was  con- 
firmed to  him  in  I348.4 

This  year  we  find  the  entry  in  the  Originalia  :  William  Pipard,  relative 
and  heir  of  William  Pipard,  paid  30$.  to  the  King  in  respect  of  £15  of  land 
in  Hintlesham.5 

On  his  death  in  1349*  the  moiety  of  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow 
Margery,  and  on  the  Close  Rolls  is  an  order  to  take  fealty  of  Margery, 
"  late  wife  of  William  Pippard,"  and  not  to  interfere  further  with  the  manor 
as  the  King  learnt  by  inquisition  that  she  held  jointly  with  William  and  for 
the  heirs  male  of  their  bodies  in  chief  by  the  service  of  a  nest  or  of  2s.  yearly.7 
Margery  died  in  1364,"  when  her  moiety  passed  to  William's  two  daughters 
and  coheirs— Margaret,  wife  of  SirWarinde  Lyle,  Knt.,  who  died  in  1378,' 
and  Maud,  wife  of  Osbert  Hamelyn. 

On  the  Originalia  Rolls  we  find  an  order  in  1377  to  take  fealty  and 
deliver  seisin  to  Warin  "  del  Isle  "  and  Osbert  Hamelyn  and  Matilda  his 
wife,  one  of  the  daughters  of  Sir  William  Pipard  and  Margery  his  wife,  of 
part  of  Hintlesham  Manor  and  the  advowson  of  the  church.10 

These  parties  sold  to  John  Haddely,  a  citizen  of  London,  and  the 
details  of  the  transaction  are  clearly  disclosed  on  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1381, 
where  we  find  a  pardon  to  the  said  John  Haddely  and  Margery  his  wife 
and  others  for  acquiring  in  fee  one  moiety  of  the  manor  and  the  advowson 
from  Osbert  Hamelyn  and  Matilda  his  wife,  tenants  in  chief,  and  the  acquis- 
ition by  the  said  John  Haddely  alone  first  in  reversion  by  grant  of  Gerard, 
son  of  Warin  del  Isle,  and  subsequently  in  fee,  by  release  of  the  said  Warm's 
interest  of  the  other  moiety,  whereof  the  latter  was  tenant  for  life  by  curtesy 
after  the  death  of  Margaret  his  wife." 

The  assurance  referred  to  above  was  a  fine  levied  in  1381  by  John 
Haddely  against  Gerard,  son  of  Sir  Warin  del  Isle,11  and  by  John  Haddely 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  Robert  Ellerker,  clerk,  John  Romesey,  clerk,  against 
Osbert  Hamelyn  and  Matilda  his  wile  of  a  moiety  of  both  manor  and 
advowson.'3 

The  advowson  had  been  granted  by  King  Edw.  III.  to  King's  College, 
Cambridge,  with  licence  to  appropriate  the  church,  and  we  find  on  the 
Patent  Rolls  in  1380  an  authority  from  the  King  enabling  the  college  to 
grant  the  advowson  to  the  said  John  de  Haddely,  who  it  is  stated  then  had 
the  manor  in  fee.'4  The  release  by  the  college  was  duly  made,  and  the 
same  year  the  release  was  duly  confirmed.'5 


1  Pat.  Rolls,  14  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  32. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  17  Edw.  III.  n. 

M.P.M.,  17  Edw.  III.  24. 

4 Chart.  Rolls,  22  Edw.  III.  18. 

SO.  21  Edw.  III.  64. 

6  I. P.M.,  23  Edw.  III.  8. 

i  Close  Rolls,  23  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  12. 

•I.P.M.,  38  Edw.  III.  35. 


s  I. P.M.,  49  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  73. 
°O.  50  Edw.  III.  40. 
1  Pat.  Rolls,  5  Rich.  II.  pt.  i.  30. 
'Feet  of  Fines,  5  Rich.  II.  3. 
'  Feet  of  Fines,  5  Rich.  II.  6. 
«Pat.  Rolls,  ii    Rich.  II.  pt.  i.  34. 
•5  Pat.  Rolls,  ii  Rich.  II.  pt.  i.  33. 


HINTLESHAM. 


53 


As  to  the  Talbot  moiety,  Walter  (?  William)  Talbot  seems  to  have  been 
succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  known  simply  as  Talbot  de  Hintlesham,1 
and  on  his  death  in  1285*  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas 
Fitz  Talbot,  who  in  1305,  as  we  learn  from  the  Patent  Rolls  and  the 
Originalia,  had  a  pardon  together  with  Joan  his  wife  for  having  acquired 
to  them  and  the  heirs  of  Thomas  this  manor  from  Talbot  de  Hintlesham, 
and  ordering  restitution  thereof.3 

Probably  the  acquisition  had  been  under  some  settlement,  for  we  find 
that  Thomas  Fitz  Talbot  and  Joan  his  wife  had  at  the  same  time  acquired 
from  Talbot  de  Hintlesham  the  manor  of  Rickinghall  for  themselves  and 
the  heirs  of  their  bodies.4  Thomas  Talbot  died  the  same  year,5  and  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son,  Thomas  Talbot,  who  died  in  I3I4/  and  on  the  Close 
Rolls  for  this  latter  year  we  find  an  order  to  deliver  to  Joan,  late  wife  of 
Thomas,  son  of  Talebot,  this  manor,  as  she  and  her  husband  were  jointly 
enfeoffed  by  the  late  King's  licence,  the  manor  being  held  in  chief  by  the 
service  of  one  knight's  fee.7  The  Talbot  moiety  passed  on  Joan's  death 
in  1362,*  to  her  son  and  heir,  Peter  Talbot.  And  on  the  Originalia  Rolls 
we  find  an  order  to  accept  from  him  security  for  a  reasonable  relief  in  respect 
of  a  moiety  of  the  manor  then  said  to  be  held  of  the  King  in  chief  by  the 
service  of  a  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee.9  Peter  died  in  1377,'°  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Edmund  Talbot,  then  30  years  of  age. 

Two  years  later  Edmund  Talbot  enfeoffed  Robert  de  Boxford  and 
others  of  his  moiety  of  this  manor,"  and  they  conveyed  to  Sir  Godfrey  de 
Stratton,  Clement  Spice,  Roger  de  Wolfreston,  and  Roger  Cavendish,  who 
conveyed  to  John  Haddeley,  who  had  acquired  the  other  moiety  of  the 
representatives  of  the  Pipards.  The  whole  transaction  as  to  this  moiety 
is  disclosed  on  the  Patent  Rolls  for  1387,  where  we  find  a  pardon  of  the 
trespass  of  John  Haddeley  and  Margery  his  wife  in  acquiring  in  fee  from  Sir 
Godfrey  de  Stratton  and  his  co-feoffees,  and  of  the  trespass  of  Sir  Godfrey 
and  his  co-feoffees  in  acquiring  in  like  manner  from  Robert  de  Boxford 
and  others,  and  they  for  acquiring  from  Edmund  Talbot  this  moiety  of 
the  manor.'2  The  pardon  hardly  seemed  necessary  in  one  case,  for  on  the 
Patent  Rolls  four  years  earlier  we  find  a  licence  for  the  said  Sir  Godfrey  de 
Stratton,  Clement  Spice,  Roger  de  Wolfreston,  and  Roger  Cavendish  to 
grant  the  manor  called  "  Talbote  "  held  in  chief  to  John  Haddeley  and 
Margery  his  wife,  Robert  Ellerkar,  clerk,  and  John  Ramsey,  clerk,  in  fee 
simple.'3 

John  Haddeley  died  in  i4io'4  when  the  moiety  passed  in  moieties  to 
his  daughters  and  coheirs — Katherine,  married  to  William  Wingfieldjun./5 
who  died  in  1419, 1<s  when  his  widow  remarried  Sir  William  Wolf,  Knt., 
and  died  in  1446  ;'7  and  Joan  married  to  Sir  John  Pecche,  the  father  of  Sir 


1  See  Fakon's  Hall,  Rickinghall  Superior,  in 

Hartismere  Hundred. 

2  Extent  I. P.M.  14  Edw.  I.  28. 

3  Pat.  Rolls,  34  Edw.  I.  16,  O.  34  Edw.  I. 

Rv.  7. 

4I.Q.D.  34  Edw.  I.  File  62-3. 
'I.P.M.  34  Edw.  I.  210. 
6  I.P.M.  8  Edw.  II.  50. 
?  Close  Rolls,  8  Edw.  II.  27. 
8  Moiety  Extent  I. P.M.  39  Edw.  III.  pt.  i. 

55- 

» O.  36  Edw.  III.  8. 
"Extent  Half  I.P.M.  i  Rich.  II.  36. 
"  I.P.M.  3  Rich.  II.  97. 


12  Pat.  Rolls,  ii  Rich.  II.  pt.  i.  36. 

•a  Pat.  Rolls,  7  Rich.  II.  pt.  ii.  2. 

14  Extent,  one  moiety  called  "  Piperdes  " 
and  another  "  Talbot."  (I.P.M.,  n 
Hen.  IV.  28.) 

'5  Amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings 
is  an  action  by  William  Wyngefeld 
against  John  Frenssh,  bailiff  of 
Hartismere  Hundred,  as  to  en- 
croachment on  the  liberty  of 
Hintlesham  Manor  (E.C.P.  Bundle 

69,  393-) 

16 1. P.M.,  6  Hen.  V.  20. 
•7  Extent,  I.P.M.,  24  Hen.  VI.  38. 


54  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

John  Pecche,  the  father  of  William  Pecche,  which  William  Pecche  eventually 
held  both  moieties  about  1448. 

The  following  year  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  and  advowson  in 
which  Sir  John  Fortescu,  Sir  Edmund  Hungerford,  Sir  Edward  Hull,  Sir 
Robert  Corbet,  Richard  Quatermayne,  Henry  Fortescu,  Philip  Malpas, 
of  London,  Stephen  Forester,  Thomas  Yonge,  Richard  Chok,  Roger 
Huswyf,  clerk,  Thomas  Nicoll,  and  John  Gogh,  were  petents  against  William 
Pecche,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Pecche,  and  Beatrice  his  wife  were  de- 
forciants.1 

In  the  year  1487  John  Timperley  purchased  the  manor.  The 
Timperleys  appear  to  have  been  in  Hintlesham  before  this  time,  and  probably 
held  the  manor  farm  near  Ray  don.  This  house  was  later  used  as  the 
dowager  residence,  and  is  a  picturesque  place  of  a  Tudor  elevation  with 
remains  of  older  buildings. 

John  Timperley  the  purchaser  was  the  son  of  John  Timperley,  of 
Cheshire,  by  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  -  Mantell,  of  Yorkshire, 
which  John  Timperley  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Timperley,  of  Cheshire,  and 
Mary  Wentworth.  John's  father  John  had  removed  from  Cheshire  to 
Hintlesham,  and  was  buried  there  in  1460. 

A  settlement  of  the  manor  and  advowson  was  made  by  John  Timperley 
the  son  in  1487,  the  same  being  effected  by  an  assurance  by  John  Timperley, 
Richard  Southwell,  William  Holand,  and  Roger  Timperley  to  John,  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury,  John,  Bishop  of  Ely,  William  Timperley,  son  of  the 
said  John  Timperley  the  father,  Christopher  Willughby,  Knt.,  John  Sulyerd, 
Knt.,  Richard  Skipton,  clerk,  and  others,  and  their  heirs  for  ever." 

John  Timperley,  the  purchaser  of  Hintlesham,  was  M.P.for  Yarmouth 
in  1467,  and  married,  according  to  Page,  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of 
-  Raydon,  but  according  to  the  Suffolk  Visitation  of  1612,  Elizabeth, 
daughtei  and  coheir  of  --  Clifton,  of  Norfolk.  According  to  the  Timperley 
pedigree  in  the  Davy  MSS.  this  John  Timperley,  or  Sir  John  as  he  is  called, 
married  ist  Joan,  3rd  natural  daughter  of  the  ist  Duke  of  Norfolk,  so 
created  28th  June,  1483,  and  2ndly  Margaret,  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Robert  Lyston,  of  Badingham,  who  survived  her  husband,  and  died  I3th 
Jan.  1526.  By  his  ist  wife  he  had  a  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth,  who 
married  Firmin  Rookwood,  of  Euston,  and  died  I3th  May,  1583,  being 
buried  at  Weston,  co.  Norfolk.  Sir  John  Timperley  died  i8th  Dec.  1491. 
The  inquis.  p.m.  of  1491  states  the  manor  to  be  worth  £20,  one  moiety  being 
held  of  the  King  in  chief  by  service  of  a  fish-hawk  or  2s.  for  all  services,  and 
the  other  moiety  held  of  the  King  in  chief  by  the  service  of  one  knight's 
fee.1 

As  Sir  John  Timperley  left  an  only  daughter  Elizabeth,  as  stated 
above,  the  manor  now  seems  to  have  passed  to  Sir  John  Timperley 's 
nephew,  William  Timperley,  son  and  heir  of  Nicholas  Timperley,4  2nd  son 
of  John  Timperley,  and  brother  of  Sir  John  by  Agnes  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Richard  Gould. 

Tnis  William  Timperley  was  of  Hintlesham  Hall,  and  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Thomas,  3rd  Duke  of  Norfolk.  She  was  aunt  to  Queen  Anne 
Boleyn  and  Queen  Katherine  Howard,  and  subsequently  married  Edward 
White,  and  as  a  3rd  husband  Sir  Henry  D'Oyley,  of  Pond  Hall,  and  dying 

1  Feet  of  Fines,  27  Hen.  VI.  26.  *  His   2nd    son   and    namesake  died  May 

'Pat.  Rolls,  i  Hen.  VII.  pt.  i.  r  (26).  20th,     1489,      and    is    buried    in 

5 1. P.M.,  8  Hen.  VII.  809.  Buxhall  church. 


HINTLESHAM.  55 

ist  April,  1528,  was  buried  at  Hintlesham.1  The  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Thomas  Timperley.  In  1551  this  Thomas  Timperley  was  called 
upon  to  show  by  what  title  he  held  court  lete  and  view  of  frankpledge 
within  Hintlesham.2  He  was  M.P.  for  Yarmouth  in  1562,  and  married 
ist  Audrey  or  Etheldred,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Nicholas  HareA 
of  Bruisyard,  Master  of  the  Rolls,  who  died  in  1558,  and  was  buried  at 
Hintlesham.  Thomas  took  for  a  2nd  wife  a  person  of  the  name  of  Katharine, 
who  is  buried  at  Hintlesham.  He  died  I4th  Jan.  1593,  and  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Nicholas  Timperley. 

He  was  a  recusant,  and  we  find  amongst  the  State  Papers  in  1607  a 
grant  to  Capt.  Thomas  Allen  of  the  benefit  of  his  recusancy.3  Two  years 
later  we  learn  from  the  Exchequer  Depositions  that  there  was  a  suit  between 
this  Thomas  Allen  and  Nicholas  Timperley,  the  headings  of  which  are  : 
"  Alleged  recusancy  of  defendant  Timperley  and  collusion  of  Paget,  and 
his  obtaining  from  Bishop  of  London  a  certificate  of  compounds  of  Timper- 
ley, harbouring  of  Jesuits,  recusants."4  Nicholas  Timperley  married 
Ann,  daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Markham,  of  Little  Oakley,  Northants. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  this  manor  and  the  manors  of  Boyton  Hall  and 

Hadleigh  in  1599  by  Thomas  Lovell  and    others    against  this  Nicholas 

'  Tymperley  "  and  others.5       This  was  probably  on  some  settlement  of 

the  property,  for  we  find  that  on  Nicholas  Timperley' s  death,  ist  Jan.  i624,6 

the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  Timperley,  Knt. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Papers  referred  to  in  the  43rd  Report  of  the 
Deputy  Keeper,7  is  a  lease  for  21  years  made  in  1626  of  Hintlesham  Hall, 
to  Charles  Grimston,  stated  to  be  part  of  the  lands  of  Sir  Thomas 
Timperley,  recusant.  The  result  of  the  recusancy  of  Sir  Thomas  and  his 
son  Michael  may  be  seen  in  1649  amongst  the  State  Papers.8 

Sir  Thomas  Timperley  married  ist  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Shelley, 
of  Mychell  Grove,  co.  Surrey,  and  2ndly  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Edmund 
Church,  of  Withington,  co.  Essex,  and  widow  of  Philip  Dobs,  of  Bedford. 
Sir  Thomas  Timperley  died  2gth  April,  1651,  and  was  buried  at  Hintlesham, 
where  there  is  an  inscription  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  of  the  church. 

"  Time  is  as  precious  as  ye  Pearl  that  shines 
And  here  a  Timperley  this  Grave  confines 
As  precious  to  his  friends  whose  every  eye 
Bewail' d  their  losse  such  worth  as  destinie 
Nor  Death  observes  maugre  oblivious  spight  (?) 
Vertue's  a  glowwerme  and  still  shines  by  night. 
This  monument  or  small  tablet  rather 
Of  love  and  duty  to  his  honoured  father 
Humbly  a  sonne  presents  which  to  each  eye 
Hintes  what  we  all  must  owne  mortalitie 
Els  nothing  owne,  "  Dear  Father  rest  in  peace 
You  have  (I  have)  of  lands  and  life  a  lease." 

The  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Michael  Timperley,  who  married 
Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Bedingfield,  of  Oxburgh,  in  Norfolk,  and 
dying  7th  July,  1653,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son,  Henry  Timperley,  of 

'I.P.M.,  21  Hen.  VIII.  15.  'Fine,  Mich.  41-42  Eliz. 

*  Memoranda,  4Edw.  VI.  Hil.  Rec.  Rot.  28.  6  He  is  buried  at  Hintlesham. 

3S.P.  1607,  384.  7App.  i,  p.  34. 

4Exch.  Dep.  1609,  at  Stowmarket.  8Cal.  of  Comp.  2133-16501.     Ib.  395. 


56  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Hintlesham,  and  of  Colkirk,  co.  Norf.,  who  married  ist  a  daughter  of 
Charles  Burneston,  of  Hackney,  and  2ndly  Audrey,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Mannock,  of  Stoke  by  Nayland. 

In  1680  Sir  Philip  Parker,  Bart.,  John  Hodges,  and  John  Jermy  held 
their  first  court  for  the  manor,  no  doubt  as  trustees,  and  in  1690  Sir  John 
William  Mannock,  Bart.,  and  Henry  Timperley  held  the  manor.  In  1699 
the  manor  was  held  by  Susannah  Timperley,  widow,  mother  and  guardian 
of  Henry  Timperley,  who  in  1710  appears  as  lord.  Henry  Timperley  was 
ruined  by  the  South  Sea  scheme,  and  sold  the  manor  in  1720  to  Richard 
Powys.  He  died  in  1723,  and  is  buried  at  Hintlesham,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son,  Richard  Powys,  M.P.  for  Oxford  [in  1734].  He  appears 
to  have  been  a  most  extravagant  man,  and  at  length  found  an  end  in  a 
grave  at  Hampton  Court,  provided  by  royal  charity.  It  has  been 
suggested  that  this  was  a  fitting  conclusion  to  the  life  of  a  man  who  found 
a  Tudor  house  and  converted  it  into  a  Georgian  mansion  !  The  2nd  Richard 
Powys's  widow  sold  the  manor  in  1743  to  Sir  Richard  Lloyd,  one  of  the 
Barons  of  the  Exchequer  in  1759.  On  Sir  Richard's  death  6th  Sept.  1761, 
at  the  age  of  63,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Savage  Lloyd, 
M.P.  for  Totnes,  1759-1761,  on  whose  death  in  April,  1810,  it  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Savage  Lloyd,  and  on  his  death  6th  Aug.  1818, 
at  the  age  of  50  unmarried,  went  to  his  surviving  sisters  and  coheirs, 
Elizabeth  Savage  Lloyd  and  Harriet  Lloyd,  the  former  of  whom  died 
unmarried  i6th  Feb.  1828,  aged  71,  and  the  latter  of  whom  died  unmarried 
I4th  Jan.  1837,  at  the  age  of  77,  leaving  the  manor  by  her  will  to  her  cousin 
and  heir,  Capt.  James  Hamilton  Lloyd-Anstruther,  2nd  son  of  Sir  Robert 
Anstruther,  of  Balcaskie,  co.  Fife,  3rd  Bart.,  by  Charlotte  Lucy,  his  wife, 
only  daughter  of  Lieut. -Col.  James  Hamilton  (grandson  of  James  4th  Duke 
of  Hamilton)  by  Lucy  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Lloyd,  the  Baron 
of  the  Exchequer. 

Miss  Harriet  Lloyd  left  by  her  will  £10  a  year  for  the  education  of  five 
poor  children,  and  £10  a  year  to  provide  coals  for  poor  parishioners.  Capt. 
Anstruther  married  ist,  6th  Dec.  1838,  Georgiana  Charlotte,  eldest  daughter 
of  the  Hon.  Lindsey  Merrik  Peter  Burrell,  2nd  son  of  Peter,  ist  LordGwyder, 
and  brother  of  Peter  Rober,  2Oth  Lord  Willoughby  d'Eresby,  and  2ndly, 
ist  Nov.  1847,  the  Hon.  Georgiana  Christiana  Barrington,  daughter  of 
George,  5th  Viscount  Barrington,  and  dying  24th  Dec.  1882,  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir  by  his  ist  wife,  Lieut. -Col.  Robert  Hamilton 
Lloyd  Anstruther,  D.L.,  J.P.,  of  37,  Eccleston  Square,  London,  S.W.  He 
married  5th  July,  1871,  Gertrude  Louisa  Georgiana,  daughter  of  Francis 
Horatio  Fitz  Roy,  of  Frogmore,  Hants.,  and  has  issue. 

The  manor  was  originally  offered  for  sale  with  the  Hintlesham  estate 
as  a  whole,  consisting  of  3,7133.  or.  26p.,  the  i6th  June,  1908,  in  London. 
The  free  rents  of  the  manor  amounted  but  to  £i.  i8s.  6d.,  and  the  quit 
rents  to  2s.  8d. 

In  April,  1909,  the  estate  of  Hintlesham  was  sold  and  again  resold 
to  many  of  the  tenants,  Mr.  Walter  Turner  buying  Northlands,  the  Mill 
Farm,  and  the  Old  Hall,  the  Old  House  ;  Mr.  Horace  Turner  buying  the 
Priory,  Norman  Farm,  and  Wolf's  Farm.  The  hall  was  sold  with  part  of 
the  park  and  the  manor  to  Mr.  G.  Ryan,  and  Mr.  Fox  Haggar  bought  the 
Fen  Farm  and  the  Cherry  Ground. 

Hintlesham  Hall  is  a  fine  large  building  erected  by  Thomas  Timperley 
about  1570.  He  incorporated  part  of  the  earlier  mansion,  and  the  house 


HINTLESHAM.  57 

was  much  injured  and  shaken  by  an  earthquake.  A  beam  in  the  quad- 
rangle at  the  back  wall  has  the  date  1513  on  it.  Powys,  about  1735,  built 
the  two  quadrangles  forming  the  kitchens,  offices,  and  stables.  The  hall 
is  a  deep  Elizabethan  mansion  in  the  half  "  H ','  fronting  to  the  west,  and 
stands  in  a  well-timbered  park  of  about  150  acres.  The  exterior  elevation 
of  the  hall  is  red  brick  with  tiled  roof,  and  the  house  has  some  interesting 
gables  and  chimneystacks.  In  the  front  is  a  colonnade  enclosed  with 
windows  which  form  a  conservatory  ;  the  middle  room  is  a  very  large, 
lofty,  and  handsome  hall  used  as  a  summer  room,  but  fitted  up  for  even  a 
comfortable  winter  residence ;  on  the  left  side  of  it  is  a  very  large  and 
good  dining-room,  and  on  the  right  a  library',  in  which  were  formerly  some 
scarce  and  valuable  old  books.  The  staircase  is  of  mahogany,  massive 
and  handsome.  On  the  left  hand  at  the  landing  is  a  good-sized  drawing- 
room,  the  ceiling  ornamented  with  flowers,  &c.  Through  the  library  is  a 
small  room  ;  beyond  that  another  rather  larger  (forming  the  extremity 
of  the  right  wing)  which  was  formerly  fitted  up  as  a  museum.  The  Misses 
Lloyd  here  formed  a  considerable  collection  of  natural  and  artificial 
curiosities  with  some  antiquities,  amongst  which  was  a  pair  of  massive 
steel  spurs  thickly  studded,  and  in  complete  preservation.  These  spurs 
were  found  in  Ixworth  Abbey,  and  presented  by  Mr.  Cartwright.  There 
was  also  a  kind  of  bodkin  of  bronze,  with  a  loop  at  the  end,  about  4  inches 
long,  which  was  found  in  1824  at  Stutton.  The  park  about  the  house 
extends  to  150  acres,  but  is  flat,  and  the  country  certainly  not  of  a 
picturesque  description. 

Tom  Martin,  in  his  "  Church  Notes,"  says  :  "  By  an  elegant  plan  of 
the  Hintlesham  Estate,  which  was  shown  to  me  3ist  Dec.  1821,  it  appears 
that  it  consists  of  3,056a.  3r.  8p.,  the  roads  37a.  or.  i6p.,  633  acres  in 
hand  which  includes  the  park  of  155  acres,  and  a  wood  of  154  acres." 

The  property  was  of  considerable  length,  reaching  from  the  borders  of 
the  parish  of  Sprpughton  to  beyond  Hadleigh,  with  very  little,  if  any, 
interruption,  but  it  was  narrow.  A  map  of  the  estate  formerly  hung  in 
the  hall. 

The  hall  contained  a  valuable  collection  of  paintings  by  Vandyke, 
Gainsborough,  Sir  Peter  Lely,  and  other  eminent,  artists,  when  lately 
occupied  by  John  Taylor. 

Arms  of  PIPARD  :  Quarterly  Az.  and  Arg.  in  each  a  lion  rampant 
counterchanged.  Of  L'IsLE  :  Gu.  a  lion  passant  Arg.  crowned  Or.  Of 
TIMPERLEY  :  Gules,  a  lion  party  per  bend  Ermine  and  Ermines.  Of 
LLOYD  :  Sa.  three  nags'  heads  erased,  two  and  i  Arg.  Of  ANSTRUTHER  : 
Arg.  three  piles  issuing  from  the  chief  Sa.  quartering  Erskine,  Hamilton 
Powell,  and  Lloyd. 

PRIORY  MANOR  OF  ST.  PETER'S  OR  MANOR  LE  LYESNE'S.' 

This  was  the  estate  of  Suwart,  a  socman,  of  Stigand,  the  archbishop, 
in  the  Confessor's  day,  and  formed  part  of  the  possessions  of  Earl  Alan 
of  Britanny,  at  the  time  of  the  Survey. 

In  1329  it  became  vested  hi  the  priory  of  Ipswich,  and  in  1525  was 
granted  to  Cardinal  Wolsey/  who  in  1529  granted  the  same  to  William 
Capon,  dean  of  Cardinal  College,  Ipswich.3 

'Miss   Deane,   of   Hintlesham,   who   has         *S.P.  17  Hen.  VIII.  1834(2). 

kindly  perused  this  account,  states         3S.P.  20  Hen.  VIII.  4424,  5280. 
that  this  is  the  College  farm  and 
not  the  Priory ;  still  it  seems  to  have 
borne  the  name  here  given. 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


The  manor  in  1530  had  come  to  Robert  Dormos,  for  this  year  he  had 
licence  to  alienate  it  to  Thomas,  Duke  of  Norfolk.1  But  amongst 
the  State  Papers  in  1538  we  find  an  account  of  the  "  priories  "  in  Hintlesham 
"  sold  and  purchased  by  the  Duke  of  Norfolk."' 

Lionel  Talmash  next  appears  as  lord,  he  dying  seised  of  the  manor 
25th  June,  1552,'  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Lionel  Talmash, 
who  died  in  1571,  when  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Lionel  Talmash, 
Bart.4 

MANOR  OF  HINTLESHAM  PRIORY  CALLED  VEYSEYS. 

This  manor  anciently  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Bury.  It  later  was 
held  by  the  small  priory  which  was  in  1527  suppressed  for  the  purpose  of 
Cardinal  College  in  Ipswich,  being  then  probably  held  by  Wyck  or  Wix 
abbey,  in  Essex.  On  Wolsey's  disgrace  the  manor  came  to  the  Crown, 
and  the  King  granted  it  to  Thomas,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  sold  it  to  Thomas 
Vesey,  ist  Sept.  1539.'  Thomas  Vesey  had  land  in  Hintlesham  prior  to 
this,  for  we  find  from  the  State  Papers  ten  years  earlier  a  complaint  that 
he  distressed  all  his  tenants  at  Hintlesham  and  kept  their  cattle  to  the 
value  of  £40.' 

Thomas  Vesey  had  licence  in  1546  to  alienate  this  manor  to  William 
Vesey.  He  was  the  son  of  Robert  Vesey,  of  Hadleigh,  a  clothier,  and  lord 
of  the  Manor  of  Wix  Abbey,  in  Essex.7  He  married  Joane,  daughter  of 


'S.P.  22  Hen.  VIII.  220  (3). 

2S.P.  1538,  ii.  1215(2). 

JI.P.M.,  7  Edw.  VI.  64. 

4  Sec  Heliningham  Hall,  Helmingham,  in 
Bosmere  and  Claydon  Hundred. 

JS.P.  31  Hen.  VTII.  116  ;  Add.  Ch.  14999. 
Miss  Deanc,  of  Hintlesham,  states  that 
the  priory  was  a  nunnery  and 
belonged  to  the  abbey  of  Wyke  or 
Wix,  in  Essex,  the  vicarage  of 
Chattisham  being  attached  to  it. 
In  the  reign  of  Henry  II.  the 
prioress  and  the  vicar  of  Chattisham 
were  had  up  for  killing  a  buck  in  the 
park  of  Hintlesham  Hall,  then  held 
from  the  King,  and  were  fined.  She 
adds  that  at  the  suppression  Wolsey 
gave  the  manor  to  the  Duke  of 
Buckingham,  Hot  Norfolk.  After  a 
time  Wolsey  quarrelled  with  Buck- 
ingham and  he  was  executed. 
Vesey  in  the  meantime  had  married 
a  daughter  of  Buckingham  and 
resided  at  the  priory.  Wolsey 
wished  to  regain  possession,  but 
Thomas  Vesey  held  fast.  The  Car- 
dinal sent  an  order  for  re-delivery, 
and  this  being  disregarded  it  is  said 
Wolsey  obtained  an  order  of 
excommunication  from  the  Pope, 
and  sent  a  posse  commitatus  from 
his  College  in  Ipswich,  but  Thomas 
Vesey  armed  40  men  of  Hintlesham 
with  bows  and  arrows  and  drove 
off  the  Cardinal's  forces  and  sat  fast 
for  300  years.  Miss  Deane  further 


adds  that  the  descendants  of  the  40 
Hintlesham  men,  Dales,  Greens,  &c., 
still  work  on  the  priory  farm. 
We  regret  not  being  able  to  accept 
implicitly  this  interesting  account, 
(i)  Because  Wolsey  could  not  have 
given  the  manor  to  the  great  Duke 
of  Buckingham  at  the  suppression 
as  the  Duke  was  executed  in  1521, 
and-  before  the  suppression  took 
place.  (2)  The  Duke  had  three 
daughters  only — Elizabeth,  married 
to  Thomas  Howard,  Duke  of  Nor- 
folk ;  Katherine,  married  to  Ralph 
Nevill,  Earl  of  Westmoreton,  and 
Mary  to  George  Nevill,  Lord  Ber- 
gavenny.  He  had  no  daughter 
married  to  Thomas  Vesey,  neither 
do  we  find  any  record  of  such  an 
illustrious  marriage,  and  Thomas  is 
usually  described  as  "  farmer."  (3) 
We  have  the  authority  of  the  State 
Papers  that  Thomas,  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  sold  the  manor  to  Thomas 
Vesey  in  1539,  and  the  deed  itself 
is  still  in  existence,  and  has  been 
examined  by  the  writer.  (Add. 
Ch.  14999.)  There  can  be  no  mis- 
take as  to  the  manor ;  the  descriptive 
words  are  "  Manerium  voc.  Le 
Priory  et  terras  in  Hintlesham  et 
Aldham  in  Com.  Suff." 

6  S.P.  1529,  6034. 

TWill  nth    Oct.  1539,  proved  7th  May, 
1561,  P.C.C. 


HINTLESHAM.  59 

Robert  Cutler,  of  Ipswich,  and  widow  of  John  Walton,  of  Hadleigh,  for  his 
2nd  wife.  She  was  half-sister  to  Robert  Deshaugh.  His  will  is  dated 
3rd  June,  1575,  and  was  proved  i8th  Nov.  1577.  He  died  4th  July,  1577,' 
and  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Joane,  after  whose  death  in  1586  it 
vested  in  their  son,  William  Vesey/  who  had  married  in  May,  1576, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  Reynold,  of  Holton.  In  1582  we  find  a 
Chancery  action  brought  by  William  Veysey  against  Robert  Sucklinge 
and  wife  for  an  examination  of  witnesses  as  to  a  will  having  been  left  by 
plaintiff's  father  relating  to  Hintlesham  Priory  Manor  and  tenements  in 
Hadleigh,  and  the  Manor  of  Cockerells,  in  Buxhall.3  His  will  was  dated 
loth  April,  i6i6/  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  eldest  son  Charles,  who 
had  livery  the  year  of  his  father's  death. 

He  married  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Edmund  D'Oyley,  of 
Shottisham,  co.  Norfolk,  by  Ann,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Goodwin,  and  the 
following  deed  was  executed  on  such  marriage  :  ' '  Whereas  Charles  Voisey, 
of  Hintlesham,  Gent.,  my  brother  by  an  Recognizance  bearing  date  the 
thirtieth  day  of  October  in  the  Third  year  of  the  rainge  of  Kinge  James 
sealed  and  acknowledged  before  Sr  John  Popham  knight  Lord  Chief e 
Justice  of  the  Kinges  bench  standeth  bound  unto  William  Veisey  or  ffather 
in  the  some  of  Twoe  thousand  poundes  of  lawfull  money  of  England  as  in 
and  by  the  Recognizance  more  at  large  appeareth.  And  whereas  there 
are  Indentures  of  Defesance  made  the  day  and  yeare  aforesayd  that  if 
the  sayd  Charles  Veisey  shall  permit  and  suffer  the  seyte  of  the  Manner 
called  the  Priory  in  Hintlesham  in  the  Countie  of  Suffolk  And  all  the 
landes  meadowes  pastures  rents  and  hereditaments  in  Hintlesham  aforesayd 
to  the  same  appertaining  as  part  and  percel  of  the  same  And  the  Manner 
of  Cockerells  w'h  the  Tenement  Gunnells  in  Buxall  and  Ratleston  in  the  sayd 
Countie  of  Suffl.  And  all  the  lands  Tenements  woodes  Rents  Reversions 
Courts  Leetes  and  hereditaments  whatsoever  to  the  sayd  Manner  or  Tene- 
ment appertayning  to  descend  and  goe  affter  his  death  to  the  next  heires 
males  of  the  bodie  of  the  sayd  William  Veisey  or  ffather  if  the  sayd  Charles 
Veisey  should  happen  to  die  without  heires  male  of  his  bodie  lawfullie 
begotten  without  discontinuinge  or  altering  the  estate  in  Tayle  male  by 
William  Veisey  or  Grandffather,  then  the  sayd  Recognisance  of  twoe 
Thousand  pound  to  be  voyde  or  else  the  same  to  remayne  in  force  and 
vertue,  And  whereas  the  sayd  William  Veisey  the  Cognise  made  his  will 
and  named  me  William  Veisey  his  second  sonne  executor  and  died.  And 
Whereas  Thomas  Veisey  my  nephewe  sonne  and  heire  of  my  sayd  Brother 
Charles  Veisey  is  to  take  to  wife  Marie  Bull  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Bull 
of  fflowton  in  the  Contie  of  Suffs.  Gent.  And  that  in  respect  and  considera- 
tion of  the  portion  of  monie  wqh  the  sayd  Charles  Veisey  shall  receive  ffrom 
the  sayd  Marie  Bull  or  her  ffrends  in  Marrage  a  competent  iounture  there 
uppon  is  to  be  made  her  out  of  those  landes  Tenements  and  other  the 
prmisses  before  mentioned  in  Buxhall  and  Ratlesdene.  Nowe  this  writing 
wittnesseth  that  I  the  sayd  William  Veysey  brother  of  the  sayd  Charles 
Veisey  doe  hereby  promise  unto  the  sayd  Thomas  Bull  and  my  sayd  brother 
Charles  Veisey  affter  the  sayd  marriage  not  to  take  any  advantage  of  the 
sayd  Statute  for  the  settling  of  a  competent  Joynture  uppon  the  sayd  Mary 
Bull  but  that  the  sayd  Mary  may  have  and  quietly  inoye  for  her  Joynture 
the  Mannor  of  Cockerells  wth  the  Tenement  Gunnells,  wth  all  the  lands 

'I.P.M.,  19  Eliz.  3C.P.  iii.  203. 

"Robert  and  John  Vesey  were  sons  of         4 Proved    i5th    July,    1616;    I. P.M..   14 
William  by  a  first  wife.  James  I. 


60  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Tenements  woods  Rents  Reversions  Courts  Leets  and  hereditaments 
whatsoever  in  Buxhall  and  Ratclelesden  aforesayd  in  case  the  sayd  Marie 
shall  survive  the  sayd  Thomas  Veisey.  And  further  that  I  the  sayd  William 
Veisey  will  be  redy  to  ioyne  in  any  further  acts  for  the  essertinge  thereof 
as  shall  att  any  time  be  reasonably  required,  so  as  affter  the  sayd  Joynture 
the  same  lands  of  Joynture  may  be  settled  againe  according  to  the 
former  entayle  made  by  William  Veisey  the  Grandffather.  In  Witnesse 
whereof  I  the  sayd  William  Veisey  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seale 
the  Six  and  Twentie  day  of  May  in  the  Sixt  yeare  of  the  Rayne  of  our 
Soverayne  Lord  Charles  by  the  grace  of  God  of  England  ffrance  Scotland 
and  Ireland  Kinge  defender  of  the  fayth  &c.  1630. 

William  Veisey. 
Witnesseth  Edm.  Cremer 
William  Parmenter 

Charles  Vesey  died  2nd  June,  1657,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Thomas  Vesey,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas 
Bull,  of  Flowton. 

Thomas  Vesey1  made  his  will  dated  2Oth  Feb.  1670,"  and  died  in  1679, 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  eldest  son,  Charles  Vesey,  who  married 
Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Wenyeve.  Charles's  will  was  dated  26th 
May,  1681,  and  was  proved  ist  July,  1685.  He  had  a  son,  Dudley  Vesey. 

In  an  action  in  1691  between  this  Dudley  Vesey,  an  infant,  and  William 
Panton  and  Frances  Vesey,  defendants,  the  defendant  Frances  Vesey  made 
an  affidavit  which  throws  much  light  on  the  condition  of  Charles  Vesey's 
estate  just  before  his  death.  The  following  is  a  copy  :— 

"  The  said  Defendant  Frances  Vesey  maketh  oath  that  whereas  Charles 
Vesey  this  Deponents  late  Husband  and  this  deponent  did  by  their  Indenture 
dated  the  i  June,  1683,  sell  to  the  defendant  Panton  and  Benjamin 
Tudman  the  messuage  called  the  Priory  Knaps  and  Gunnells  for  the  term 
of  99  years  which  therein  is  mentioned  to  be  to  the  intent  that  the 
defendant  Panton  and  Benjamin  Tudman  might  receive  the  rents  and  profits 
to  pay  £500  (which  is  mentioned  to  be  the  consideration  thereof)  and  all 
such  just  debts  as  the  said  Charles  Vesey  did  or  should  owe.  And  whereas 
the  said  Charles  Vesey  and  this  Deponent  did  levy  a  fine  and  by  indenture 
dated  the  2nd  June,  1683,  covenanted  that  the  same  should  be  to  confirm 
the  said  estate  for  99  years,  and  that  the  reversion  should  be  to  several 
other  uses  therein  mentioned.  And  by  another  Indenture  dated  the  I3th 
of  July,  1683,  did  agree  that  the  said  fine  should  be  for  the  satisfying  of 
300/1.  more  to  the  said  Panton  as  well  as  the  former  500/1.  and  all  such  other 
sums  as  Panton  and  Benjamin  Tudman  should  raise  and  furnish  by  the 
order  of  Charles  Vesey  and  the  Deponent  or  either  of  them  with  interest, 
or  to  that  effect,  as  by  the  deeds  more  at  large  appeareth.  This  Deponent 
saith  that  there  was  no  money  really  and  actually  paid  to  the  said  Charles 
Vesey  or  this  Deponent  or  any  other  for  their  use  as  the  Consideration  of 
their  Executing  the  said  Deeds  and  fine  but  only  £100  or  some  such  sum 
told  over  and  Colourably  paid  to  the  said  Charles  Vesey  in  the  presence  of 
Sundry  Witnesses  at  sundry  places  and  was  .  .  .  immediately  after- 
wards Delivered  back  again  to  the  Defend""5  Panton.  And  the  said  Charles 
Vesey  and  this  Deponent  going  over  to  Roan  in  France  soon  after  their 

'See  Cockerell's  Hall,   Buxhall,  in   Stow         'Proved  2Oth  Nov.,  1679. 
Hundred. 


HINTLESHAM.  61 

Executing  of  the  last  of  the  said  deeds  were  forced  to  pawn  their  plate  for 
5o£  to  pay  the  Charges  of  their  Journey.  And  this  Deponent  saith  that  the 
true  intent  of  executing  the  said  Deeds  was  to  protect  and  save  the  said 
estate  from  coming  into  the  hands  of  the  Brothers  of  the  said  Charles, Vesey 
in  the  said  Charles  Veseys  absence,  or  in  case  he  should  happen  to  die  and 
to  secure  the  said  Panton  that  he  should  be  reinburssed  for  what  money  or 
goods  he  should  remit  to  them  in  France.  And  this  Deponent  further  saith 
that  not  long  after  the  said  Charles  Vesey  and  this  Deponent  were  in  France, 
the  Defendant  Panton  wrote  to  Charles  Vesey  insinuating  that  unless 
his  Estate  were  clogged  with  a  greater  sum  than  the  said  6oo£ 
in  the  aforesaid  Deeds  mentioned  that  the  said  Charles  Veseys  Brothers 
would  get  the  said  estate  out  of  his  the  Defendant  Panton's  hands  by  laying 
down  the  said  6oo£  or  to  that  effect,  and  therefore  advised  that  they  should 
come  over  in  to  England  to  Charge  the  Estate  of  the  said  Charles  Vesey 
with  a  further  sum  of  money.  And  accordingly  the  said  Charles  Vesey 
and  this  Deponent  did  come  over  into  England  and  Executed  another  Deed 
to  the  said  Panton  bearing  date  on  or  about  the  23rd  of  February  1683 
wherein  the  consideration  money  is  mentioned  to  be  6oo£  which  is  thereby 
to  be  repaid  to  the  said  Panton  with  interest  but  saith  that  the  said  Panton 
did  not  advance  levied  (?  levy)  or  pay  the  said  Charles  Vesey  any  money 
as  the  consideration  of  the  said  Deed,  but  did  enter  into  a  bond  to  one  John 
Tudman  bearing  date  on  or  about  the  28th  of  February  1683  of  2,ooo£ 
penalty  Condiconed  for  the  payment  of  2,ooo£  on  the  first  of  March 
1648  which  was  declared  to  be  in  trust  for  this  Deponent,  but  this  Deponent 
is  informed  that  the  Defendant  hath  since  got  away  the  said  Bond  and  Can- 
celled the  same.  And  this  Deponent  saith  that  she  is  informed  and  verily 
believes  that  by  money  and  merchandize  which  were  remitted  to  the 
Defendant  Panton  from  France  and  by  rents  which  the  said  Defendant  hath 
received  out  of  the  estate  of  the  said  Charles  Vesey,  £500  at  least  over  and 
besides  great  quantities  of  Timber  which  he  hath  felled  and  sold  from  off 
this  Deponent's  Jointure  lands  as  she  is  credibly"  informed.  And  this 
Deponent  saith  that  she  doth  not  know  or  remember  that  any  Conveyance 
or  Incumbrance  hath  been  made  by  Charles  Vesey  and  this  Deponent  or 
by  either  of  them  of  any  part  of  the  estate  of  the  said  Charles  in  the  County 
of  Suffolk  to  any  person  or  persons,  except  the  deeds  in  the  defendant 
Panton's  answer  to  the  Plaintiff's  bill  mentioned  and  a  mortgage  made  by 
this  Deponent  of  her  Jointure  lands  to  Margaret  Rix  for  £150  and  interest 
which  was  received  by  the  Defendant  Panton  and  a  Conveyance  of  part  of 
the  said  estate  by  Lease  and  Release  dated  the  2nd  and  3rd  of  December 
intant. 

ffrances  Vesey. 

Jurat  gth  December  1691, 

Miles  Cooke. 

In  1698  an  Act  of  Parliament  was  passed  for  the  sale  of  the  estate  of 
Dudley  Vesey,  in  Hintlesham,  for  the  payment  of  his  debts,1  but  it  seems 
doubtful  if  this  manor  was  sold. 

By  an  agreement  dated  3ist  March,  1699,  John  Tudman,  guardian 
of  Dudley,  the  infant  son  of  Charles  Vesey  and  Frances  his  wife,  and  John 
Littell,  of  London,  drugster,  of  the  one  part,  and  William  Vesey,  of  Elmset, 
gent,  and  Shelley  Wankford,  of  the  other  part,  John  Tudman  agreed  to 
sell  to  Shelley  Wankford  "All  that  Capital  messuage  or  tenement  in  Hintles- 

1 10  and  ii  Will.  III.  c.  29. 


62  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

ham  called  or  known  by  the  name  of  Hintlesham  Priory  And  all  the 
messuage  or  tenement  in  Hintlesham  called  or  known  by  the  name  of 
Knalts  and  all  the  edifices  holdings  lands  meadows  Pastures  woods  under- 
woods and  appurtenances  to  the  said  two  messuages  or  tenements  or  to 
either  of  them  belonging  or  appertaining  as  the  same  are  now  in  the  occupa- 
tion of  John  Page  his  assignee  or  assigns,"  and  the  parties  covenanted  to 
levy  a  fine.  The  purchase  money  was  to  be  £1,200,  and  it  was  part  of  the 
arrangement  that  the  said  William  Vesey  and  Shelley  Wankford  should 
relinquish  any  claim  to  the  "  lands  and  tenements  of  the  said  Dudley 
Vesey  lying  in  Buxhall  .  .  .  late  in  the  occupation  of  the  widow  of 
Waspe  or  her  assigns." 

It  should  be  explained  that  this  William  Vesey,  of  Elmsett,  was  a 
brother  of  Charles  Vesey,  whose  will  was  dated  in  1681,  and  therefore  the 
uncle  of  Dudley  Vesey.  William  married  Katherine,  daughter  of  Nicholas 


HINTLESHAM   HALL. 

Bacon,  and  had  an  only  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth.  She  married  Shelley 
Wankford  or  Wangford,  of  Wheatfield  (?  house),  co.  Essex,  who  was  the 
purchaser  under  the  above  agreement. 

By  another  agreement  dated  6th  June,  1699,  it  was  agreed  between 
William  Vesey  and  Shelley  Wankford,  as  follows  :— 

(1)  William  Vesey  to  settle  all  his  freehold  lands  and  tenements  in 
Elmset   and  Flowton  in  the  occupation  of  William   Gooch  upon  Shelley 
Wankford  and  his  heirs   and  then  Shelley  Wankford  to  settle  the  said 
freehold  estate  and  all  the  other  freehold  lands  and  tenements  of  the  said 
Shelley  Wankford  in  Elmset  and  Flowton  aforesaid  in  the  occupation  of 
John  Draine  or  his  assignes  And   also  to   settle  Hintlesham  Priory  and 
Knotts,  and  all  the  lands  thereunto  belonging  in  the  occupation  of  John 
Page  in  Jointure  upon  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of  the  said  Shelley  Wankford 
and  to  such  other  uses  as  Stamborn  Hall  and  the  lands  thereunto  belonging 
are  now  settled  in  the  Jointure  that  is  already  made  thereof.     And  also 
the  said  William  Vesey  to  settle  all  his  copyhold  lands  in  Elmset  to  the 
same  uses  as  the  said  freehold  jointure  is  now  to  be  made  and  settled. 

(2)  If  Shelley  Wankford  has  an  heir  male  by  Elizabeth  his  present  wife 
that  such  heir  male  shall  be  christened  Wankford  and  shall  be  obliged  by 
a  clause  in  the  said  Jointure  that  is  to  be  made  to  only  retaine  the  name 
of  Vesey  for  his  surname  without  any  other  addition. 


HINTLESHAM,  63 

(3)  Shelley  Wankford  and  the  said  Elizabeth  his  wife  to  levy  a  fine  on 
Stamborn  Hall  and  to  settle  the  same  upon  Shelley  Wankford  and  his  heirs. 

(4)  Shelley  Wankford  to  settle  a  rent  charge  of  £45  out  of  Stamborn 
Hall  to  be  payable  to  William  Vesey  for  life  and  during  life  to  board  him 
and  keep  him  a  horse. 

William  Vesey  made  his  will  in  1713,  and  died  shortly  afterwards. 
Shelley  Wankford  and  Elizabeth  Vesey  had  four  sons — i,  Shelley  Wankford, 
who  died  without  issue  ;  2,  William  Wankford,  who,  according  to  the 
arrangement  of  1699,  assumed  the  name  of  Vesey  and  took  this  manor  ; 
and  3,  Robert,  and  4,  Thomas. 

In  1825  John  Hayward  Buckingham  held  the  manor,  and  he  sold  it 
in  1830  to  the  Misses  Lloyd,  but  remained  tenant  till  1844.  The  manor 
now  belongs  to  Horace  Turner. 

Arms  of  VESEY  :  Ermine,  on  a  cross  Sable  five  martlets  Or. 


THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 


HOLBROOK. 

||NE  manor  only  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  Godman 
in  commendation  to  Edith,  and  consisted  of  i  carucate  of 
land,  2  villeins,  2  bordars,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne 
(which  later  disappeared  and  at  the  Survey  was  back 
again)  and  i  belonging  to  the  men.  The  value  was 
2os.  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  155.,  when  it  was  held  by 
Odo  of  Earl  Alan. 
The  jurisdiction  was  in  Bergholt.' 


MANOR   OF   HOLBROOK. 

In  1240  the  lordship  was  held  by  Earl  Warren,  and  in  1271  by 
Richard  de  Holbroke  or  Holbrook,  who  had  view  of  frankpledge 
here."  In  1281  it  was  held  by  John  de  Holbrook,  and  in  1288  by 
Richard  de  Holbrook,  who  died  in  1290.  It  subsequently  passed 
apparently  to  John  de  Holbrook  as  his  widow  Alicia  died  seised  of 
it  in  1309,'  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  Holbrook, 
who  died  seised  of  it  in  I3i6,4  and  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and 
heir,  Thomas  de  Holbrook.  He  would  appear  to  have  been  an  infant 
at  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  for  on  the  Close  Rolls  in  1324  we  find 
an  order  not  to  meddle  further  with  the  manor  and  to  deliver  the  issues  to 
Robert  de  Aspale  and  Robert  de  Canteraria,  executors  of  the  will  of  Alice, 
late  wife  of  Roger  le  Bygot,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  to  deliver  to  them  the 
custody  of  the  heir  of  John  de  Holbrook.5 

Thomas  Holbrook  the  minor  was,  on  coming  of  age,  sued  by  his 
mother  Margaret,  the  widow  of  John  de  Holbrook,  for  part  of  the  manor 
as  dower.  In  1336  the  then  Sir  Thomas  Holbrook  and  Margaret  his  wife 
levied  a  fine  of  this  manor  and  the  Manors  of  Tattingston,  Langeston, 
Nacton,  and  Foxhole  against  William  le  Neweman,  parson,  of "  Tatyngeston  " 
church,  and  Nicholas  Bonde.6 

Sir  Thomas  de  Holbrook  died  in  1360,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  John  Holbrook,  who  married  Maud,  and  died  in  1376,'  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  daughter  and  coheir  Margery,  married  to 
John  Fastolf.  Margery  died  in  1387  and  Sir  John  Fastolf  in  1406,' 
when  the  manor  passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  Sir  Hugh  Fastolf,  Knt. 

From  Sir  Hugh  Fastolf,  who  died  in  I4i8,9  the  manor  passed10  to  his 
son  and  heir,  John  Fastolf,  who  released  it  in  1419  to  Elizabeth  Wolverston, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Ralph  Fitz  Ralph  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Sir  John  de  Holbrook.  Elizabeth  Wolverston  died  seised  in  1420." 

In  1458  Thomas  Wolverston,  son  and  heir  of  Elizabeth,  died  seised, 
and  this  year  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  and  advowson  by  Thomas 


1  Dom.  ii.  205. 
'H.R.  ii.  190. 
'I.P.M.,  3  Edw.  II.  51. 
4I.P.M.,  icEdw.  II.  77. 
'Close  Rolls,  17  Edw.  II.  20. 
•Feet  of  Fines,  10  Edw.  III.  28. 


'I.l'.M..  50  Edw.  III.  31. 
"I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  IV.  34. 

O  T    T\  II         _    TT \T 


in    Colncis 


HOLBROOK.  65 

Fulthorp  and  Beatrice  his  wife,  and  William  Frevyll  and  Anne  his  wife 
against  Elizabeth  Tendryng.1 

In  1477  John  Bemey,  of  Wichingham,  died  seised.  Davy,  from  whom 
we  have  the  above  particulars,  next  mentions  Thomas  Tendring  as  lord, 
and  in  1500  Margaret  Tendring  as  lady.  Margaret  was  probably  the 
widow  of  Thomas  Tendring,  for  in  1543  we  find  John  Renyn,  lord  in  right 
of  Dorothy,  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  the  said  Thomas  Tendring. 

Page  says  :  "  John  Nevill,  Lord  Latimer,  who  was  in  the  Rebellion 
called  'the  Pilgrimage  of  Grace,'  in  the  time  of  King  Hen.  VIII.  married 
ist  Dorothy,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  2ndly, 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Parr,  Knt.,  and  the  said  Catherine 
afterwards  married  to  King  Hen.  VIII.  In  the  35th  of  that  reign  John,  Lord 
Latimer,  his  son,  had  livery  of  this  lordship  with  Chelsworth,  Walsham, 
and  Preston  (?  Freston)  in  this  county,  with  divers  other  manors  in  various 
counties,  most  likely  through  the  interest  of  the  said  Catherine  with  her 
Royal  Consort.  He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Henry,  Earl  of  Worcester, 
and  died  2oth  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  1577  [22nd  April]  without  male  issue,2 
so  that  by  the  marriage  of  his  four  daughters  and  coheirs,  his  large  estate 
became  divided."3 

Page  is  not  quite  correct,  for  John,  3rd  Lord  Latimer's  ist  wife,  whom 
he  married  2oth  July,  1518,  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Mus- 
grave,  of  Hartland,  co.  Westmoreland.  Dorothy  was  his  2nd  wife,  and 
she  was  sister  and  coheir  of  Sir  George  Vere  and  sister  and  coheir  of  John, 
i4th  Earl  of  Oxford.  The  3rd  wife  was  Katharine  Parr,  widow  of  Edward 
Burgh,  Lord  Burgh.  John,  3rd  Lord  Latimer,  died  in  1543,*  and  his  widow 
within  a  few  months  became  the  6th  and  last  wife  of  King  Hen.  VIII. 

Lord  Latimer,  however,  had  probably  disposed  of  the  manor  in  his 
lifetime,  for  we  find  that  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  it  had 
passed  to  Sir  Robert  Southwell,  Knt.,  as  he  died  seised  of  it  about  1558, 
when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Southwell.5 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
we  find  an  action  by  John  Markes  against  Margaret  and  Thomas  Southwell 
touching  copyholds  of  this  manor.6  From  Thomas  Southwell  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Southwell,  and  he  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  sold  the  manor  in  1589  to  John  Clench,  first  Recorder  of  Ipswich, 
1574,  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  1581,  and  Justice  of  the  Common  Bench 
1589  and  of  the  Queen's  Bench  1591-1607. 7  A  fine  was  levied  of  the 
manor  the  same  year  between  Thomas  Clenche,  son  and  heir  of  John 
Clenche,  and  others  against  Sir  Robert  Southewell,8  and  two  years  later 
by  Thomas  Clenche  and  Robert  Bence.9  Sir  John  Clenche  the  judge  resided 
here,  and  a  portrait  of  him  by  Hollar  may  be  seen  in  Sir  William  Dugdale's 
"  Origines  Juridiciales,"  published  in  1666.  He10  died  igth  Aug.  1607, 
and  was  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Holbrook,  where  there  is  a  fine 
monument  to  his  memory  and  to  the  memory  of  his  wife  and  children. 
The  life-sized  effigy  of  the  judge  shows  him  reclining  on  an  altar  tomb, 
robed  in  his  scarlet  gown  and  ermine-lined  mantle,  supporting  himself  on 

•Feet  of  Fines,  n  Hen.  VI.  26.  6C.P.  Ser.  ii.  B.  cxxvii.  16. 

2 1. P.M.,  19  Eliz.  Admin,  ist  May,  1577.  7Add.  Ch.  25416. 

3  Hist,  of  Suff .,  pp.  22,  23.  "  Fine,  Hil.  31  Eliz. 

4  Will    i2th     Sept.    1542,    proved    15th  'Fine,  Hil.  33  Eliz. 

March,  1542-3.  IOSee    Manor   of   Greeting   All    Saints,  in 

5  See  Manor  of  Hoxne,  in  Hoxne  Hundred.  Bosmere  and  Claydon  Hundred. 

J 


66  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

his  left  elbow.     He  wears  the  coif  and  square  cap,  and  has  a  scroll  in  his 
hand.     In  a  panel  above  is  this  inscription  in  Roman  capitals  : 

In    obitvm    Colendissimi    sviq*    temporis    antiqvissimi 
Ivdicis  Johannes  Clenche,  qvi  obiit  xix  die 

Avgvsti  Anno  Salvtis  1607. 
Ecce  iacet  secto  venerandus  Marmore  ivdex 

Terram  terra  petit,  puluere  corpus  inest 

Ast  anima  ad  superos  sumiq'  palatia  caeli 

Fertum  et  aeterni  viuit  in  arce  Dei. 

At  a  lower  level,  in  the  front  of  the  tomb,  lies  the  figure  of  a  lady  in  a 
similar  position,  with  her  elbow  on  an  embroidered  cushion  and  holding  a 
book  in  her  right  hand.  She  wears  a  "  French  hood  "  with  pendant 
liripipe,  in  front  of  which  the  hair  is  drawn  up  or  stiffened  on  supports 
in  a  sort  of  puff.  Her  gown  is  well  extended  at  the  hips,  and  the  sleeves 
set  in  with  a  puff  at  the  shoulder. 

Besides  the  Judge's  effigy  are  sculptured  kneeling  figures  of  four  sons 
and  eight  daughters  in  elaborately  got-up  ruffs.  Below,  by  the  lady, 
kneel  two  boys  and  three  girls  in  stiff  plain  ruffs. 

Over  the  middle  of  the  monument  are  these  arms  :  Gu.  three  gemel 
rings  pendant,  two  and  one,  Or,  and  a  chief  of  the  second,  Clench.  On  each 
side  is  a  smaller  shield  thus  emblazoned,  Clench,  impaling  quarterly  first 
and  fourth,  per  fesse  nebuly  Az.  and  Sa.  three  martlets  Or,  a  canton  Ermine 
(should  be  Sa.)  of  Barker,  second  and  third,  Arg.  three  pallets  Gu.  over  all 
a  fesse  Vert.1 

The  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Clench,  who  served 
the  office  of  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  in  1606.  He  married  ist  Margery,  daughter 
of  John  Barker,  of  Ipswich,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters, 
and  2ndly  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  --  Risby  and  widow  of  Henry 
\\ingfield,  of  Crowfield,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  Thomas  Clench  died 
in  1624,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Clench,  who 
served  as  sheriff  in  1639.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John 
Mott,  of  Braintree,  co.  Essex,  and  on  his  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Clench,  Knt.  He  married  Elizabeth,  one  of  the 
daughters  of  Sir  Thomas  Holland,  of  Quidenham,  in  Norfolk,  Knt.,  and 
Mary  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Richard  Wigmore,  Knt.  Elizabeth 
died  Qth  April,  1659,  and  Sir  Robert  Clench,  gth  Jan.  1661,  aged  49,  leaving 
three  daughters  — Meriall,  Frances,  and  Thomasin. 

The  manor  then  vested  in  Thomas  Thurston,  of  Ipswich,  and  amongst 
the  State  Papers  in  1729-30  we  find  a  petition  from  him/  and  from  him 
the  manor  passed  to  his  only  surviving  sister  and  heir,  who  in  1764  married 
Thomas  Staunton. 

The  manor  subsequently  was  acquired  by  Charles  Berners,  of  Wool- 
verstone,  who  died  in  1815,  from  which  time  the  manor  has  devolved  in  the 
same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Erwarton,  in  this  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested 
in  Charles  Hugh  Berners,  of  Woolverstone  Park. 

A  fine  was  in  1518  levied  of  Holbropk,  Herlestede,  and  Netherhall 
Manors  by  John  Spelman  and  others  against  John  Peryent  and  others,3 
and  another  fine  in  1536  of  the  manor  by  Sir  William  Sydney  and  others 

'E.  A.  N.  &  Q.  vol.  viii.  117.  'Fine,  Mich.  10  Hen.  VIII. 

*T.  B.  S.  P.  1729-30,  509. 


HOLBROOK.  67 

against  Robert  Southwell.1  In  1583  we  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor 
levied  by  Geoffrey  Gate  and  others  against  Robert  Southwell.2 

A  Holbrook  Manor  is  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Sir  Thomas 
Gawdy,  who  died  ist  Nov.  1588. 3 

The  custom  is  to  the  youngest  son  ;  tenant  by  the  curtcsy  ;  gives 
dower ;  heriot  service  is  the  best  beast  and  it  is  generally  mentioned  in 
the  admission  to  be  heriotable.  A  recovery  suffered,  fol.  492,  although  it 
is  said  in  the  beginning  of  the  Court  Book  "  No  recoveries  ever  suffered." 

Arms  of  HOLBROKE  :  A  chevron  between  10  cross  crosslets  Gules.  Of 
CLENCH  :  Gules,  3  gemell  rings  Or,  pendant  2  and  i.  A  chief  of  the 
second  ;  or  Sa.  6  annulets  Or,  conjoined  in  pairs,  2  pair  in  chief,  and  one  in 
base,  a  chief  of  the  second. 


'Fine,  Easter,  28  Hen.  VIII.  3I.P.M.,  gth  Aug.  31  Eliz. 

-  Fine,  Trin.  27  Eliz. 


68  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

HOLTON. 

IN  Saxon  times  a  manor  was  held  in  this  place  by  Ansgar, 
consisting  of  2  carucates  of  land,  13  villeins,  2  bordars, 
4  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  5  belonging  to  the 
men,  also  24  acres  of  meadow  and  a  church.  Of  live  stock 
there  were  2  rouncies,  2  beasts,  12  hogs,  and  60  sheep. 
The  manor  was  valued  at  6os.,  Ansgar  having  the  soc.  At 
the  time  of  the  Survey  it  was  held  by  Geoffrey  de  Magnaville, 

the  serfs  were  reduced  to  3,  the  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men  to  3, 

there  was  i   rouncy  only,  the  hogs  were  reduced  to  half,  the  sheep  were 

increased  to  74,  and  the  value  had  gone  down  to  405. 

This  manor  was  6  quarentenes  in  length  and  4  in  breadth,  and  paid 

in  a  gelt  yd.1 

MANOR   OF   HOLTON. 

The  manor  was  in  1258  apparently  vested  in  Robert  Ray  don,  who 
had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  that  year,2  and  one  of  his  descendants, 
Robert  Raydon,  had  a  like  grant  in  1310. 3  He  died  in  1322,*  but  it  is 
doubtful  if  he  were  seised  of  the  manor,  as  the  advowson  at  this  time  seems 
to  have  been  appendant  to  the  manor,  and  it  is  clear  this  was  vested  in 
1309  in  Alicia,  wife  of  John  de  Holbrook,  she  dying  seised  of  the  same 
this  year.5  The  advowson  was  likewise  vested  in  Thomas  Holbrook, 
who  died  in  the  time  of  Edw.  III.6 

No  doubt  the  manor  was  about  that  time  vested  in  the  Holbrokes.  In 
the  time  of  Hen.  VI.  it  belonged  to  a  branch  of  the  Fastolfes,  of  Caistor,  in 
Norfolk,  and  was  afterwards  sold  to  the  Mannocks,7  of  Gifford's  Hall, 
in  Stoke,  and  John  Mannock  died  seised  of  the  manor  and  of  the  advowson 
in  1476,'  when  they  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  George  Mannock,  from  which 
time  to  the  time  of  Sir  William  Mannock,  3rd  Bart.,  the  manor  passed  in 
the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Gifford's,  in  Stoke  by  Nayland,  Babergh 
Hundred. 

Sir  William  Mannock,  3rd  Bart.,  seems  to  have  sold  the  same  to  Sir 
John  Williams,  who  claimed  the  right  of  presentation  to  the  living  in  1719,' 
and  later  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  William  Rowley,  and  now  belongs  to 
the  Master  and  Fellows  of  Corpus  Christi  College,  Cambridge. 

The  manor  was  offered  for  sale  by  auction  loth  Feb.  1789,  with  two 
farms  called  Holton  Hall  Farm  and  Stringes  Farm,  the  whole  amounting 
to  £344  per  annum.10 

MANOR  OF  BOYTON'S  IN  HOLTON. 

This  lordship  became  early  vested  in  the  family  of  Boyton,  and  William 
de  Boyton  held  it  in  the  reign  of  King  Edw.  I.  He  had  a  grant  of  free 
warren  here  in  1294." 

It  seems  prior  to  have  been  held  by  Robert  de  Stratfort.  William  de 
Boyton  died  in  1302,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  William  de 

1  Dom.  ii.  411.  'For   their   alliances,   see   Gifford's   Hall 
"Chart.  Rolls,  42  Hen.  III.  i.  Manor,     Stoke     by     Nayland,   in 

3  Chart.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  II.  18.  Babergh  Hundred. 

4I.P.M.,  16  Edw.  II.  63.  8I.P.M.,  16  Edw.  IV.  76. 

sI.P.M.,  3  Edw.  II.  51.  9  Tanner,  xx.  17. 

«See  I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  VI.  58.  I0  Ipswich  Journal,  I7th  Jan.  1789. 

"Chart.  Rolls,  22  Edw.  I.  24. 


HOLTON.  69 

Boyton.  He  died  about  1325,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Osbert  de  Boyton,  and  on  his  death  in  ^345  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  John 
de  Boyton,  who  was  living  in  1358.'  In  the  time  of  Hen.  VI.  the  manor 
passed  to  Richard  Withermarsh  under  a  fine  levied  by  him  in  1428  against 
John  Reymes  and  Robert  Fitz-Ralph  and  Margaret  his  wife.2 

Sir  William  Waldegrave3  seems  to  have  held  the  lordship  in  1553,  for 
on  the  Memoranda  Rolls  we  find  that  he  was  called  upon  to  show  title  for 
keeping  court  lete  and  view  of  frankpledge,  and  for  having  goods  and 
chattels  of  felons,  &c.,  in  Holton,4  and  William  Waldegrave  20  years  later 
was  called  upon  to  show  title  in  like  manner,5  and  again  in  I578.6 

Later  we  find  the  manor  passed  to  the  Mannock  family,  and  has 
apparently  since  passed  in  a  like  course  with  the  main  manor. 

Arms  of  BOYTON  :   Az.  6  escallop  shells  Arg.  3,  2,  i. 


1  See  Boyton    Hall  Manor  in  Great  Fin-  3  See  Manor  of  Smallbridge,  in  Bures,  in 
borough,  and  Manor  of  Netherhall,  Babergh  Hundred, 

in    Old    Newton,    both   in    Stow  4M.  i  Mary,  Mich.  Rec.  Rot.  44. 

Hundred.  5M.  15  Eliz.  Pas.  Rec.  Rot.  56. 

1  Feet  of  Fines,  6  Hen.  VI.  33.  6M.  20  Eliz.  Mich.  Rec.  Rot.  64. 


70  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


RA  YDON. 

HERE  were  five  manors  in  this  place  in  Saxon  times.  The 
first  was  held  by  Ednod,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate 
and  100  acres  of  land,  3  villeins,  6  bordars,  i£  ploughteams 
in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the  men.  Also  4  acres  of 
meadow,  wood  enough  to  support  8  hogs,  and  the  fifth 
part  of  a  church  with  5  acres,  the  whole  worth  £3.  At  the 
time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  of  the  Bishop  of 
Bayeux  by  Roger  Bigot,  and  the  value  was  £4,  but  it  was  let  to  farm 
for  £6.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.1 

The  second  was  held  by  Edwi,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate 
of  land,  4  bordars,  a  ploughteam,  5  acres  of  meadow,  a  mill,  and  the  fifth 
part  of  a  church  being  5  acres,  worth  305.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  it 
was  still  worth  305.,  but  was  let  to  farm  for  double.  It  was  a  league  long, 
and  8  quarentenes  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  30^.  Others  had  holdings 
here.  In  the  same  township  was  a  manor  held  by  Alwin,  a  freeman,  con- 
sisting of  60  acres,  a  bordar  (but  had  disappeared  by  the  time  of  the  Survey), 
a  ploughteam,  4  acres  of  meadow,  and  the  fifth  part  of  a  church  with  5 
acres.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  there  were  4  beasts,  13  hogs,  and  36  sheep. 
The  whole  was  formerly  worth  2os.,  reduced  to  155.  at  the  time  of  the  Survey. 

Another  manor  was  held  by  Smeri,  a  freeman  by  commendation  to  Aluric 
Capin,  predecessor  of  Eudo  Dapifer,  consisting  of  30  acres,  a  bordar,  half  a 
ploughteam  (gone  by  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and  2  acres  of  meadow, 
worth  55.  Another  estate  consisting  of  30  acres,  2  acres  of  meadow,  a 
bordar,  half  a  ploughteam  (reduced  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  two  oxen), 
worth  5s.  was  held  by  Ulwin,  a  freeman. 

Another  manor  was  held  by  Aluric,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  30 
acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  2  acres  of  meadow,  worth  55.,  doubled  at  the 
time  of  the  Survey.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.  All  these  manors  and  estates 
were  the  property  of  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux  when  the  Survey  was  taken." 
The  bishop  also  had  a  small  property  of  5  acres  held  by  a  freeman, 
Aluric,  which  contributed  to  the  assessment  of  Ray  don.3 

The  fourth  manor  was  held  by  Leuric,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  30 
acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  2  acres  of  meadow,  worth  55.  When  the 
Survey  was  taken  it  was  held  in  demesne  by  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert, 
and  was  valued  at  us.  5^.* 

The  fifth  manor  was  held  by  Angar,  and  consisted  of  2  carucates  of 
land,  8  villeins,  3  bordars,  3  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  7  belonging 
to  the  men  (which  were  reduced  to  4  at  the  time  of  the  Survey).  Also 
6  acres  of  meadow,  and  wood  for  the  maintenance  of  16  hogs.  There  were  2 
rouncies  (reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  5  beasts,  12  hogs,  and  30 
sheep  (increased  to  50  at  that  period),  the  value  being  £8  when  the  Survey 
was  taken  ;  it  was  held  in  demesne  by  Geoffrey  de  Magnaville.  Of  the 
same  land  Alured  held  a  villein  with  30  acres  worth  55.,  the  soc  belonging 
to  Angar,  and  Gislebert  the  priest  held  a  villein  with  30  acres  and  half  a 
ploughteam,  worth  35. 5  Another  holding  of  Geoffrey  de  Magnaville 
was  formerly  that  of  Edwin  and  Brictmar,  freemen,  under  commendation 

1  Dom.  ii.  3776.  4  Dom.  ii.  395. 

1  Dom.  ii.  378.  5  Dom.  ii.  411. 


RAYDON. 


to  Ansgar,  consisting  of  15  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam  worth  55.,  the  soc 
being  in  Bergholt.1 

Another  small  holding  was  formerly  that  of  Suerting,  a  freeman, 
consisting  of  17  acres,  worth  35.,  held  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by  Osbern 
of  Eudo  Dapifer.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.2 

Another  holding  mentioned  was  that  of  Erniet  and  Alwort,  two  free- 
men, consisting  of  40  acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  a  bordar,  worth  zos. 
At  the  time  of  the  Survey  it  was  the  estate  of  Ralph  Pinel,  who  held  it  by 
the  King's  gift,  but  from  it  Geoffrey  de  Magnaville  received  service.  The 
soc  was  in  Bergholt.3 

The  only  other  holding  here  was  that  of  Ulveva,  a  freewoman,  con- 
sisting of  12  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam  (which  had  disappeared  at  the 
time  of  the  Survey).  This  was  included  in  the  valuation  of  Stanfield  (?) 
The  soc  was  in  Bergholt,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  was  the  estate 
of  Earl  Eustace.4 

MANOR  OF  RAYDON  OR  RAYDON  HALL. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Ednod,  a  freeman,  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor, 
and  of  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux  at  the  time  of  the  Survey. 

In  1258  the  manor  belonged  to  Robert  de  Reydon,  who  had  a  grant 
of  free  warren  here  that  year.5  He  married  ist  Alice,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Robert  de  Reymes  or  Raimes.  In  1310  Robert  de  Reydon  had  a  grant 
of  a  market  and  fair  here,6  and  in  1313  authority  to  retain  the  manor  for 
life  on  granting  other  land.7 

Amongst  the  ancient  deeds  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  preserved  in  the 
Record  Office  is  a  sale  in  1322  by  Sir  Robert  de  Reydon,  Knt.,  to  Sir  William, 
rector  of  Reydon,  and  Sir  Roger,  Robert's  son,  rector  of  the  church  of 
Clenchesvarten,  of  all  his  goods  and  chattels  in  Suffolk  in  his  manors,  &c., 
saving  to  his  wife  Margery  the  things  belonging  to  her  and  his  chamber, 
with  vessels,  silver  spoons,  &c.8  Sir  Robert  de  Reydon  died  2nd  Feb.  the 
same  year  without  male  issue,  leaving  Margery  his  wife  surviving,  and  the 
manor  passed  to  Walter  de  Reydon,  son  of  the  said  Sir  Robert  by  his  ist 
wife.  The  following  is  a  translation  of  the  inquis.  p.m.9 

An  Inquisition  taken  at  Ipswich,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  before  the 
Escheator  of  the  Lord  King  this  side  of  Trent,  the  2o,th  day  of  June  in  the 
sixteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  son  of  King  Edward  according 
to  the  form  of  the  writ  therefore  directed  and  annexed  to  this  inquisition 
by  Thomas  de  Wolfreston,  Fulk  Baroun  Richard  de  Coppidhock,  Stephen 
de  Braunford,  Robert  de  Batingham,  Richard  Dil,  Hil'  Mayner',  clerk, 
John  Cheseman,  William  Seman,  William  Adgor,  Richard  de  Boyton  and 
Seman  the  fuller,  jurors.  Who  say  upon  their  oath  that  Robert  de  Reydon, 
deceased,  held  no  lands  or  tenements  of  the  Lord  King  in  chief  in  the 
county  aforesaid  or  elsewhere  on  the  day  that  he  died  ;  but  they  say  that 
the  same  Robert  and  Margaret  ["  Marger  "]  his  wife  held  together  to  them 
and  the  heirs  male  of  their  bodies  lawfully  begotten,  by  a  fine  levied  in  the 
court  of  the  Lord  King,  the  manor  of  Reydon  with  the  appurtenances 


'Dom.  ii.  4116. 
"Dom.  ii.  403. 

3  Dom.  ii.  437. 

4  Dom.  ii.  3036. 

5  Chart.  Rolls,  42  Hen.  III.  i. 


'Chart.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  II.  18. 
M.Q.D.  7  Edw.  II.  File  100,  6. 
"C.  2987. 
s  Chan.  Inq.  p.m.  16  Edw.  II.  No.  63. 


72  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

together  with  divers  lands  and  tenements  in  Brendwenham,  Hadleygh, 
Leyham,  Heygham,  Holeton,  Capele,  Wenham  Parva,  and  Benetleygh,  of 
Petronilla  de  Nerford  for  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee  for  all  service. 
And  they  say  that  there  is  there  a  certain  capital  messuage  which  is  worth 
yearly  in  all  issues  6d.  beyond  reprises.  And  there  are  there  of  arable 
land  417  acres  and  they  are  worth  in  all  issues  yearly  £6.  igs.  the  price  of 
an  acre  4^.  And  there  are  there  20  acres  of  meadow  that  could  be  reaped, 
and  they  are  worth  yearly  in  all  issues  405.  the  price  of  an  acre  2s.  And 
there  are  there  of  several  pasture  30  acres,  and  they  are  worth  yearly  30$. 
And  there  are  there  58  acres  of  wood  whereof  may  be  cut  down  every  fourth 
year  14  acres  and  a  half,  and  they  are  worth  in  all  issues  yearly  58$.  the 
price  of  an  acre  4$.  And  there  are  there  20  acres  of  alder  groves  whereof 
may  be  cut  down  every  fourth  year  5  acres,  and  they  are  worth  yearly  los. 
the  price  of  an  acre  2S.  And  there  are  there  of  rents  of  assize  at  the  feasts 
of  St.  Michael,  St.  Andrew,  Easter  and  St.  John  the  Baptist  by  equal 
portions  £4.  The  -aforesaid  jurors  say  also  that  the  same  Robert  and 
Margaret  held  together  to  them  and  the  heirs  male  of  their  bodies  lawfully 
begotten,  by  a  fine  levied  in  the  Court  of  the  Lord  King,  the  manor  of 
Wherstede  with  the  appurtenances,  of  Robert  de  Todenham  as  of  his  manor 
of  Newetone  by  Ipswich,  by  the  service  of  the  fourth  part  of  one  knight's 
fee  for  all  service.  And  there  is  there  a  certain  capital  messuage  which 
is  worth  nothing  yearly  beyond  reprises.  And  there  are  there  200  acres 
of  arable  land,  and  they  are  worth  yearly  in  all  issues  335.  <\d.  the  price  of 
an  acre  zd.  And  there  are  there  8  acres  of  meadow  that  could  be  reaped 
and  are  worth  yearly  in  all  issues  i6s.  the  price  of  an  acre  2s.  And  there 
are  there  10  acres  of  several  pasture,  and  are  worth  yearly  IDS.  the  price 
of  an  acre  I2d.  And  there  are  there  16  acres  of  alder  grove  whereof  may 
be  cut  down  every  fourth  year  4  acres  and  are  worth  yearly  8s.  the  price  of 
an  acre  2S.  And  there  are  there  40  acres  of  several  heathland  and  they  are 
worth  yearly  2od.  the  price  of  an  acre  one  halfpenny.  And  there  are  there 
505.  of  yearly  rent  at  the  feasts  of  St.  Michael,  St.  Andrew,  Easter  and  St. 
John  the  Baptist  by  equal  portions.  And  they  say  that  the  same  Robert 
died  about  the  Feast  of  the  Purification  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary  in  the 
year  above  said  [2  Feb.  1323].  And  the  aforesaid  Margaret  is  still  alive, 
and  they  had  no  male  issue  between  them,  and  for  want  of  issue  all  the 
aforesaid  tenements  after  the  death  of  the  same  Margaret  by  the  form  of 
the  fine  aforesaid  will  remain  to  Walter  de  Reydon  son  of  the  same  Robert 
and  the  heirs  of  the  same  Walter.  In  testimony  of  which  thing  the  afore- 
said jurors  have  affixed  their  seals  to  this  inquisition.  Dated  as  above. 

Sum  of  the  whole  extent  of  all  the  aforesaid  tenements  £23.  i6s.  6d. 
[Endorsed.} 

m  the  l6th    ear  of  Edw"  IL  63' 


The  manor  passed  from  Walter  de  Reydon  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John 
Reydon,  and  on  his  death  to  Sir  Robert  Reydon,  who  dying  without  issue 
the  manor  passed  to  his  sister  and  heir  Alice,  married  to  Sir  Andrew  de 
Bures,  Knt.'  who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1335,  and  four  years 
after  had  licence  enabling  him  to  assign  to  Henry  de  St.  Ositha,  parson  of 
the  church  of  Reydon,  a  messuage  in  Reydon  adjoining  the  rectory  there.1 

1  See  Manorsof  Acton,  in  Babergh  Hundred,         '0.  12  Edw.  III.  78;  Pat.  Rolls,  12  Edw. 
and  Overbury  Hall,  in  Leyham,  in  III.  pt.  i,  10. 

Cosford  Hundred. 


RAYDON.  73 

He  died  in  1360,'  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Alice,  who  remarried 
Sir  John  Sutton,  and  on  her  death  in  1392,"  devolved  upon  Sir  Andrew's 
son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  de  Bures,  who  died  about  1393,  from  which  time 
to  the  death  of  James  Butler,  Earl  of  Ormond  and  Wiltshire,  in  1457, 
without  issue,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Acton, 
in  Babergh  Hundred. 

The  manor  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Alice,  wife 
of  Sir  Guy  Brian,  in  1435. 3  Also  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Humphrey,  son  and 
heir  of  John,  Earl  of  Arundel,  and  Matilda  his  wife,  daughter  of  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Robert  Lovel,  three  years  later,4  and  of  Amicia,  wife  of  James, 
Earl  of  Wilts,  in  1457.' 

There  would  appear  to  have  been  some  dispute  as  to  the  owner- 
ship of  the  manor.  Amongst  the  Harleian  Rolls  is  an  indenture  of 
agreement  between  Sir  Thomas  Waldegrave  and  Robert  Reydon  and  Thomas 
his  son  as  to  the  recovery  and  conveyance  in  trust  of  lands  in  Reydon,  &c., 
subject  to  an  annuity  to  Alexander  Cressener.  It  is  dated  4th  May,  4 
Edw.  IV.  [1464].  On  the  back  are  instructions  for  the  rectification  and 
enrolment  of  the  document  and  a  draft  copy  of  the  letter  sent  as  intended 
to  be  sent  to  Sir  Thomas  Waldegrave  by  the  said  Robert  Reydon  after 
recovery  of  the  Manor  of  Reydon  from  the  said  Sir  Thomas.6 

Amongst  the  Harleian  Charters  is  a  copy  of  a  deed  dated  i6th  June, 
i  Hen.  VII.  [1486]  by  which  20  marks,  the  issues  of  this  manor  for  a  half 
year,  are  deposited  with  James  Hobberd,  gent.,  until  the  said  James  Hobberd 
and  John  Froste  shall  have  determined  the  title  to  the  said  manor  between 
Thomas,  Lord  Ormond,  and  Thomas  Reydon,  Esq.7  Lord  Ormond  was 
the  brother  of  James,  and  the  determination  would  appear  to  have  been  in 
his  favour,  or  at  least  we  find  that  after  his  restoration  he  had  the  manor, 
for  on  his  death  in  1513  he  left  it  by  his  will  to  Henry  Bures,  son  of  Robert. 
We  find  amongst  the  Harleian  MSS.  a  receipt  dated  28th  Nov.  1516,  for  £30 
of  Sir  William  Waldegrave,  being  a  year's  rent  for  the  Manors  of  Reydon 
and  Wherstead  by  John  Fitz  James,  the  elder,  one  of  the  executors  of  Thomas, 
late  Earl  of  Ormond.8 

Henry  Bures  died  6th  July,  1527,'  leaving  four  daughters  and  coheirs, 
Joan,  Bridget,  Anna,  and  Maria.10  Maria  who  had  a  fourth  married 
Thomas  Barrow,  and  died  in  1590,  when  it  passed  to  their  son  and  heir, 
William  Barrow,  who  died  in  1623,  when  his  interest  vested  in  his  son 
and  heir,  Maurice  Barrow,  who  dying  without  issue  in  1666  left,  by  his 
will  dated  i6th  Nov.  1665,  the  manor  to  his  cousin,  Maurice  Shelton.1' 

Maurice  Shelton  made  his  will  dated  2nd  Jan.  1665-6,  and  thereby 
devised  all  his  manors  and  lands  in  Suffolk  to  his  trustees  to  pay  his  debts 
and  legacies.  His  eldest  son  upon  his  marriage  charged  the  Manor  of 
Reydon,  &c.,  with  £2,500  as  a  provision  for  daughters  and  after  that  made 
a  settlement  of  his  whole  estate  upon  himself  for  life  with  remainder  to 
his  ist  and  every  other  son  in  tail  male,  with  remainder  to  Henry  and 
Charles  his  brothers  in  tail  male  reserving  a  power  of  revocation.  By 


'I.P.M. 
'I.P.M. 

3  I.P.M. 

4  I.P.M. 

5  I.P.M. 


34  Edw.  III.  60.  9  I.P.M.  20  Hen.  VIII.  87. 

16  Rich.  II.  25.  I0  Sir  Geo.  Somers  seems  to  have  been  called 

13  Hen.  VI.  34.  before  in  1541  to  show  title  to  the 

16  Hen.  VI.  50.  manor (M. 33 Hen.  VIII.  Pasch.  Rec. 


35  Hen.  VI.  16.  Rot.  36.) 

Harl.  O.  33.  "See  Manor  of  Newton  Hall, in  Babergh 

Harl.  54  E.  i.  Hundred,  and  Barringham  Manor, in 

8  Harl.  99.  Blackbourn  Hundred. 

K 


74  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

his  will  3rd  Oct.  1680,'  Maurice  Shelton  the  son  revoked  the  settlement  as 
to  Fakenham  Wood,  and  charged  both  this  and  the  Manor  of  Reydon  with 
an  additional  portion  of  £2,500,  and  devised  Fakenham  Wood  and  other 
lands  in  Norfolk  to  be  sold  for  payment  of  debts  and  legacies,  and  died, 
leaving  no  issue  male,  and  but  one  daughter,  who  married  Lissle  Harkett. 

Fakenham  Wood  being  a  great  ornament  to  the  seat,  Henry  Shelton, 
the  next  heir  in  tail,  permitted  the  trustees  to  sell  the  Norfolk  estate  and 
pay  the  debts  as  far  as  it  would  go  ;  but,  intending  to  preserve  Fakenham 
Wood  to  his  family,  paid  divers  of  the  debts  of  his  brother  Maurice  out  of 
his  money,  and  gave  security  lor  many  of  them,  and  did  not  sell  the  wood. 
He  (Henry)  by  his  will  23rd  April,  1688,  having  no  other  way  to  secure  the 
payment  of  his  debts,  devised  the  wood  to  be  sold,  and  died  in  1690,  leaving 
Maurice  and  Henry  his  sons  infants.  The  legacies  of  old  Maurice  unpaid 
and  the  debts  of  Maurice  the  son  and  Henry  with  the  £5,000  portion  amounted 
to  about  £13,000,  and  consequently  an  Act  of  Parliament  was  obtained 
for  the  purpose  of  selling  Reydon  Manor  in  order  to  pay  the  portion  first, 
and  the  debts  so  far  as  the  proceeds  would  go,  and  to  enable  the  trustees 
to  mortgage  Fakenham  Wood  for  the  residue,  and  the  inheritance  of  that 
to  be  settled  on  the  heir  of  the  family  in  lieu  of  Reydon.  It  was  hoped  by 
that  means  to  secure  something  for  the  infant  Maurice,  who  was  then  but 
seven  years  of  age,  and  by  the  accumulations  of  the  rents  during  his  minority 
to  pay  off  the  mortgage  by  the  time  he  came  of  age. 

There  is  an  interesting  letter  of  Robert  Kemp  to  his  nephew  Henry  in 
1690.  It  is  endorsed  :  "  These  to  Henry  Shelton,  Esq.,  Leave  this  wlh 
Mr.  Rich.  Bokenham  att  y"  sign  of  the  Catt  in  Paternoster  Row,  London, 
Wlh  Speed." 

The  letter  is  as  follows  :— 

Nephew, 

I  have  a  Copy  of  Mr.  Barrow's  your  father's  and  brother's  wills 
by  me  and  whereas  your  Brother's  will  bearing  date  the  3rd  of  October 
1680  mentions  an  Indenture  tripartite  of  ye  2nd  of  April  1680  (that  is  the 
grand  entail)  wch  I  have  by  me.  As  to  the  Indenture  tripartite  which 
your  brother's  will  takes  notice  of  to  be  dated  ye  25th  of  May  (72)  that  was 
your  sister,  Shelton's  Jointure,  and  I  never  had  it  in  my  hands.  This  deed 
provides  two  thousand  five  hundred  pounds,  part  of  the  portion  to  your 
neece.the  other  is  provided  for  by  the  will,  and  this  deed  Mr.  Shelden  says 
he  can  produce.  There  was  a  recovery  suffer' d  of  Roy  den  before  my  Lord 
Chief  Justice  Vaughan  att  Westminster  y  I3th  of  February  the  23rd 
Caroli  2d  doubt  not  but  ye  title  will  be  clearly  made  out  and  a  power  of 
sale  by  Sr  Robt.  Baldock,  who  hath  been  of  Counsell  from  first  to  last  in 
all  things,  and  a  Trustee  in  most  things,  and  is  now  all  good  leisure  to  give 
assistance.  The  thing  I  perceive  that  pends  you  most  is  your  own  debts, 
and  though  otherwise  Commendable,  you  are  too  eager  in  the  discharge  of 
them,  even  to  the  prejudice  of  your  other  estate,  which  makes  you  upon 
all  occasions  now  of  late  over  forward  in  the  under  Sale  of  Royden,  notwith- 
standing you  have  lately  enter'd  in  your  Almanack  from  me  the  too 
reasonable  a  sum  you  may  demand  for  it.  The  advice  I  should  give  you 
is  this  y/.  you  haste  down  with  all  speed,  which  when  you  do,  I  will  upon 
notice  meet  you  att  Sr  Robt.  Baldock's,  and  Consult  how  far  your  own 
debts  may  be  taken  care  of,  as  well  as  those  in  the  Trusts,  you  clearly 

1  Proved  nth  November,  1680,  at  Norwich. 


RAYDON.  75 

making  a  discovery  of  them.  If  you  now  consult  Mr.  Coleman  I  esteem 
him  a  prudent  man  and  if  he  come  with  you  to  Sr  Robert  Baldock's  wee 
will  confer  together  y'  so,  if  haste  require,  wee  may  see  how  wee  can  stop 
gaps  with  mortgages,  till  wee  can  sell  to  y*  worth,  not  that  I  would  negligeict 
of  selling  one  day,  but  not  making  more  haste  then  good  speed,  for  Royden 
must  fetch  att  a  very  great  penny-worth,  above,  10000  att  ye  rates  entered 
in  your  Almanack  which  I  need  not  particularize  since  you  have  them 
there  by  you.  I  am  willing  you  should  sell  to  clothe  work,  but  not  by 
under  selling  to  spoil  ye  work,  for  the  great  assistance  you  are  to  have 
must  be  by  the  considerable  sale  of  that  Estate.  Let  Mr.  Coleman  or 
whoever  is  your  present  confident  see  what  I  have  written  and  he  must 
conclude  y'  till  wee  meet  altogether  at  Sr-  Robt.  Baldocks,  nothing  will  be 
done  but  beating  the  air.  Therefore  the  most  considerable  thing  you  can 
doe  is  to  speed  down  as  aforesaid  and  assure  your  self  I  will  be  as  hearty 
and  as  quick  in  easing  you,  and  getting  rid  of  the  trusts  as  I  lawfully  can, 
and  you  will  find  y'  if  it  be  possible  by  any  body  it  must  be  Sr  Robt. 
Baldock  and  nobody  else  that  can  do  it  effectually,  though  I  desire  y' 
whoever  is  your  present  confident  may  be  then  present  for  I  will  not  bear 
the  burden  of  your  censure  who  you  know  have  helped  you  to  yr  estate. 
If  these  which  I  hope  are  solid  reasons  will  not  induce  you  to  come  down 
suddenly  or  if  you  do  come  down  and  our  Counsells  be  not  agreeable  to  your 
mind  you  may  this  very  next  term  prefer  a  bill  in  Chancery  against  me, 
and  the  rest  of  ye  Trustees,  which  will  be  fairly  and  clearly  answered  so  as 
the  business  may  soon  come  to  an  issue  that  way  if  it  do  not  the  other, 
wch  I  hope  it  will,  but  how  far  any  of  these  notions  will  prevail  according 
to  ye  present  sentiments  you  have,  I  cannot  tell.  It  is  not  probable  these 
extemporary  essays  of  yours  and  thy  sudden  journey  should  be  propitious 
or  well  grounded.  I  wish  I  may  be  mistaken.  Mr.  Hacketwas  lately  here 
in  good  humour  and  tho'  he  did  not  promise,  yet  I  fancy  the  reasons  I  gave 
him  will  prevail  with  him  to  rest  quiet  till  Michaelmas  term  if  wee  should 
need  his  forbearance  so  long.  I  was  in  hopes  Mr.  Keen's  sisters  would 
have  done  the  like  and  that  I  might  have  given  satisfaction  to  their  nephew 
Pemberton  whose  letter  I  answered  relating  to  that  affair. — But  Mr. 
Shewer  tells  me  their  agent  has  left  a  subpoena  att  your  house.  I  bid 
Mr.  Shewer  tell  some  of  your  creditors,  y'  I  believe  if  they  would  forbear 
prosecution  till  Michaelmas  term  a  way  might  be  found  out  for  quieting 
of  all  differences.  My  troubled  head  and  Infirm  body  will  give  me  leave  to 
say  no  more,  but  only  to  add  this  hint  y'  if  Mr.  Coleman  or  whoever  acts  for 
you,  will  go  and  show  this  letter  to  Mr.  William  Betts  Attorney  att  Law 
att  his  Chambers  att  Bernard's  Inn,  who  managed  the  late  decree,  and  next 
Sr  Robt.  Baldock  knows  much  of  our  affairs,  he  will  be  able  to  give  you 
some  useful  advice,  also  if  you  will  be  rul'd  by  me,  go  to  him,  and  he  can 
inform  you  of  some  considerable  purchasers  for  Royden  ;  if  you  give  him 
not  a  particular,  send  me  word  and  I  will,  for  by  my  consent  he  that  will 
give  most  shall  have  it,  which  is  all  att  present  from 

Your  old  Uncle 

ROBT.    KEMP. 
Ubbeston  May  ye  igth,  1690. 

Mr.  Covel's  valuation  for  320  acres  of  Fakenham  Wood  considering 
the  soil  wth.  ye  growth  of  the  underwood  and  timber  was  laid  att  18  p. 


76  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

acre  customs  att  20  p.  acres  and  Royden  is  valied  as  good  att  an  easy  price 

the  two  forms  come  to £6000.00.00 

The  Timber  in  ye  woods  only £2149.00.00 

The  soil  but  att  six  shillings  p.  acre £1920.00.00 

The  underwoods  but  att  405.  p.  acre     £0640.00.00 

The  Timber  in  ye  Pastures  enough  left     £0135.05.00 

The  free  and  quitt  Rents  and  Doubled     £0725.00.00 

The  gift  of  the  living     £0120.00.00 

Att  these  low  prices  it  comes  to     £11,689.05.00 

If  after  all  this  information,  which  I  pray  show  Mr.  Betts,  you  will 
too  much  undersell  yr.  estate,  your  misery  will  be  owing  to  yr.selfe  not  to 
me." 

In  1756  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  John  Rush.  He  was  the  son 
of  Samuel  Rush,  of  Benhall,  and  Geldham  Hall,  Essex,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Rush,  of  Clapham,  son  of  William  Rush,  of  Colchester.  John  Rush  died 
unmarried  i2th  May,  1767,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother 
Samuel,  who  dying  also  unmarried  24th  June,  1783,  devised  his  estates 
to  his  kinsman,  Sir  William  Beaumarice  Rush,  Knt.,  of  Wimbledon. 
Sir  William  was  the  son  of  William  Rush  and  Mary  his  wife,  daughter 
of  George  Smith,  of  London,  which  William,  who  died  i6th  July,  1779, 
was  the  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  William,  the  brother  of  Samuel,  the  father 
of  the  John  and  Samuel  previous  lords  of  this  manor.  Sir  William  B.  Rush 
married  loth  April,  1782,  Laura,  daughter  of  Cremer  Carter,  of  Southwark, 
and  died  8th  July,  1833,  at  the  age  of  85. 

The  manor  is  included  with  Acton  and  Wherstead  in  the  three  several 
fines  levied  by  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon  in  1562  of  fourth  shares  as  mentioned  in 
the  account  of  Acton  Manor,  in  Babergh  Hundred.  One  levied  against 
Sir  William  Butts,  another  against  Anne  Bates,  widow,  and  the  third 
against  Thomas  Butts  and  others.' 

Arms  of  RUSH  :  Quarterly  Gu.  and  Arg.  on  a  fesse  per  pale,  Vert  and 
Or,  between  three  horses  courant  as  many  roundles  counterchanged. 

MANOR  OF  MARK'S  OR  MERK'S. 

This  was  the  estate  of  a  freeman  named  Leuric  in  Saxon  days,  and  was 
included  in  the  possessions  of  Richard  Fitz  Gislebert  (de  Clare)  at  the  time 
of  the  Norman  Survey. 

In  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  the  manor  was  vested  in  Adam  de  Hakebech  in 
right  of  his  wife  Mary,  and  he  had  view  of  frankpledge  and  assize  of  bread 
and  beer.1  In  some  places  we  meet  with  the  name  Margaret  for 
Mary,  and  in  one  place  Mariota.  Thus  on  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1276  we  find 
an  action  by  Richard,  son  of  Robert  Acelyn,  against  the  above-mentioned 
Adam  de  Hakebech  and  Mariota  his  wife  and  Roger  de  Canterbury  touching 
a  tenement  in  Reydon.3  Mary,  Margaret,  or  Mariota  was  apparently  the 
mother  of  Andrew  de  Mark,  who  held  in  1286,  and  who  was  succeeded  by 
Juliana  de  Mark.  Thomas  Mark  was  next  lord,  and  in  1324  a  fine  was  levied 
of  the  manor  by  Robert  de  Welle  and  Lora  his  wife  against  Ralph,  son  of 
Thomas  de  "  Merk."4 

In  1338  William  de  la  "  Marshe  "  and  Alice  his  wife  held  the  lordship. 

1  Fines,  Hil.  4  Eliz.  'Pat.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  I.  4,  6d. 

*H.R.  ii.  190 ;  Q.W.  723,  730,  731.  4  Feet  of  Fines,  18  Edw.  II.  24. 


RAYDON. 


77 


In  1357  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  Andrew  de  Bures,  Knt.,  under  a  fine 
levied  this  date  by  him  against  John  Waryn  and  Maria  his  wife.1  Andrew 
de  Bures  died  in  1360, 2  when  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the 
Manor  of  Acton,  in  Babergh  Hundred,  until  forfeited  by  James  Butler, 
Earl  of  Ormond  and  Wiltshire,  in  1461. 

In  1365  we  meet  with  a  release  of  the  manor  by  William  Wingfield 
and  others  to  John  de  Roke wood  and  Alice,  wife  of  Sir  John  de  Sutton,  or 
rather  of  all  their  right  in  it,  lately  granted  them  by  Sir  John  de  Sutton,  junr., 
and  the  manor  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Alice,  wife 
of  Sir  John  de  Sutton,  in  1392. 3  In  1461  the  manor  was  granted  by  King 
Edw.  IV.  to  Sir  Thomas  Waldegrave,  Knt.  At  the  beginning  of  the  i6th 
century  it  is  said  to  have  passed  to  Sir  Henry  de  Bures,  Knt.,  who  died 
in  1528,  and  subsequently  passed  in  the  same  line  of  devolution  as  the  main 
manor.  We  have  some  doubt  as  to  this  in  view  of  two  fines  levied  of  the 
manor  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  The  first  is  in  1576,  and  is  levied 
by  Thomas  Chapman  against  Philip  Tylney,4  and  the  second  is  in  1603, 
levied  by  Edmund  Blewett  against  John  Britten.5 

MANOR  OF  SULVEYES  OR  SULLIES  OR  MARTYNS  AND  SULVEGES. 

The  lordship  was  vested  in  early  times  in  John  Sulvey.  The  name 
appears  under  various  forms.  In  1293  we  find  a  grant  by  Alfred  de  Solemy 
to  his  son  John  in  tail  of  all  the  lands  in  Reydon  which  the  grantor  inherited 
from  John  de  Solemy  his  uncle,6  and  three  years  later  we  find  amongst  the 
ancient  deeds  in  the  Exchequer  Treasury  of  the  Receipt,  now  in  the  Record 
Office,  a  release  by  Petronilla  Pascal,  of  Reydon,  to  John  de  Solemy,  son 
of  Sir  Alfred  de  Solemy,  of  his  messuage,  land,  and  tenement  in  Reydon.7 
In  7:306  we  find  also  a  release  by  Alexander  Tost,  of  Burnt  Wenham,  to 
John  de  Sulny,  of  land  in  Reydon.8  In  1311  we  find  a  grant  by  Robert 
Edwold,  of  Estokysa  la  Weyward,  to  John  de  Sulny  and  Isabel  his  wife  of 
a  piece  of  land  of  the  said  Sulny's  fee  in  Reydon,9  and  the  same  year  a 
grant  by  John  le  Spenser,  of  Bergholt,  to  John  de  Sulny  and  Isabel  his  wife 
of  all  the  land  in  Reydon  which  the  said  John  de  Sulny  acquired  from 
Petronilla  "  Paschal,"  of  Reydon,  in  Reydon.'0  Later  Sir  John  Sutton,  Knt., 
and  Alice  his  wife,  who  was  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  de  Raydon, 
Knt.,  conveyed  this  land  to  Roger  de  Wolferston,  John  Brook,  parson  of 
Polstead,  and  others  who  demised  and  granted  it  in  1397  to  William  Sampson 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Andrew  de  Bures." 

To  them  succeeded  their  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Sampson,"  who  died 
in  1439,  when  the  estate  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  George  Sampson,  who 
died  in  1458,  when  it  vested  in  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Sampson,  who 
died  in  1 483, '3  leaving  a  son,  Sir  Thomas  Sampson,  who  died  without  issue 
8th  Jan.  1511-12."  Towards  the  end  of  the  i6th  century  we  find  the 


'Feet  of  Fines,  30  Edw.  III.  43. 
'I.P.M.,  34  Edw.  III.  60. 
3 1. P.M.,  16  Rich.  II.  25. 
4  Fine,  Easter,  18  Eliz. 
3  Fine,  Hil.  45  Eliz. 

6  A.  3878. 

7  A.  3497. 

8  A.  34  Edw.  I.  3581. 
'A.  3747- 

10  A.  3705. 


"  Serjeants'  accounts  of  lands  late  of  Alice 
de  Sutton  in  Raydon,  15  and  16 
Rich.  II.  will  be  found  amongst  the 
Ministers'  accounts  in  the  Record 
Office  (Bundle  1003  No.  21).  She 
died  in  1392  (I.P.M.,  16  Rich.  II. 

25)- 
"See   Manor    of    Playford,    in     Carlford 

Hundred,  for  these  Sampsons  an<? 

their  marriages. 
•sI.P.M.,  i  Rich.  III.  35. 
'*I.P.M.,  Stowmarket,  7th  Aug.  1512. 


78  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

manor  vested  in  Thomas  Barrow,  who  died  in  1590,  from  which  time  it 
descended  in  the  same  course  as  the  main  manor  through  the  Sheltons. 

About  1720  it  was  vested  in  John  Stubbin,  son  of  Josiah  Stubbin,  of 
Offton,  and  Elizabeth  Grimwade  his  wife.  John  Stubbin  married  in  1714 
Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Richard  Partridge,  of  Holton  St.  Mary, 
and  died  aoth  June,  1757,  at  the  age  of  80,'  and  the  manor  subsequently 
vested  in  Sir  William  Beaumaurice  Rush.  On  his  death  the  manor  passed 
to  his  daughter  and  coheir  Charlotte,  married  to  John  Marten  Cripps,  and 
was  sold  in  1875  to  Charles  Thomas  Partridge,  now  of  Stowmarket,  nephew 
of  Charles  Partridge,  of  Shelley  Hall. 


1  Will  P.C.C.  25th  Feb   1757. 


SHELLEY.  79 

SHELLEY. 
SHELLEY   HALL   MANOR. 

T  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  Shelley  was  a  Herewith 
to  Bergholt,  and  was  part  of  the  King's  demesnes.  In  the 
time  of  Hen.  III.  the  lordship  was  held  by  William,  son  of 
Hervey,  and  in  1272  Robert  de  Tateshall  held  it  of  the 
barony  of  Tibenham,  in  Norfolk.  This  Robert  was  the  son 
of  Robert  de  Tateshall  and  Mabel  his  wife,  one  of  the 
sisters  and  coheirs  of  Hugh  the  last  Albini,  Earl  of  Arundel, 
by  which  marriage  he  acquired  the  Manor  and  Castle  of  Buckenham, 
in  Norfolk.  It  is  stated  in  the  Hundred  Rolls  that  the  view  of  frank- 
pledge  in  Shelley  was  at  the  date  of  those  returns  in  the  hands  of  this 
Robert  de  Tateshall  the  son.1 

Robert  de  Tatshall  or  Tateshall  is  said  in  1269  upon  the  partition 
of  the  lands  of  Ralph  Fitz-Ranulph,  lord  of  Middleham,  co.  York,  to  have 
held  in  right  of  his  wife  Joan,  one  of  the  three  daughters  of  the  said  Ralph, 
the  Manor  of  Wells  and  a  moiety  of  the  woods  belonging  to  the  lordship  of 
Snape. 

Robert  had  summons  to  Parliament  called  by  the  King's  writ  to  meet 
in  London  in  1260,  and  died  in  1273,*  seised  of  Buckenham  with  the  castle, 
and  also  of  Tatshall  with  the  castle,  and  of  this  manor,  leaving  Robert  de 
Tatshall,  his  son  and  heir,  then  24  years  of  age,  who,  doing  his  homage,  had 
livery  of  his  lands.  This  Robert  is  mentioned  to  have  been  summoned  to 
Parliament  in  1295-6-7,  and  the  name  of  Robert  is  also  contained  in  the  writ 
equis  et  armis  to  Carlisle  the  26  Edw.  I.,  where  he  is  designated  a  baron, 
those  then  summoned  being  all  distinguished  by  their  respective  rank  of 
comitis  vel  barones.  He  is  said  to  have  married  Joan,  2nd  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Sir  Thomas  Nevill  or  Fitz-Ranulph,  of  Middleham,  co.  York,  and 
died  in  1297-8,  leaving  Robert,  his  son  and  heir,  then  aged  24  years,  who 
in  his  childhood  took  to  wife  Eve,  daughter  of  Robert  de  Tibetot,  and  in 
the  year  of  his  father's  death,  doing  his  homage,  had  livery  of  his  whole 
inheritance,  saving  to  Joan,  his  mother,  her  reasonable  dower.  He  had 
summons  in  1299,  1300,  and  1302,  and  was  one  of  those  who  in  the  Parlia- 
ment at  Lincoln  in  1301  affixed  his  seal  to  the  letter  to  the  Pope,  being  then 
styled  "  Robertus  de  Tateshalle,  Dominus  de  Buckenham." 

He  is  said  to  have  died  in  1303,  leaving  Robert  his  son  and  heir,  15 
years  of  age.  There  is  evidently  some  error  here.  Dugdale3  makes  Joan 
Fitz  Ranulph  in  one  case  to  be  the  wife  of  the  Robert  who  died  in  1298, 
and  in  another  place  the  mother.4 

Banks5  says  :  "  Now,  if  Robert  was  only  24  years  of  age  at  his  father's 
death  the  26  Edw.  I.  [1298]  he  could  only  have  been  in  his  thirtieth  year 
at  the  time  of  his  own  decease  the  31  Edw.  I.  [1303]  when  to  have  left  a 
son  aged  15  years  must  have  been  a  very  nimble  course  of  generation." 
The  15-year  old  son  died  unmarried  in  1305-6,  leaving  his  three  sisters6  his 

1  H.R.  ii.  190.  5  Baron.  Angl.  Concent,  i.  430. 

'I.P.M.,  I  Edw.  I.  4.  6Thc  author  of  the  "Complete  Peerage" 

3 Baron,  ii.  440.  says  "great-aunts,  the    sisters   of 

4The  author  of  the  "  Complete  Peerage  "  the  ist  baron  or  their  descendants" 

assigns  this  particular  wife  to  the  (vol.    vii.    p.  370),   and  refers    to 

Robert  who  died  in  1298  (vol.  vii.  pedigrees  in  Coll.  Top.  et  Gen.  vii. 

p.  370).  p.  144- 


8o 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


coheirs,  viz.,  (i)  Emma,  married  to  Sir  Osbert  Caily,  father  of  Sir  Thomas 
Caily,  Baron  of  Buckenham,  in  right  of  his  mother  ;  (2)  Joan,  married  to 
Sir  Robert  Driby,  whose  daughter  and  heir  Alice  married  Sir  William  Bernake 
of  Hethersett,  whose  son  John  was  father  of  William,  who,  dying  without 
issue  in  his  minority  7th  Dec.  1359,  left  Maud,  his  sister  and  heir,  wife  to 
Ralph  de  Cromwell ;  and  (3)  Isabel,  married  to  Sir  John  Orby  or  Orreby. 

In  1316  we  find  John  de  Appleby  holding  one-third  during  the  minority 
of  a  Thomas  de  Cailly,  and  in  1334  John  de  Driby  holding  a  third  part.' 
Sir  Thomas  de  Cailly  died  in  1316  without  issue,  and  his  interest  passed  to 
his  only  sister  Margaret,  married  to  Sir  Roger  de  Clifton,  on  whose  death 
her  interest  vested  in  her  son  and  heir,  Sir  Adam  de  Clifton. 

In  1341  we  find  upon  the  Patent  Rolls  a  licence  for  this  Sir  Adam  de 
Clifton,  who  had  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Mortimer,  of 
Attleburgh,  to  grant  to  his  son  Constantine,  Katharine  his  wife,  daughter 
of  William  de  la  Pole,  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  with  reversion  to  Adam 
and  his  heirs  a  third  part  of  the  manor  then  held  in  chief.'  Katharine, 
wife  of  Constantine  de  Clifton,  died  seised  in  I364,3  and  her  one-third  share 
vested  in  Constantine's  son  and  heir,  John  de  Clifton.  John  de  Clifton 
was  of  Buckenham  Castle,  and  was  found  to  be  heir  to  Margaret  de  Cailly 
in  1368,  being  then  aged  15,  and  eight  years  later  was  summoned  to  Parlia- 
ment as  a  Baron  by  writ  directed  to  "  John  de  Clyfton  "  ist  Dec.  1376. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Ralph  Cromwell,  Lord 
Cromwell,  and  died  loth  Aug.  1388,  when  his  interest  in  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Constantine  de  Clifton,  Lord  de  Clyfton,  who  was 
summoned  to  Parliament  I3th  Nov.  1393,  to  aoth  Nov.  1394.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Howard,  of  Wigcnhall,  co.  Norfolk,  and 
died  in  1395,  his  interest  in  the  manor  passing  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John 
de  Clifton,  only  one  year  old  at  his  father's  death.  He  married  Joane, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Edmund  Thorpe,  of  Ashwell  Thorpe,  and  widow 
of  Sir  Robert  Echingham,  and  had  an  only  daughter  Margaret,  who  married 
Sir  Andrew  Ogard,  of  Buckenham  Castle,  but  died  in  his  father's  lifetime 
without  issue.  The  interest  of  Sir  John  de  Clifton  in  the  manor,  on  his 
death  in  1447,'  passed  to  his  sister  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Sir  John  Knyvett.5 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  IV.  John  de  Orby  and  Adam  Blyston  held  the 
manor  of  the  King  in  chief  at  the  annual  rent  of  2od.  as  "  formerly  belonging 
to  Robert  de  Tateshale."  It  subsequently  vested  in  Robert  Harleston, 
who  was  attainted  in  1462,  when  the  manor  was  forfeited  to  the  Crown, 
and  granted  by  Edw.  IV.  to  his  brother  Richard,  Duke  of  York. 

In  1466,  however,  John  L'Estrange,  of  the  City  of  Norwich,  son  of 
Roger  and  grandson  and  heir  of  John  L'Estrange,  of  Hunstanton,  in 
Norfolk,  and  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Beaumont,  of  Pakenham, 
and  of  Eleanor  his  wife,  sister  of  Nicholas  Pike,  of  Colchester,  in  Essex, 


1  Extent,  I.P.M.,  8  Edw.  III.  32. 

'Pat.  Rolls,  14  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  33. 

Jl.P.M.  37  Edw.  III.  17. 

4  Will  i6th  Aug.  1447,  proved  8th  Sept. 

1447- 

'The  third  of  Isabel  Orby  had  passed  to 
her  son  Philip,  and  from  him  to  his 
son  John,  who  died  in  1352,  and  from 
him  to  his  daughter  and  heir,  Joan 
married  ist  to  Sir  Henry  Percy,  and 
2nd  to  Sir  Constantine  Clifton.  Her 


daughter  Mary  married  Sir  John 
Roos,  of  Hamlake,  and  died  without 
issue  in  the  lifetime  of  her  mother. 
In  1394  we  meet  with  a  writ  to 
divide  lands  between  Constantine 
de  Clifton  and  Maud,  wife  of  Sir 
Ralf  Cromwell,  Knt.,  cousins  and 
heirs  of  Mary,  widow  of  John,  Lord 
Roos,  of  Hamlake,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  de  "  Orreby." 


SHELLEY.  81 

released  all  his  right  in  this  manor  to  John  King,  citizen  of  London,  Sir 
John  Howard,  Knt.,  John  Clopton,  and  others  in  trust. 

We  find  a  suit  amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings  by  Nicholas 
Pike,  described  as  of  Colchester,  against  John  Twyer  and  Alice  his  wife, 
niece  of  the  plaintiff,  tor"  falsely  noising  "  that  this  manor  was  entailed.1 
John  L'Estrange  died  3oth  April,  I46y,2  without  issue,  and  Henry 
L' Estrange  his  brother  succeeded.3  He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of 
Roger  Drury,  of  Hawstead,  and  died  25th  Nov.  1485,*  seised  of  manors  in 
Pakenham  and  Stowlangtoft,  as  well  as  of  this  manor.  The  Kings  owned 
Shelley  Hall  between  the  Cliftons  and  the  Tylneys,  actually  residing  in  the 
hah1,  but  whether  they  held  the  manor  at  any  time  is  doubtful.  John 
King,  described  as  of  Shelley,  gent.,  in  1493  married  Rose,  daughter  of 
Sir  Edmund  Jenney,  of  Knodishall,  and  there  was  formerly  in  Shelley 
church  a  brass  for  "  William  King  Arm.  fil.  Joh.  King  de  hujus  Ville  1500." 

In  1510  the  manor  appears  to  have  been  in  Edward  Cornwallis,  who 
died  3rd  Sept.  that  year,  leaving  William  his  brother  and  heir.5  In  1517 
we  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor  levied  by  Sir  John  Bourchier,  Lord  Berners, 
and  others  against  Thomas  Eylmer  and  Rose  his  wife.  It  includes  tene- 
ments also  in  Leyham,  Hadleigh,  Polsted,  Edwardeston,  Raydon,  and 
Stoke  juxta  Nay  land.6 

The  manor  subsequently  vested  in  Sir  Philip  Tilney,  Knt.  He 
married  ist  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Brewse,  of  Little  Wenham ; 
2ndly,  Joan,  daughter  of  Thomas  Tey  by  Margaret  his  wife,  relict  of  John 
Fincham,  of  Fincham  ;  and  3rdly,  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  —  Jeffery, 
of  Stansfield,  co.  Suffolk,  who  afterwards  remarried  Francis  Framlingham, 
of  Crow's  Hall,  in  Debenham.  Sir  Philip  Tilney  died  8th  Jan.  I532-3,7 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Tilney,8  who  married 
Margaret  Barrett.  From  Thomas  the  manor  passed  to  his  grandson, 
Philip  Tilney  (whose  father,  Frederick  Tilney,  of  Kelsale,married  Margaret 
Buck,  of  Long  Melford,  and  died  26th  Jan.  1540-1).  The  marriage  settle- 
ment of  Philip  Tilney  on  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Framlingham,  of 
Crow's  Hall,  Debenham,  gth  Oct.  1561,  will  be  found  amongst  the  Egerton 
MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.9  It  is  referred  to  also  in  the  Historical 
MSS.  Commission  Reports.10  On  nth  Aug.  1561,  Philip  Tilney  entertained 
his  kinswoman,  Queen  Elizabeth,  at  Shelley  Hall.  His  only  son  Charles 
was  executed  in  1586  for  his  share  in  the  Babington  Conspiracy." 

On  Philip's  death,  I3th  March,  1601-2,  the  manor  passed  to  his  first 
cousin  and  heir,  Emery  Tilney,12  who  married  Winifred  Davis,  and 
on  his  death  in  1606  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Tilney, 
Sheriff  of  Suffolk  1611,  who  married  Elizabeth  Gosnold.13  On  Thomas 
Tilney 's  death'4  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Philip  Tilney, 
who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Needham,  of  Barking, 
Knt.,  and  sold  the  estate  about  1627  to  Thomas  Kerridge,  a  sea- 
captain,  who  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Thomas  Simonds,  merchant  and 

'E.C.P.  Bundle  16,  245.  "Will  proved   P.C.C.  I4th  June,  1559. 

"Blomefield  says  in  1476.  9Eger.  2713. 

3  See  Manor  of  Thorpe  Morieux,  in  Cosford  '°  10  Rep.  pt.  iii.  4. 

Hundred.  "State  Trials,  i.  126-135. 

4 Will  1483.  "Philip's  only  son  Charles  had  been  exe- 
'I.P.M.,  2  Hen.  VIII.  cuted  2Oth  Sept.  1586. 

"Fine,  Easter,  9  Hen.  VIII.  «3 Buried  at  Shelley,  nth  April,  1646. 

'I.P.M.,  26  Hen.  VIII.  66  ;  Will  8th  Dec.  '<  His  will  proved  1620. 

I532,  proved  8th  Oct.  1533. 

L 


82  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

alderman  of  London-,  by  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of  William  Hales,  of  Bildes- 
ton,  who,  after  his  decease,  was  married  to  Sir  Martin  Lumley,  of  Bardfield 
Magna,  Essex,  Knt.,  sometime  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  and  died  I3th 
June,  1650,  aged  75.  Thomas  Kerridge  served  the  office  of  High  Sheriff 
of  Suffolk,  in  1647,  and  died  2oth  Dec.  1657,  aged  72,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Kerridge,  who  died  at  Cambridge  (being 
fellow  commoner  of  Queen's  College),  3rd  September,  1661,  aged  18  years, 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  Samuel  Kerridge.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Garrard,  Knt.  and  Bart.,  by  whom 
he  had  two  sons,  Thomas  and  Samuel,  and  two  daughters,  Sarah  and 
Mary.  He  died  at  Naughton,  3rd  Nov.  1678,'  aged  33,  when  the  manor 
went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Kerridge.  He  married  Jane,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Richard  Porter,  of  Framlingham,  and  died  in  April,  1743,  leaving 
an  only  daughter  and  heir,  Cecilia  Kerridge,  who  died  in  June,  1747, 


SHELLEY  HALL. 


leaving  her  right  in  this  manor  to  William  Folkes,  of  Chancery  Lane,  London, 
and  of  Hillington  Hall,  Norfolk,  father  of  Sir  Martin  Browne  Folkes,  ist 
baronet.  By  deeds  dated  2oth  and  2ist  August,  1756,  William  Folkes 
disposed  of  the  Shelley  estate  to  Samuel  Rush,  of  Benhall  (son  of  Samuel 
Rush,  of  Benhall,  and  of  Veldham  Hall,  Essex),  who  died  unmarried  24th 
June,  1783,  devising  by  will  7th  April,  1781,  his  estates  (including  this 
manor)  to  his  kinsman  (afterwards  Sir)  William  Beaumaurice  Rush,  of 
Wimbledon  House,  Surrey,  who  the  previous  year  had  married  Laura 
Carter,  and  died  8th  July,  1833,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  3rd  daughter 
and  coheir  Charlotte,  married  to  John  Marten  Cripps,  of  Stanton  Manor, 
near  Lewes,  Sussex,  on  whose  death,  2nd  June,  1873,  it  was  sold. 

Shelley  Hall3  stands  on  the  west  side  of  the  valley  through  which  runs 
the  river  Brett,  at  the  distance  of  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  south-west  of 
the  church.  It  is  immediately  on  the  edge  of  the  meadows,  and  in  front 


1  Amongst  the  manors  enumerated  in  the 
will  of  Maurice  Shelton,  3rd  Oct. 
1680,  proved  at  Norwich,  nth 
Nov.  1680,  and  stated  to  have  been 
settled  by  an  indenture  dated  25th 
May,  1672,  is  "  the  Manor  of 
Shelley." 


'  Will  P.C.C.  283  Strahan. 

3  The  following  description  is  taken  from 
Davy's  Suff.  Collections,  Brit.  Mus. 
Add.  MS.  19105.  This  Suffolk  anti- 
quary visited  Shelley  Hall, 
August,  1828. 


SHELLEY.  83 

of  it  is  a  moated  garden,  which  is  part  of  the  marshes.  Part  of  the  old 
house  built  by  the  Tilneys  still  remains,  and  forms  a  good  farmhouse.  On 
the  north  side  of  it  was  the  entrance  porch  now  closed,  but  on  each  side 
of  the  doorway  above  is  in  red  brick  the  crest  of  Tilney — a  griffin's  head 
erased.  The  doorways  of  this  porch  front  nearly  east  and  west.  On  the 
north  side  of  it  in  the  wall  is  a  square  piece  of  stone,  on  which  are  the  arms, 
crest,  &c.,  of  Tilney,  as  follows  :— 

A  chevron  between  3  griffins'  heads  erased  quartering  Thorpe. 
3  crescents. 

Crest  :  Out  of  a  ducal  coronet,  a  plume  of  feathers  and  issuing  there- 
from a  griffin's  head. 

Supporters  :    Two  griffins  segeant. 


Motto  in  old  French  in  the  form  of 


ESPOIRMA  COMFORT. 


On  the  sides  of  this  is  a  sort  of  ornamented  border  which  does  not 
appear  at  the  top  or  bottom.  At  the  back  are  other  remains  of  the  old 
house,  and,  on  a  part  of  it,  the  arms  of  Tilney  without  the  crest, 
supporters,  &c. ;  this  is  in  red  brick. 

In  one  of  the  bedchambers  over  the  chimney  is  a  frame  of  wood  hand- 
somely carved  on  which  are  the  following  shields,  &c.,  of  Tilney,  and  his 
quarterings,  viz.,  of  7  coats. 

(1)  Tilney. 

(2)  Rochford  :    Quarterly  i  and  4  Rochford.     Quarterly  in  a  border 
charged  with  roundels  2  and  3  an  eagle  displayed. 

(3)  Bereford  [?  Hillary].     Seme'  of  cross-crosslets  fitchee,  3  fleurs-de- 
lis  or  3  fleurs-de-lis  betw.  9  cross-crosslets  fitchee. 

(4)  Thorpe.     3  crescents  2  and  I. 

(5)  Rosse.     4  bars  over  all  a  bend  engrailed. 

(6)  Baynard.     A  fesse  between  2  chevrons. 

(7)  Aspal.     4  chevrons. 
Supporters.     2  griffins  as  above. 

Crest  as  on  the  stone  above-mentioned. 

Around  this  grand  shield  are  7  other  smaller  shields,  one  in  the  centre 
above,  the  other  6,  3  on  each  side,  as  follows: — 

i.  In  the  centre  above,  Tilney. 


sinister 


4.  Bereford  [?  Hillary]. 

5.  Thorpe. 

6.  Baynard. 


7.  Aspall. 

On  each  side  of  this  large  panel  is  a  smaller  or  rather  narrower  one, 
also  carved  ;  that  on  the  dexter  has  in  the  centre  the  head  of  a  female  in 
a  circle,  the  head  covered  with  a  hat ;  above  and  below  it  are  various  carvings, 
on  the  sinister  panel,  in  the  middle,  is  the  head  of  a  man  in  a  circle,  on  his 
head  a  helmet,  and  attached  to  the  lower  part  of  the  circle  is  armour  for 
the  body,  above  and  below  carvings  as  on  the  dexter  side. 

At  the  back  of  the  hall  the  ground  rises  rather  abruptly,  and  is  a  good 
deal  broken,  and  from  the  top  of  this  rise  a  very  extensive  prospect  is 
obtained  both  up  and  down  the  river. 


84  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Shelley  Hall  was  occupied  for  nearly  120  years  by  the  Partridge  family.' 
In  1681  Thomas  Partridge,  great-grandson  of  John  Partridge,  who  married 
Bridget  Bringlove,  at  Bradfield  St.  Clare,  in  1543,  died  at  Shelley.  In  1758 
Arthur  Partridge  succeeded  John  Spells  at  Shelley  Hall,  and  a  few  months 
later  married  his  third  cousin,  Sarah,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Robert 
Partridge.  Arthur  died  there  in  1789,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Robert,  who,  dying  there  in  1854,  aged  81,  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Charles, 
who  lived  there  until  1875.  His  grand-nephew,  Charles  Partridge,  M.A., 
F.S.A.,  F.R.G.S.,  District  Commissioner  in  Southern  Nigeria,  is  collecting 
materials  for  a  history  of  this  parish. 

Arms  of  TATESHALE  :  Cheque,  Or  and  Gules,  a  chief  Ermine.  Of 
TILNEY  :  Argent,  a  chevron  between  three  griffins'  heads,  erased,  Gules. 
Of  KERRIDGE  :  Sa.  on  a  pile,  Arg.  a  mullet  of  the  first  (granted  iTth  June, 
1620,  to  Capt.  Thomas  Kerridge,  for  his  good  services  in  the  Great  Mogul 
country). 


1  See  Muskett's  Suffolk  Manorial  Families,     ii.  168,  400. 


SHOTLEY.  85 

SHOTLEY. 

N  Saxon  times  there  was  one  manor  in  this  place,  held  by 
Earl  Guert.  It  consisted  of  2^  carucates  of  land  and  an  acre 
worth  2d.,  12  villeins,  2  bordars,  4  serfs,  2  ploughteams 
in  demesne  and  4  belonging  to  the  men  ;  also  4  acres  of 
meadow,  a  rouncy,  and  40  sheep.  When  the  Survey  was 
taken  this  was  the  land  of  the  King,  held  in  charge  by 
Aluric  Wanz,  the  villeins  were  reduced  to  half  and  the 
serfs  to  i,  there  was  only  i  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to 
the  men,  but  4  might  be  restored.  To  this  manor  belonged  in  the  Confessor's 
time  210  socmen,  who  were  reduced  when  the  Survey  was  taken  to  119, 
having  22  J  carucates  of  land,  less  30  acres,  and  42  bordars,  29  ploughteams 
(reduced  at  the  Survey  to  27),  and  24^  acres  of  meadow  ;  also  2  churches 
with  62  acres.  Of  the  men  who  remained  upon  this  manor,  Harold  had 
not  even  commendation  in  the  Confessor's  time  except  of  four — Ulnod, 
Estmunt,  Aluric,  and  Wistric  ;  and  Guert,  Harold's  brother,  had  com- 
mendation of  two — Man  and  Alviet.  They  were  all  in  commendation 
to  other  barons  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor.  The  Survey  continues  as 
follows  :  "  Of  i  Malet's  predecessor  had  commendation,  and  Robert,  son 
of  Wimarc,  of  4.  But  Harold  always  had  jurisdiction  over  the  aforesaid 
manor  of  Bergholt,  to  wit,  with  that  which  belonged  to  it,  and  with 
jurisdiction  of  the  Hundred  and  a  Half  (of  Samford).  It  rendered  in 
King  Edward's  time  £24.  And  Guert's  two  manors  aforesaid,  which 
were  added  to  this  farm,  then  rendered  £9.  And  when  Robert  Malet 
had  it,  the  whole  together  rendered  £60  by  weight,  and  £8  by  number 
as  gersum,  and  so  much  only  it  rendered  to  Roger  Bigot,  as  the  prepositus 
himself  says.  But  Roger  says  that  it  rendered  405.  more  by  number 
and  one  marc  of  gold.  But  Aluric,  the  prepositus,  contradicts  (him) 
and  Roger  will  prove  (his  saying)  by  those  men  who  were  present  at  his 
agreements.  The  said  Aluric  now  renders  £60  by  weight,  and  he  so  holds 
of  the  King  by  such  agreement  that  he  is  bound  to  make  the  King  (payment 
of)  £60  out  of  the  profit,  and  of  this  he  vouches  the  King  to  warrant.  So 
he  says  himself.  And  he  says  too  that  (nothing)  remains  in  so  much  as 
he  does  not  make  that  profit."1 

A  manor  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  Celeolt,  by  commendation 
to  Aluric,  and  consisted  of  60  acres,  a  villein,  a  bordar,  and  half  a  plough- 
team,  worth  ros.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Roger  Bigot  held  it  of  Richard, 
son  of  Earl  Gislebert.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.2 

Three  manors  were  held  in  Kirkton  (Cherchetuna),  one  in  Saxon  times 
by  Edmund,  a  freeman,  consisting  of  60  acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  and 
an  acre  of  meadow,  worth  2os.,  increased  when  the  Survey  was  taken  to 
235.  zd.  ;  the  other  by  Strangulf,  a  freeman,  consisting  of  60  acres  and 
half  a  ploughteam,  worth  45. 

The  third  manor  in  Kirkton  was  held  by  Turi,  a  freeman  of  Guert, 
consisting  of  60  acres,  4  bordars,  and  half  a  ploughteam,  worth  los. 
(increased  when  the  Survey  was  taken  to  us.  5<1).  These  three  manors 
formed  part  of  the  possessions  of  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert,  at  the 
time  of  the  Survey,  and  he  also  had  an  estate  here  of  15  acres  and  2  teams 
of  oxen,  worth  8s.,  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt,  which  had  formerly  been 

'Dom.  ii.  2876.  *Dom.  ii.  3946. 


86 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


held  by  two  freemen,  Huna  and  Godric,  when  it  was  valued  at  55.     It 
was  6  quarentenes  long  and  5  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  .}</.' 

MANOR   OF   SHOTLEY    HALL   OR    KIRKTON. 

Davy  seems  to  think  that  this  was  the  estate  of  Celeolt  under  the 
protection  of  Aluric  in  the  days  of  the  Confessor,  and  formed  part  of  the 
possessions  of  Richard  Fitz  Gilbert,  held  by  Roger  Bigot  at  the  time  of 
the  Survey.  This  small  estate  may  have  formed  part  of  the  lands  sub- 
sequently held  with  the  manor  as  it  subsequently  devolved,  but  could 
only  have  been  a  portion. 

John  de  Visdelon  or  Vicedeliew  was  lord  of  Shotley  shortly  after 
the  date  of  the  Survey,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Walkelin 
de  Visdelieu,  who  in  the  time  of  King  John  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and 
heir,  Humphrey  de  Visdelieu,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir, 
Sir  Guy  de  Visdelieu,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Ralph  de 
Visdelieu,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Guy  de  Visdelieu, 
who  in  1286  claimed  here  wreck  of  the  sea,  view  of  frankpledge,  and  other 
manorial  franchises.2  In  1297  William  de  Visdelien  married  Rose, 
daughter  and  heir  of  John  de  Shotisbroke,3  by  whom  he  left  an  only  son, 
Sir  Thomas  Visdelieu,  Knt. 

In  1303  we  find  William  de  Visdelieu  had  a  grant  of  a  market  and 
fair  here,4  and  in  1310  had  licence  to  alienate  the  manor,  probably  by 
way  of  settlement,5  for  in  1313  he  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here.'1 

In  1344  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  this  Sir  Thomas 
Visdelieu  and  Katharine  his  wife,  against  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of 
Suffolk,  and  Sir  Peter  de  Ty.  The  fine  included  the  advowson  also  of 
the  church.7 

Sir  Thomas  was  succeeded8  by  his  second  son,  Sir  Thomas  de  Visdelieu, 
executor  to  his  father.  He  seems  to  have  died  without  issue,  leaving  his  three 
sisters  and  coheirs — Margery,  married  to  Thomas  Mossell,  or  Moswell ; 
Margaret,  married  to  \Yilliam  Lampet,  of  Thorndon ;  and  Isabel,  married 
to  Sir  John  Verdon,  of  Shelf  anger. 

Gipps,  Davy,  and  Page  all  make  different  statements  as  to  these 
daughters.  According  to  Davy,  Isabel  married  William  Lampet,  whose 
daughter  and  coheir  married  Thomas  Mosele,  and  Joan,  2nd  daughter 
of  Thomas,  married  John  Chapman  de  Felton. 

Yet  another  variation  is  that  of  Page,  who  says  the  lordship  descended 
to  Margaret,  the  elder  daughter,  who  married  Thomas  Mossell,9  and 
they,  having  no  male  issue,  it  descended  to  their  youngest  daughter,  Joan, 
who  married  John  Felton,  and  he  inherited  the  property  in  her  right. 
We  know  not  whence  Page's  information  was  derived  as  to  the  enjoyment 
of  the  property  by  John  Felton,  but  if  correct  the  duration  must  have 
been  short,  for  Sir  William  de  Loudham,  Knt.,  according  to  Davy,  died 
seised  of  the  manor  in  1376,  which  was  the  year  after  the  death  of  Sir 
Thomas  de  Visdelieu. 

Another  authority  makes  Thomas  Visdelieu  (as  he  is  called)  leave 
by  his  wife  a  daughter  of  —  Spring,  two  daughters — Margaret,  married  to 


1  Dom.  ii.  395. 

'Q.W-723. 

'0.  25  Edw.  I.  6. 

4  Chart.  Rolls,  31  Edw.  I.  12. 

5  Pat.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  II.  51. 
•Chart.  Rolls,  7  Edw.  II.  49. 


7  Feet  of  Fines,  17  Edw.  III.  18. 

•Will  1375,  proved  8th  Oct.  1375. 

9  On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1429  we  find  a 
pardon  of  outlawry  to  Thos.  Mossell, 
of  Shotley,  gentleman  ;  Pat.  Rolls, 
7  Hen.  VI.  pt.  i.  20. 


SHOTLEY.  87 

Thomas  Mossell,  and  Isabel,  married  to  Sir  John  Felbridge,  Knt.  Thomas 
Mossell  left  two  daughters,  Joane  and  Margaret,  the  former  married  to  John 
Felton'  and  the  latter  to  William  Stratton,  the  father  of  William  Stratton, 
the  father  of  Joane  Stratton.  Sir  John  Felbridge  left  a  daughter 
and  heir,  Marjory,  married  to  Thomas  Sampson,  the  father  of  Thomas 
Sampson,  of  Playford,  the  father  of  Mary,  who  married  Robert  Felton, 
the  son  of  Sir  John  Felton,  who  married  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Mossell. 

Page  is  correct  as  to  the  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas,  only  she 
was  Margery  and  not  Margaret,  having  married  Thomas  Mossell  and 
having  daughters.  These  were  three — Joan,  married  to  John  Felton, 
father  of  John  Felton,  of  Shotley  ;  Anne,  married  to  Fitz-Lewis ;  and 
Margaret,  married  to  Edmund  Stratton,  of  Pluckley,  and  became  the 
mother  of  Jane,  who  married  Richard  Herbert  alias  Yaxley. 

Sir  William  Loudham  certainly  had  the  manor,  and  he  was  succeeded 
by  his  heir,  Walter  de  Stratton,  who  died  about  1392,  his  will  being  dated 
this  year.  In  1428  Augustine  de  Stratton  held,  and  in  1478  Edward 
Stratton,  son  of  Walter,  died  seised/  being  that  year  succeeded  in  the 
lordship  by  his  son  and  heir,  Augustine  Stratton,  clerk,  who  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  -  -  Goldingham,  and  died  about  1430,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  George  Stratton,  who  died  in  1498,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  George  Stratton. 

George  Stratton  died  in  1548,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  John  Stratton,  of  Levington,  who  married  Cecily,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Felton,  of  Playford,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas 
Stratton,  who  had  livery  in  1567.  He  married  Dorothy  Nichols,  and 
on  his  death  in  1587  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Stratton, 
who  was  living  in  1608. 

The  above  devolution  of  the  manor  is  that  given  in  the  Davy  MSS. 
but  we  suspect  it  is  altogether  delusive.  The  manor  as  "Shotthall  Manor 
in  Kirkton  "  is  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Elizabeth  Wolverston 
in  1420. 3 

The  manor  subsequently  vested  in  Sir  John  Leman,  Knt.,  who  died 
in  1631. 

In  1805  the  manor  was  vested  in  Ann  Reynolds,  widow,  Mary 
Reynolds,  Patty  Lucas, and  Walter  Manning  Brooke;  in  1840  in  William 
Lucas,  of  Bumfield  Place,  Chelmsford ;  in  1855  m  the  heirs  of  William 
Lucas;  and  in  1885  in  J.Berners,  from  which  time  it  has  descended  in 
the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Erwarton,  in  this  Hundred.  Davy  says 
the  manor  as  early  as  1811  vested  in  Charles  Berners,  and  passed  to  his 
brother  and  heir,  the  Rev.  Henry  C.  Berners. 

Arms  of  VISDELIEU  :  Arg.  3  wolves'  heads  couped  Gu. 

MANOR  OF  OVERHALL  WITH  NETHERHALL. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Earl  Guert  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor,  and 
of  the  King  at  the  time  of  the  Great  Survey.  The  lordship  subsequently 
vested  in  Sir  William  de  Loudham,  and  later  in  John  Felton,  alias  John 
Chapman,  who  died  in  1498,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert 
Chapman  or  Felton,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas 

1 9  Hen.  VII.  3 1.P.M.,  7  Hen.  V.  50. 

'I.P.M.,  17  Edw.  IV.  34. 


88  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Sampson,  of  Playford,  and  on  his  death  passed  to  Thomas  Felton,  who 
married  Sisley,  daughter  of  Thomas  Seckford,  of  Seckford,  from  whom 
it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  who  in  1556  paid  a  relief  for  the  manor.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Gernon,  Knt.,  and  died  in  1577. 

In  1573  Robert  Downes  had  licence  to  alienate  to  John  Felton,  who 
had  licence  in  1574  to  alienate  to  George  Home  and  others  to  the  use 
of  Katharine  his  wife  and  their  heirs.  All  these  alienations 
were  no  doubt  by  way  of  settlement,  as  the  manor  throughout  remained 
in  the  Felton  family,  and  passed  as  specified  in  the  Manor  of  Playford, 
in  Carlford  Hundred,  until  Sir  Thomas  Felton,  4th  Bart.,  died  seised  in 
1708-9,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  Elizabeth, 
married  to  the  Right  Hon.  John  Hervey,  first  Earl  of  Bristol,  from  which 
time  the  manor  has  descended  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Ickworth, 
in  Thingoe  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  the  present  Marquis  of  Bristol. 

Arms  of  FELTON  :    See  Playford,  in  Carlford  Hundred. 

An  "  Overhall  Manor,"  or  rather  a  moiety  of  it,  is  included  in  a  fine 
levied  in  1349  by  Sir  John  de  Sutton,  of  Wyvenho,  and  Margaret  his  wife 
against  Amflesia,  daughter  of  Thomas  Baldewyne,  and  Walter  de  Barkworth 
and  Katherine  his  wife,1  and  in  another  fine  levied  of  a  3rd  part  the  same 
year  by  the  same  petitioner  against  John  Wolf,  of  Manntre,  and  Joan 
his  wife.1 

MANOR  OF  THIRKLETON  OR  THORKLETON  al.  SHECKE. 

Of  this  manor  George  Stratton  died  seised  in  1498,  when  it  passed 
in  the  same  course  as  the  main  manor  until  John  Stratton,  who  died  about 
1597.  We  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  in  1544  by  Sir  Humphrey 
Wyngfeld  and  others  against  George  Stratton.5 


1  Feet  of  Fines,  23  Edw.  III.  'Fine,  Mich.  36  Hen.  VIII. 

•Feet  of  Fines,  23  Edw.  III.  5. 


SPROUGHTON.  89 

SPROUGHTON. 
SPROUGHTON  MANOR  CALLED  LOVEDAYS. 

HIS  was  held  in  1286  by  Roger  Loveday.  There  was  a 
trial  in  1275  of  considerable  importance  in  which  this  Roger 
de  Loveday  was  engaged.  It  seems  that  he  obtained  a 
grant  from  William,  son  of  Osbert  de  Sprouston,  of  all  the 
lands  of  the  latter  in  Sproughton  and  Burstall,  and  it  was 
alleged  that  Roger  de  Loveday  had  obtained  this  grant  by 
coercion.  The  point  was  tried  and  it  was  decided  in  the 
negative,  the  jury  finding  that  there  was  no  coercion  on  the  part  of 
Roger.1 

The  following  year  William,  son  of  Osbert  de  Sprouton,  seems  to 
have  attempted  a  different  course  of  action.  He  brings  an  action  against 
Hervey  le  Serjeant  on  the  ground  that  he  coerced  him  into  making  a  grant 
of  one  carucate  of  land  in  Sproughton  to  Roger  de  Loveday,  but  this 
action  was  dismissed  on  the  ground  of  res  judicata,  and  judgment  was 
given  for  Hervey  le  Serjeant  and  three  others  in  the  matter.2 

Roger  de  Loveday  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1280  ;3  and 
the  same  year  an  action  was  brought  against  him  by  one  Andrew  Gaunsel 
touching  a  tenement  in  Sproughton,4  and  another  action  by  one  Hugh 
de  Wyeham  as  to  another  tenement  in  the  same  place.5 

He  died  in  I287,6  when  the  manor,  which  was  then  held  of  the  Honor 
of  Lancaster,  passed  to  his  widow  Sibilla,  who  remarried  William  de 
Ormesby.  Ultimately  his  son,  Richard  Loveday,  held,  and  on  his  death 
in  1319,  the  manor  passed  to  his  four  sisters  in  the  same  way  as  the  Manor 
of  Great  Bricett,  in  Bosmere  and  Claydon  Hundred. 

In  1328  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  a  4th  part  of  the  manor  by  John 
de  .  .  .  against  Roger  de  "  Ticheburne  "  and  Katherine  his  wife.7 

Another  fine  the  following  year  was  levied  of  a  further  4th  of  the 
manor  and  advowson  by  John  de  Aspale  against  Richard  Hacoun  and 
Anna  his  wife.3  The  following  year  another  was  levied,  this  time  of  the 
3rd  part  of  the  manor,  by  John  de  Aspale  against  Thomas  Duraunt  and 
Margaret  his  wife.9 

In  1345  another  fine  was  levied  of  both  manor  and  advowson  by  the 
said  John  de  Aspale  against  John  Burdoun  and  Isabel  his  wife/0  and  in 
1349  a^so  °f  both  manor  and  advowson  by  Sir  John  de  Aspale  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  against  Gilbert  de  Debenham  and  Walter  Hert,  chaplain." 

The  same  year  we  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  Manor  of  "  Sproughton  " 
only,  levied  between  Sir  Thomas  de  Grey,  Knt.,  John  de  Bradefeld,  parson 
of  Hawstead  church,  Gilbert  de  Debenham,  and  Walter  Hert,  chaplain, 
against  John,  son  of  Thomas  Gernoun.12 

'(o.e.)  Abbr.  of  Pleas,  3  Edw.  I.  in  Oct.         'Feet  of  Fines,  2  Edw.  III.  21. 

Mich.  4.  9  Feet  of  Fines,  3  Edw.  III.  18.  Richard  de 

2  Abbr.  of  PI.  4  and  5  Edw.  I.  min.  rec.  Tychebourne  and  Katherine  his  wife 

Mich.  6,  and  in  Oct.  St.  Mich.  7.  and  Richard  "  Hakoun  "  and  Anna 

3  Chart.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  I.  20.  his  wife,  app.  clam. 

4  Pat.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  I.  i^d.  IOFeet  of  Fines,  18  Edw.  III.  26. 

5  Pat.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  I.  id.,  9  Edw.  I.  27<*.  "  Feet  of  Fines,  22  Edw.  III.  28. 
6 1. P.M.,  15  Edw.  I.  35.  "Feet  of  Fines,  22  Edw.  III.  17. 
7  Feet  of  Fines,  i  Edw.  III.  8;  Roger  de 

Tichebourn  and  Katherine  his  wife, 
and  Richard  Hacun  and  Alina  his 
wife,  app.  clam. 


go  THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 

In  1376  we  meet  with  another  fine  of  the  manor  only  levied  by  John 
de  Pyshall  and  Adam  de  Leveryngton,  clerk,  against  George  de  Felbrigge 
and  Margaret  his  wife.  It  includes  the  Manor  of  Dangevilles  and  the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  that  manor.1 

The  manor  later  seems  to  have  vested  in  Sir  George  Felbrigg,  son  of 
Roger  le  Bigod,  who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1384.*  From  this 
time  to  the  present  the  manor  has  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor 
of  Playford,  in  Carlford  Hundred. 

The  advowson  is  in  the  present  Marquis  of  Bristol,  but  the  manor 
belongs  to  Major  Robert  Phillipps,  J.P. 


MANOR  OF  DANGEVILLES. 

This  manor  was  the  lordship  of  Robert  de  Angervile,  a  Norman.  In 
1204  we  find  an  order  on  the  Close  Rolls  as  to  the  value  of  lands  held  by 
Robert  de  Angervile  in  Sproughton,3  and  he  forthwith  granted  to  Roger  le 
Bigod  a  knight's  fee  here  which  had  formerly  belonged  to  Robert  de 
Angervile.4  The  grant  of  this  manor  to  Earl  Bigot  is  in  practically  the 
same  terms.5 

An  action  was  pending  in  1227  between  W.  Earl  Warren  and  this 
Robert  de  Angervile  as  to  a  tenement  in  Sproughton,6  and  another  in  1229 
between  the  said  Robert  de  Angervile  and  Hamo  Lenveisie  concerning 
a  knight's  fee  in  Sproughton.7 

Notwithstanding  this  grant  the  manor  seems  to  have  continued  in 
the  Angervile  family,  and  in  1265  Hughde  Angervile,  a  brother —or  nephew 
most  likely -of  Robert,  held.  In  1319  John  de  Angervile  had  a  grant  of 
free  warren  here,8  and  in  1334  Thomas  Angervile,  clerk,  had  a  like 
grant.9 

In  1344  the  manor  was  held  by  Roger  de  Angervile,  and  there  is  an 
order  this  year  authorising  him  to  retain  the  manor  on  granting  other 
lands.10  In  1376  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  as  well  as  of  the  main 
manor  by  John  de  Pyshall  and  Adam  de  Leveryngton,  clerk,  against 
George  de  Felbrigge  and  Margaret  his  wife."  Margaret  Sampson  died 
seised  of  this  manor  in  1477, l2  and  Sir  Thomas  Sampson  seems  to  have 
died  seised  2nd  Jan.  1511,  leaving  his  nephew,  Thomas  Felton,  son  of 
his  sister  Margaret  and  of  Robert  Felton,  his  heir.  The  manor  is  mentioned 
in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  the  said  Thomas  Felton,  who  died  loth  Feb.  1533, '3 
leaving  Thomas  his  son  and  heir. 

Sir  John  Felbrigg,  Knt.,  subsequently  had  the  lordship,  from  which 
time  it  has  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  main  Manor  of  Sproughton, 
and  is  now  vested  in  the  Marquis  of  Bristol. 

Arms  of  ANGERVILE  :  Gu.  a  cinquefoil  Erm.  in  a  bordure  Sa.  bezant£e. 

1  Feet  of  Fines,  49  Edw.  III.  36.  'Close  Rolls,  13  Hen.  III.  i$d. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  7  and  8  Rich.  II.  8.  " Chart.  Rolls,  13  Edw.  II.  24. 

J  Close  Rolls,  6  John.  14.  » Chart.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  III.  46. 
« Close  Rolls,  6  John  6,  34;   Pat.  Rolls,  8        ">I.Q.D..i8  Edw.  III.  File  269.  13. 

John,  3.  "  Feet  of  Fines,  49  Edw.  III.  36. 

'Close  Rolls,  6  John  14,  147.  "I. P.M.,  16  Edw.  IV.  48. 

6 Close  Rolls,  ii  Hen.  III.  14,  in  dorso.  -J  I.P.M.,  26  Hen.  VIII.  3. 


SPROUGHTON. 


91 


MANOR   OF   BORDESHAW   OR   BRADSHAW   OR   BOSFORD    HALL   al.    Boss 

HALL. 

The  lordship  was  in  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  vested  in  Edward  de 
Bordeshawe,  who  resided  at  Boos  Hall,  and  in  whose  family  it  remained 
for  several  generations.  Robert  de  Bordeshawe  was  lord  in  1275.  Amongst 
the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum  we  find  in  1386  letters  by 
which  Clemens  Spice  and  Henry  de  Olton,  clerks,  quit  claim  to  Margaret, 
sometime  wife  of  Sir  Thomas  Visdelieu,  of  this  manor  and  lands  in  Sproughton, 
Stoke,  Bramford,  Whitton,  and  in  the  hamlet  of  Brokes.  It  is  dated 
2nd  May,  9  Rich.  II.1  And  by  a  deed  dated  7th  May  in  the  same  year 
the  said  Margaret  granted  the  same  manor  and  lands  to  Roger  de  Wolferston, 
John  de  Staverton,  Thomas  Sampson,  Gilbert  de  Boulge,  Robert  Walleys, 
and  Robert  de  Wolferston.2  By  a  deed  dated  Thursday  next  after  the 
feast  of  St.  Michael,  10  Rich.  II.  [1386],  the  said  Roger  de  Wolferston  and 
others  demised  the  manor  to  the  said  Margaret  Visdelieu  for  the  term 
of  her  life.3 

By  another  deed  dated  4th  March,  13  Rich.  II.  [1390],  Robert  Waleys, 
John  de  Staverton,  Roger  de  Wolferston,  Gilbert  de  Boulge,  Thomas 
Sampson,  and  Robert,  son  of  the  said  Roger,  granted  the  reversion  of 
the  manor  after  the  death  of  Margaret  Visdelieu  to  John  Slegh,  chief  cup- 
bearer to  the  King,  William  Parker,  citizen  and  mercer,  of  London,  and 
John  Stapulton.4  In  1395  we  find  letters  by  which  the  said  William 
Parker  quit  claim  to  John  Stapulton  the  manor.  This  is  dated  24th  July, 
19  Rich.  II.5 

In  1480  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  John,  Bishop 
of  Rochester,  Nicholas  Goldewell,  clerk,  and  John  Bulman,  clerk,  against 
Ralph  Illyngworth  and  Agnes  his  wife.6  This  fine  includes  land  in 
Sproughton,  Wyke,  Ufford  Wyke,  Stoke-juxta-Ipswich,  Bramford,  Whitton, 
and  Brokes-juxta-Ipswich. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1423  by  Nicholas  Dyxson,  clerk, 
Thomas  Holgye,  John  Darell,  William  Darell,  Thomas  Stokdale,  and 
Thomas  Delamore  against  Thomas  Charlton,  of  London,  and  Alice  his 
wife.7 

Account  of  service  due  to  this  manor  in  1427  will  be  found  amongst 
the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum.8 

Amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum  is  an  indenture 
dated  I2th  Dec.  27  Hen.  VI.  [1448],  by  which  Thomas  Holgill  and  Thomas 
Stokdale  demised  to  Thomas  Charlton,  mercer  and  alderman,  of  London, 
and  to  Alice  his  wife,  this  manor,  with  remainder  to  the  right  heirs  of  the 
said  Alice,9  which  shows  pretty  clearly  that  the  manor  had  been  acquired 
by  Thomas  Charlton  through  his  wife. 

Alice  Charlton  survived  her  husband,  and  in  1453  granted  the  manor 
to  William  Blyton  and  Thomas  Fox,  son  of  John  Fox.'0  The  deed  is  dated 
24th  March,  31  Hen.  VI.  By  a  deed  dated  two  days  later  the  said  William 
Blyton  and  Thomas  Fox  demised  the  manor  to  Richard  Illyngworth  and 
Alice  Charlton  for  the  term  of  their  lives." 

'Add.  Ch.  9660. 
'Add.  Ch.  9661. 

3  Add.  Ch.  9662. 

4  Add.  Ch.  9666. 
'Add.  Ch.  9670. 

6  Feet  of  Fines,  19  Edw.  IV.  13. 


of  Fines,  i  Hen.  VI.  4. 
8 Add.  Ch.  9698. 
"Add.  Ch.  9715. 
10  Add.  Ch.  9720. 
"Add.  Ch.  9722. 


92  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

In  1479  we  find  that  John  Goldewell  recovered  seisin  of  the  manor 
against  John  Russell,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  Nicholas  Goldewell,  clerk, 
John  Bulman,  clerk,  and  the  said  Richard  Illyngworth.1 

Shortly  afterwards  the  manor  became  vested  in  Sir  Philipp 
Tylney,  Knt.,  who,  by  deed  dated  4th  Nov.  18  Hen.  VII.  [1502],  sold  the 
same  to  Sir  John  Audeley,  Knt.1 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VIII.  the  lordship  was  vested  in  Thomas  Spring. 
He  and  others  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor  in  1516  against  Richard  Parcyvall 
and  Margaret  his  wife.'  Thomas  Spring  died  seised  of  the  manor  in  1523* 
when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Spring,  Knt.,  of  Hitcham.  There 
is  a  precipe  on  a  covenant  concerning  this  manor,  John  Spring  to  George 
\\right,  in  1544,  amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum.5 

John  Spring  devises  the  manor  by  his  will,  which  is  dated  8th  June, 
1544,  but  between  this  date  and  the  date  of  his  death,  i2th  Aug.  1547, 
namely  in  1545,  he  sold  the  manor  to  John  Bull,6  and  the  same  year  a 
fine  was  levied  by  George  Wright  against  the  said  John  Spryng.7  A 
little  later  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Thomas  Bull,  who  died  seised  8th 
April,  1574,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Bull,  of 
Hacheston,  who  died  loth  Sept.  1574,  when  it  passed  to  his  3rd  son, 
Anthony,8  who  built  or  rebuilt  the  hall,  and  was  portman  of  Ipswich  in 
the  time  of  James  I.  He  died  24th  Sept.  1615,'  when  the  manor  passed 
under  his  will  dated  3Oth  Aug.  1610,  to  his  widow,  Elizabeth,  during 
widowhood,  and  then  to  his  nephew,  Thomas  Bull,  son  of  his  brother, 
Roger  Bull,  in  tail  male. 

An  indenture  dated  6th  April,  16  Jas.  I.  [1618],  between  the  said 
Elizabeth  Bull  of  the  first  part,  the  said  Thomas  Bull  of  the  second  part, 
and  Francis  Colman,  of  Hacheston,  of  the  third  part,  was  executed  for 
the  suffering  of  a  common  recovery  of  this  manor.10  Thomas  Bull  left 
three  daughters — Jane,  married  to  Benjamin  Cutler,  of  Sproughton  ;  Mary, 
married  to  Charles  Vesey,  of  Hintlesham ;  and  the  third  to  Serjeant-Major 
John  Moodie,  of  Ipswich,  in  1655. 

The  manor  later  passed  into  the  Broke  family,  of  Nacton,  and  was 
sold  by  them  to  Thomas  Kersey,  of  Whitton,  who  was  succeeded  in  the 
lordship  by  his  son  and  heir,  Clement  Kersey. 

The  manor  was  offered  for  sale  at  the  Golden  Lion,  Ipswich,  23rd 
Aug.  1817,  described  as  :  "  The  reputed  manor  or  lordship  of  Boss  Hall 
and  capital  freehold  estate,  comprising  236a.  ir.  26p.,  upwards  of  30  of 
which  are  pasture.""  When  the  sale  of  the  manor  and  estate  are  announced 
later  the  quantity  seems  to  have  diminished  to  1973.  ir.  ip.,  which  sold 
for  £5,000." 

Arms  of  BULL  :  Arg.  3  bulls'  heads  erased  Sa. 

MANOR   OF   NECTON'S   OR   NETTON'S. 

Henry  de  Necton,  son  of  Nicholas,  son  of  Walter,  held  the  lordship 
in  1266,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Henry  de  Nekton,  who 

•Add.  Ch.  9735.  8See  Glevering  Hall  Manor,  Hacheston, in 

'Add.  Ch.  9743.  Loes     Hundred.        Davy     makes 

'Fine,  Easter,  8  Hen.  VIII.  Anthony  the  brother  of  John. 

« His  will  is  dated  I3th  June,  1523,  and         'Buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  at 

it  was  proved  3rd  July,  1524.  Hacheston.      His  will  was  proved 

'Add.  Ch.  25267.  i8th  Nov.  1615. 

6 Fine,  Hil.  37  Hen.  VIII.  "Add  Ch.  9787. 

'Fine,  Mich.  37  Hen.  VIII.  "Ipswich  Journal,  2nd  Aug.  1817. 

"Ipswich  Journal,  3oth  Aug.  1817. 


SPROUGHTON.  93 

about  1283  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  William  de  Necton,  and  he 
by  his  son  and  heir,  Giles  de  Necton,  who  died  in  1363.  From  Giles  the 
manor  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir,  Margaret,  married  to  John  Crulle. 

The  manor  later  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  de  Nawton,  Knt.,  who  by  will 
dated  1374  gave  the  same  to  Margery  his  wife,  or  at  least  gave  to  her 
all  his  goods  in  the  Manor  of  Sproughton. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VIII.  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  Sampson, 
who  died  seised  of  it  the  2nd  Jan.  1511,  when  it  passed  to  his  nephew/ 
Thomas  Felton,  who  died  seised  of  the  same  loth  Feb.  1533, 2  leaving 
Thomas  his  son  and  heir,  who  died  in  1534,  from  which  time  the  manor 
has  passed  in  the  same  course  of  descent  as  the  main  Manor  of  Sproughton. 

NORTHWOOD'S    MANOR. 

This  manor  was  in  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  vested  in  William  de  Northwode, 
of  Sproughton,  and  we  find  amongst  the  ancient  deeds  in  the  Exchequer 
and  Treasury  of  the  Receipt  a  release  by  this  William  de  Northwode, 
described  as  son  of  Robert  de  Northwode,  to  the  canons  of  SS.  Peter  and 
Paul,  Ipswich,  of  all  his  right  in  land  in  Sproughton,  which  he  claimed 
by  writ  of  right.3  On  William  de  Northwode's  death  about  1275,  the 
manor  passed  to  his  widow,  Christian. 

In  1439  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  Robert  Crane, 
Thomas  Denys,  Thomas  Fastolf,  John  Felawe,  John  Wytton,  and  Richard 
Courtely,  parson  of  the  church  of  St.  Stephen's,  Ipswich,  against  Robert 
Asshefeld  and  Cecilia  his  wife,  Simon  Fyncham  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
Robert  Morton  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  John  Braham  and  Anna  his  wife.4 

In  the  time  of  King  Hen.  VIII.  the  manor  became  vested  in  Thomas 
Felton,  who  died  in  1534,  from  which  time  to  the  death  of  Sir  Anthony 
Felton,  Knt.,  in  1613,  it  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  main  Manor 
of  Sproughton.  But  we  meet  with  a  fine  in  1554  by  Thomas  Gawdy 
against  William  Southall.  It  includes  lands  in  Belstead,  Sproughton, 
Copdock,  Whitton,  &c.  ;5  and  two  other  fines  both  levied  in  1564,  one  in 
Easter  term  6  Eliz.  by  Edward  Flowerdewe  against  William  Southall, 
and  the  other  in  Mich,  term  6  Eliz.  by  William  Barbor  against  the  said 
William  Southall  and  wife. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
we  find  an  action  between  William  Southall  and  Robert  Sayge  touching 
a  mortgage  of  this  manor.6  A  fine  of  the  manor  was  levied  in  1580  by 
John  Smyth  and  others  against  Thomas  Laurence  and  others.7 

In  the  time  of  King  Jas.  I.  the  manor  was  vested  in  William  Parker, 
who  died  in  1615,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Parker. 

One  of  the  manors  of  Sproughton  is  now,  it  is  believed,  vested  in 
Major  Robert  Phillipps. 

Anna  Bourchier,  widow,  died  seised  of  the  "  Manor  of  Sproughton  " 
25th  July,  1520,  and  Andrew  Sulyard  was  next  heir,  viz.,  son  of  John 
Sulyard.8  To  which  of  the  manors  of  Sproughton  this  relates  we  are 
unable  to  say  with  certainty.  Also  amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings 
we  find  a  claim  by  Thomas  Fellgate  against  Robert  Ede  and  Johan  his 
wife  as  heir  by  the  custom  of  Borough  English  to  lands  in  Sproughton 
held  of  Sproughton  Manor,  late  the  estate  of  John  Fellgate,  deceased.9 

1  See  Playford  Manor,  in  Carlford  Hundred.  6C.P.  ser.  ii.  B.  clxiv.  3. 

"I.P.M.,  26  Hen.  VIII.  3.  'Fine,  Easter,  22  Eliz. 

3i3th  cent.  A.  3847.  "I.P.M.,  12  Hen.  VIII.  14. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  17  Hen.  VI.  8.  9C.P.  i.  300. 
'Fine,  Easter,  2  Mary  I. 


94  THE    MANORS    OF  SUFFOLK. 

STRATFORD   ST.    MARY. 

|N  Saxon  times  there  was  one  manor  in  this  place,  held  by 
Robert.  It  consisted  of  3  carucates  of  land,  20  villeins, 
and  8  bordars,  4  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  10 
belonging  to  the  men,  also  16  acres  ot  meadow,  wood  for 
the  maintenance  of  16  hogs,  a  mill,  a  church,  with  20 
acres  of  free  land,  half  a  ploughteam,  6  beasts,  36  hogs, 
and  50  sheep,  the  whole  worth  £6. 
When  the  Survey  was  taken  the  manor  was  held  by  Robert  of  Suane, 
of  Essex,  Suanc  having  the  soc.  The  bordars  were  increased  to  10,  tin- 
serfs  had  disappeared.  There  was  one  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  5 
ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men,  and  5  might  be  restored.  This  manor 
was  7  quarentenes  in  length  and  5  in  breadth,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  gd.' 

MANOR   OF   STRATFORD    HALL. 

In  Saxon  times  this  was  the  estate  of  one  Robert,  the  son  of  VVimarc, 
and  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Suane,  of  Essex,  who  held  the  same  at 
the  time  of  the  Survey.  Suane,  whose  ancestors  had  settled  in  England 
before  the  Conquest,  is  supposed  to  have  been  of  Danish  extraction,  and 
joining  the  Conqueror  on  his  arrival,  he  had  his  estates  restored  or  confirmed 
to  him.  Robert  de  Essex  is  supposed  to  have  been  his  son  and  Henry 
his  grandson.  The  last  was  hereditary  standard  bearer  to  King  Hen.  II., 
and  being  with  that  monarch  in  an  engagement  against  the  Welsh  about 
the  year  1163,  an  unmanly  panic  seized  him,  and  he  threw  down  the 
royal  standard  and  ran  away  ;  in  consequence  of  which  the  enemy  being 
encouraged  and  animated,  the  English  army  thrown  into  confusion  by  a 
belief  that  the  King  was  slain,  were  completely  defeated.  For  this  high 
misdemeanour  he  was  charged  with  treason  by  Robert  de  Montfort,  and 
in  a  solemn  trial  by  battle  clearly  vanquished,  and  ought  to  have  suffered 
death  by  the  law  ;  but  the  King  spared  his  life,  and  he  was  shorn  a  monk 
in  the  abbey  of  Reading,  the  combat  having  been  performed  in  that  town. 
His  mother's  name  was  Cicely,  and  by  his  wife  Alice,  sister  to  Alberic 
de  Vere,  the  ist  Earl  of  Oxford,  he  had  two  sons,  Henry  and  Hugh.  The 
family  inheritance  thus  forfeited  to  the  Crown  was  an  Honor,  the 
dependencies  upon  which  were  unusually  numerous. 

We  find  that  shortly  after  the  above  forfeiture  Hubert  de  Munchensy 
held  the  manor,  and  in  the  reign  of  Hen.  III.  Roger  de  Munchensy  is  stated 
to  have  held  half  a  fee  here,  as  did  his  successor,  William  de  Munchensy. 
On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1280  is  notice  of  an  action  by  Walter  Baudewyne 
against  this  William  de  Mont  Chesny  and  John  Mandut  touching  a 
tenement  in  Stratford  St.  Mary.1  He  died  in  1286,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  William  de  Munchensy,  who  died  in  1292. 

In  1316  John  de  Stratford  is  said  to  have  held  the  lordship,  but  by 
1334  it  was  vested  in  John  de  Hadleye,  though  probably  only  as  trustee, 
as  the  same  year  we  find  John,  son  of  John  de  Stratford.  From  him  the 
manor  passed  to  John  de  Stratford  and  Alice  his  wife,  who  held  the  manor 
in  1361.  This  same  year,  however,  Roger,  rector  of  Stratford,  William 
de  Boyton,  and  Richard  Gosselyn,  no  doubt  as  trustees,  appear  on  the 
Rolls  as  lords.  In  1391  John  Coalyng,  parson  of  the  church  of  Stratford, 
held  the  manor,  which  by  1407  was  vested  in  Gilbert  Debenham,  William 

'Dom.  ii.  402.  §Pat.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  I.  8d. 


STRATFORD  ST.  MARY.  95 

Godmerston,  and  Simon  Sampson.  The  manor  passed  subsequently  to 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Stratford,  from  whom  it  went  to  John 
Brame  and  Geoffrey  Brame,  who  held  a  court  in  1478. 

In  1502  the  manor  was  in  the  Crown  and  granted  to  Chas.  Brandon, 
Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  in  1538  regranted  it  to  the  King  by  way  of  exchange,1 
who  granted  the  same  in  1539  to  Thomas  Cromwell,  Earl  of  Essex,  who 
was  beheaded  28th  July,  1540,  when  the  manor  again  passed  to  the  Crown, 
and  was  the  same  year  granted  by  Hen.  VIII.  to  Anne  of  Cleves  for  life.2 
She  died  in  1557. 

Three  years  later  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  John  Sulyard,  William 
Pechenham,  clerk,  and  others,  as  cofeoffees,  and  in  1501  Sir  John 
Sulyard,  Knt.,  who  was  High  Sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  in  1556, 
appears  as  lord. 

From  this  time  to  the  time  of  Sir  Edward  Sulyard,  who  succeeded 
his  father  in  1626,  the  devolution  of  this  manor  is  identical  with  that  of 
Haughley,  in  Stow  Hundred. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  this  manor  in  1578  by  Thomas  Heydon  and  others 
against  this  Sir  Edward  Sulyard,3  no  doubt  by  way  of  settlement. 

Sir  Edward  Sulyard  is  generally  said  to  have  sold  the  same  in  1657 
to  Major-General  Sir  Philip  Skippon. 

The  purchase  was,  however,  made  ten  years  previously  by  Nicholas 
Philips  from  Sir  Edward  and  Ralph  Sulyard  for  the  life  of  Sir  Edward 
"  in  fee."  The  following  abridgment  of  an  entry  on  the  State  Papers  in 
1647  showed  this  to  be  the  case.  Nicholas  Philips  and  two  others  petition 
that  having  purchased  of  Sir  Edward  and  Ralph  Sulyard  for  the  life  of 
the  said  Sir  Edward  the  fee  of  the  Manor  of  Stratford,  worth  £209  a  year, 
and  the  Manor  of  Haughley  (except  the  park,  &c.),  worth  £93  a  year, 
they  may  compound  for  two-thirds  of  the  said  manors  sequestered  for 
his  (Sir  Edward's)  recusancy.  It  is  mentioned  that  there  is  a  yearly 
charge  of  £110  payable  into  the  Exchequer  for  the  said  lands.4  Probably 
Nicholas  Philips  was  a  trustee,  for  he  sold  to  Sir  Philip  Skippon,  son  of 
the  Rev.  Luke  Skippon. 

Sir  Philip  Skippon  took  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  army  under  Oliver 
Cromwell,  by  whom  he  was  appointed  Governor  of  Bristol,  and  commanded 
the  infantry  at  the  Battle  of  Naseby,  where  he  was  severely  wounded. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  Protector's  Council  of  State,  and  had  £1,000  per 
annum  in  lands  assigned  him  by  the  Parliament  for  his  services. 

He  died  about  1660, 5  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Sir  Philip  Skippon.  He  married  ist  April,  1669,  ist  Amy,  daughter  of 
Francis  Brewster,  of  Wrentham,  and  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Barnardiston,  of  Ketton,  Bart.,  and  died  8th  Aug.  1691,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Philip  Skippon,  who  held  his  first  court  for 
the  manor  the  same  year,  and  died  in  1717. 

Philip  Skippon,  however,  during  his  lifetime  sold  the  manor,  which 
somewhat  later  we  find  vested  in  William  Deane,  of  East  Bergholt,  on 
whose  death  about  1812  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  the  Rev.  William 
Deane.  In  1855  it  was  vested  in  W.  J.  Deane,  in  1885  in  A.  W.  Deane, 
and  is  now  vested  in  Major  Clare  Charles  Anthony  Deane,  of  Webbery 
House,  Alverdiscott,  co.  Devon. 

'S.P.  30  Hen.  VIII.  n,  1182  (i8a).  4S.P.  Cal.  of  Comp.  (1647)  1759. 

*S.P.   1541,   503  (32).  5Will  2oth  Feb.  1659,  proved  25th  Oct. 

'Fine,  Hil.  20  Eliz.  1660. 


96  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Court  Rolls  of  the  manor,  1319  to  1606,  will  be  found  amongst  the 
Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum.'  Amongst  the  Duchy  of 
Lancaster  Cal.  to  Pleadings  in  1602  we  find  an  action  by  John  Lay  ton 
against  Edward  Sulyard  as  to  relief  and  suit  and  service  of  court  for  the 
defendant's  manor,  which  he  claimed  to  hold  of  the  Lord  of  Hunsdon  as 
of  his  Honor  of  Rayleigh.' 

Arms  of  SKIPPON  :    Gu.  5  annulets  Or,  2,  2,  &  i. 

MANOR   OF   VESEY'S   OR   BONHALL   PAYSES. 

This,  too,  probably  formed  part  of  the  estate  of  Robert  in  Saxon 
days,  and  of  Suane  of  Essex  in  the  time  of  the  Conqueror. 

In  1377  *ne  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Simon  de  Burley,  who  had  a 
grant  of  free  warren  this  year  in  the  manor.3 

In  1379  he  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor  against  Robert  Crull,  clerk, 
William  Reade,  clerk,  and  John  Chaumberleyn,  chaplain.4 

In  1382  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Michael  de  la  Pole,  who  had 
a  grant  for  a  market  here  in  1384,*  and  had  a  charter  to  hold  a  court  leet. 
He  died  an  outlaw  in  Paris  in  1389,'  and  on  the  Patent  Rolls  for  this 
year  we  find  a  commission  to  enquire  touching  the  value  and  profits  of 
the  Manors  of  Benhale  and  Veyses  in  Stratford  St.  Mary,  and  a  mill  there, 
late  of  Michael  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  all  forfeited.7  In  1397  Michael's 
son  and  heir,  Sir  Michael  de  la  Pole,  obtained  the  annulment  of  the  judgment 
against  his  father,  and  upon  the  accession  of  Hen.  IV.  was  fully  restored 
to  his  estates  and  also  to  the  Earldom  ot  Suffolk.  In  1406  he,  with  Michael 
his  son,  levied  a  fine  against  Sir  John  Cornwalle  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
of  this  manor.8  He  died  I4th  Sept.  1415,  at  the  siege  of  Harfleur,9  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Michael  de  la  Pole,  3rd  Earl  of  Suffolk, 
who  lost  his  life  a  few  months  after  his  accession  to  his  father's  honours 
and  estates  at  the  Battle  of  Agincourt,  the  25th  Oct.  1415,  leaving  three 
daughters  only,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother,  William  de  la  Pole, 
4th  Earl  of  Suffolk,10  K.G.,  created  Duke  of  Suffolk  2nd  June,  1448,  and  lost 
his  life  2nd  May,  1450." 

He  had,  however,  settled  the  manor  in  1430  on  his  marriage  with 
Alice,  Countess  of  Salisbury,  daughter  ot  Thomas  Chaucer.  We  find 
an  indenture  dated  I2th  Oct.  9  Hen.  VI.  amongst  the  Harleian  Charters, 
by  which  William  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  Robert  Boltone,  clerk,  Robert 
Bolton,  and  others  make  estate  to  Sir  John  Shardelow,  Knt.,  Thomas  Hoo, 
John  Roys,  and  others  of  all  the  castles,  manors,  lands,  &c.,  late  belonging 
to  the  father  and  grandfather  of  the  said  Earl,  including  this  Manor  of 
Veysey's,  to  the  intent  that  on  the  requirement  of  Thomas  Chaucer,  after 
the  espousal  of  the  said  Earl  and  Alice,  the  said  Earl  and  Countess  may 
be  enfeoffed  in  the  same  on  specified  conditions.  ia 

We  find  the  manor  in  1450  in  John  de  la  Pole,  2nd  Duke  of  Suffolk. 
In  1601  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  Francis  Choppin  against 
John  Ungle  and  others.'3 


'Add.  Ch.  26876,  26891.  7Pat.  Rolls,  12  Rich.  II.  pt.  i. 

'Duchy  of  Lancaster  Cal.   to  Pleadings,  "Feet  of  Fines,  7  Hen.  IV.  19. 

44  Eliz.  6.  "I.P.M.,  3  Hen.  V.  486. 

3  Chart.  Rolls,  I  Rich.  II.  5.  '"See  Manor  of  Wattisfield,  in  Blackbourn 

4  Feet  of  Fines,  3  Rich.  II.  13.  Hundred. 
'Chart.  Rolls,  7  and  8  Rich.  II.  10.  "  I.P.M.,  28  Hen.  VI.  25. 
•See  Manor  of  Hurts,  in  Saxmundham,  in  "Harl.  54  I.  9. 

Plomesgate    Hundred;    I.  P.M.,  12  '3  Fine,  Hil.  44  Eliz. 
Rich.  II.  179. 


STRATFORD  ST.   MARY.  97 

In  1609  the  manor  was  vested  in  the  Crown.  In  1855  the  manor 
was  vested  in  Sir  J.  R.  Rowley,  from  which  time  it  has  descended  in  the 
same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Nayland,  in  Babergh  Hundred,  arid  is  now 
vested  in  Sir  Joshua  Thellusson  Rowley,  Bart.,  of  Tendring  Hall. 

MANOR    OF    OVERHALL. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Sir  Richard  Walton,  Knt.,  who  died  seised 
of  it  in  1409,''  when  it  passed  to  his  sister  and  heir,  Joan,  ist  wife  of  Sir 
Thomas  Erpingham,  Knt.,  and  widow  of  John  Howard. 

She  died  seised  in  1424,'  when  the  manor  passed  to  her  daughter  and 
heir,  Elizabeth  Howard. 

MANOR   OF   SPANBIES. 

This  manor  was  vested  in  the  Sulyards  in  the  15  th  century.  We 
first  meet  with  it  as  the  subject  of  a  fine  levied  in  1482  by  John  Sulyard 
and  William  Pykenham  against  Alice,  who  was  wife  of  Thomas  Stampe, 
and  the  fine  included  lands  in  Stratford-juxta-Bergholt,  Holton,  Capel, 
Higham,  and  Bergholt.3  The  manor  was  vested  in  1574  in  Sir  John 
Sulyard,  Knt.,  for  this  year  he  died  seised  thereof,  from  which  time  to 
the  present  it  has  apparently  devolved  in  the  same  course  of  descent  as 
the  main  manor,  at  least  to  the  time  of  Sir  Philip  Skippon  in  1691,  and 
passed  later  to  William  Deane  and  his  son  the  Rev.  William  Deane,  and 
is  now  vested  in  Major  Clare  Charles  Anthony  Deane,  as  is  that  manor. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  we  find  a  claim  by  William 
Hubbard  and  Margaret  his  wife  against  Edward  Sulyard  and  Thomas 
Hall  to  be  admitted  to  lands  in  this  manor  held  of  the  Manor  of  Stratford, 
of  which  defendant  Sulyard  was  lord,  and  claimed  by  the  plaintiff  Margaret 
as  sister  and  heir  of  Henry  Arnold,  deceased.4 

The  manor  is  now  known  as  the  Manor  of  Spanbies-Sulyard. 


'I. P.M.,  10  Hen.  IV.  36.  3  Feet  of  Fines,  21  Edw.  IV.  17. 

'I.P.M.,  3  Hen.  VI.  19.  <C.P.  i.  412. 

N 


98  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

STUTTON. 

N  Saxon  times  there  were  five  manors  in  this  place,  two 
under  the  head  Stutton  and  two  under  the  head  Alsildeston, 
in  the  Survey.  The  first  was  that  of  Edwin,  a  freeman, 
and  consisted  of  60  acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  3  bprdars, 
and  an  acre  of  meadow,  included  in  the  valuation  of 
Brant hram  (?).  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  it  was 
held  by  Earl  Alan.' 
The  second  manor  was  held  by  Scalpi,  Harold's  thane,  and  consisted 
of  2  carucates  of  land,  8  villeins,  4  bordars,  6  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in 
demesne  and  2  belonging  to  the  men  ;  also  5  acres  of  meadow,  wood  for 
the  maintenance  of  16  hogs,  a  mill,  2  salt  pans,  and  half  a  church  with 
15  acres.  Of  live  stock  there  were  2  rouncics,  16  beasts,  40  hogs,  and 
190  sheep,  worth  £6.  The  soc  was  held  by  Scalpi  under  Harold.  At 
the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  by  William  de  Aln  of  Robert 
Grenon,  and  there  were  5  villeins,  5  bordars,  3  serfs,  i  ploughteam  in  demesne, 
the  rouncies  had  disappeared,  there  were  only  2  beasts,  14  hogs,  and  35 
sheep,  the  value  being  6os.  It  was  6  quarentenes  long  and  4  broad,  and 
paid  in  a  gelt  ^d* 

The  third  manor  was  held  by  Eatnod,  a  freeman  in  commendation, 
and  consisted  of  60  acres,  a  ploughteam  (reduced  to  half  at  the  time  of 
the  Survey),  and  an  acre  of  meadow,  worth  formerly  ios.,  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  only  8s.,  when  it  was  held  by  Robert  Grenon.3 

The  first  of  the  two  manors  under  the  head  Alsildestuma  was  held  in 
Saxon  times  by  Alnold,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land, 
a  bordar  (increased  to  5  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and  2  ploughteams 
in  demesne,  reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey.  Also  i£  acres  of 
meadow,  and  a  mill,  the  value  of  the  whole  being  255.  It  was  6  quarentenes 
long  and  3  broad,  and  paid  2.\d.  in  a  gelt.  The  Domesday  tenant  was 
the  Bishop  of  Bayeux.4 

The  other  manor  was  held  in  Saxon  times  by  Alwin,  a  freeman  in 
commendation  to  Aluric,  the  predecessor  of  Robert  Grenon,  and  consisted 
of  30  acres  of  land  and  half  a  ploughteam,  worth  45.  The  soc  belonged  to 
Harold.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  William  de  Aln  held  this  of  Robert 
Grenon.5 

MANOR  OF  STUTTON  HALL. 

In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror  Robert  Greno  or  Grenon  had 
three  manors  in  Stutton,  one  of  which  was  Alsildeston  or  Alton  Hall,  and 
the  other  two  uncertain.  This  manor  was  in  1265  granted  by  Reginald 
de  Paveley  and  Orfianisa  his  wife  by  fine  to  Nicholas  de  Bassyng  and 
Agnes  his  wife. 

In  1275  Roger  Paveley  claimed  free  warren  here,  but  in  1311  the 
manor  passed  from  the  Paveley  family  to  the  Visdelieu  under  a  fine  levied 
this  year  by  William  Visdelieu  and  Rose  his  wife  against  Reynold,  son 
of  Walter  de  Paveley  and  Alice  his  wife.6 

In  1313  this  William  Visdelieu  had  a  grant  of  free  warren.7  From 
William  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  Visdelieu,  Knt., 

'Dom.  ii.  5Dom.  ii.  420. 

2Dom.  ii.  4196.  « Feet  of  Fines,  5  Edw.  II.  41. 

3 Dom.  ii.  420.  'Chart.  Rolls,  7  Edw.  II.  49. 

4  Dom.  ii.  378. 


STUTTON.  99 

who  in  1344,  with  Katherine  his  wife,  levied  a  fine  of  this  manor  and  of 
Shotley  Manor  and  of  the  advowson  against  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of 
Suffolk,  and  Sir  Peter  de  Ty.'  From  Sir  Thomas  the  manor  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  de  Visdelieu. 

This  Sir  Thomas  died  in  1375,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  daughters, 
as  stated  in  the  account  of  the  Manor  of  Shotley  Hall,  in  this  Hundred. 
In  1404  a  fine  was  levied  of  a  3rd  part  of  the  manor,  and  the  advowson 
by  Nicholas  Andre  we,  parson  of  the  church  of  Stutton,  and  Jacob 
Andrewe,  against  Thomas  Mosyll  and  Margery  his  wife.2 

Subsequently  the  manor  vested  in  William  Curson,  of  Brightwell, 
who  died  in  1476,'  when  it  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir,  Margaret, 
married  to  Sir  Thomas  Tey,  Knt.,  whose  daughter  and  coheir,  Margaret, 
married  Sir  John  Jermy,4  K.B.,  and  carried  the  manor  into  that  family. 

In  1527  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  Sir  Anthony  Hopton  against 
Sir  Thomas  Tey  and  others,5  and  in  1528  by  John  Jermy  and  others  against 
the  said  Sir  Thomas  Tey  and  others  (except  of  the  advowson).6  In  1542 
we  meet  with  another  fine  levied  of  the  manor,  and  including  also  the 
Manors  of  Brightwell  and  Rivershall,  by  Thomas  Bawdy  against  the 
said  Sir  John  Jermy  and  Margaret  his  wife.7 

Sir  John  Jermy  died  in  1560,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  2nd  son, 
John  Jermy,  who  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Edward 
Isacke,  of  Well  Court,  in  Kent,  and  dying  in  1592,  the  manor  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Isaac  Jermy,  of  Stutton,  Knt.,  who  married  Jane, 
daughter  of  John  Palgrave,  of  Barkingham,  in  Norfolk,  by  Frith,  daughter 
of  William  Saunders,  of  Ewell,  co.  Surrey.  She  died  7th  Jan.  1623,  aged 
58.  On  Sir  Isaac's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John 
Jermy.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  William  Rowe,  Knt. 
The  inscription  on  his  monument  in  Holbrook  church  states  that  "  he 
lived  religiously  and  spent  his  time  laboriously  in  writing  many  Divine 
and  learned  manuscripts  for  his  own  comfort  and  for  the  benefit  of  those 
that  should  succeed  him."  He  died  at  the  age  of  61  in  1662.  Besides 
his  "  Divine  and  learned  manuscripts,"  John  Jermy  seems  to  have  indulged 
in  poetry,  for  he  is  said  to  have  written  the  following  verses  in  memory 
of  his  wife  a  little  before  his  death  : 

Martha's  cheek  for  neglect  of  Christ's  pure  word 

Mary  for  her  love  too's  on  Record 

This  my  dear  Mary  had  no  less  regard 

Unto  the  Sacred  words  of  God's  Herauld 

Another  Anna  I  may  truly  say, 

For  her  fastings  and  prayers  night  and  day 

Simeon  like  the  longer  that  she  liv'd 

The  sweeter  breath  and  more  spiritualiz'd 

Not  spider  like  figuring  Vanity 

But  like  the  silkworm  seeking  verity 

This  pious  matron  stood  upon  her  guard 

Resisting  him  who  else  would  her  have  marr'd. 

On  the  poet's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William 
Jermy,  of  Stutton.  He  married  ist  Mary,  daughter  of  Philip  Bedingfield, 

'Feet  of  Fines,    17  Edw.   III.   18.  'Fine,  Hil.  19  Hen.  VIII. 

2  Feet  of  Fines,  5  Hen.  IV.  8.  6Fine,  Mich.  20  Hen.  VIII. 

3I.P.M.,  16  Edw.  IV.  10.  7Fine,  Hil.  34  Hen.  VIII. 
4  See  Manor  of  Metfield,  in  Hoxne  Hundred. 


ioo  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

of  Ditchingham,  in  Norfolk,  and  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Boys,  Knt.,  of  Bonington,  in  Kent,  and  died  5th  Oct.  1669,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  by  his  2nd  wife,  John  Jermy,  on  whose 
death  in  1662,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Jermy,  of 
Stutton,  who  died  in  1669,  when  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Jermy. 

We  next  find  the  manor  vested  in  John  Haynes,  who  died  in  1713, 
when  it  passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  Hezekiah  Haynes.  Page  says 
the  manor  was  afterwards  the  property  of  the  Mays,  and  was  sold  by 
Thomas  May  to  Lionel  Tollemache,  2nd  Earl  of  Dysart,  who  died  in  1770, 
from  which  time  the  manor  has  passed  in  the  same  course  of  descent  as 
the  Manor  of  Helmingham  Hall,  Helmingham,  in  Bosmere  and  Claydon 
Hundred. 

In  1844,  however,  the  manor  belonged  to  J.  Tollemache,  and  it  now 
belongs  to  James  Oliver  Fison,  J.P.,  who  resides  at  Stutton  Hall.  He 
is  the  eldest  surviving  son  of  Joseph  Fison,  of  Stoke,  near  Ipswich,  who 
died  in  1878,  by  Anne,  2nd  daughter  of  William  Ridley,  of  Hartford  End, 
Essex,  and  in  1889  married  Lucy  Maud,  3rd  daughter  of  the  Rev.  F.  Gifford 
Nash,  vicar  of  Clavering,  Essex. 

Stutton  Hall  is  a  mansion  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  thoroughly 
renovated  in  1892.  It  is  remarkable  for  its  ornamental  brick  chimneys 
and  gateway.  We  meet  with  a  description  of  it  about  ioo  years  ago  as 
follows  :  "  The  house  was  formerly  the  residence  of  the  family  of  Jermy, 
and  still  retains  some  remains  of  its  original  consequence.  On  the  north  side 
is  a  garden  walled  in,  and  opposite  to  the  centre  of  the  House  a  small 
gateway  for  foot  passengers  only,  built  of  red  brick  somewhat  in  the  style 
of  the  gateway  at  Erwarton.  It  is  very  evidently  of  nearly  the  same 
date  and  has  similar  chimney-like  turrets  at  the  angles,  at  the  corners 
also  of  the  walled  court,  and  in  other  parts  of  the  hall  are  other  similar 
turrets.  The  old  windows  of  the  house  still  remain  and  are  very  curiously 
wrought,  no  two  of  them  alike.  The  south  part,  except  the  chimneys, 
has  little  marks  of  antiquity,  but  the  first  room  you  enter  shows  its  date 
and  origin.  It  was  probably  the  old  hall  or  part  of  it,  and  is  now  used 
by  the  family  as  their  sitting  room.  The  remains,  however,  most  worthy 
of  notice,  are  in  a  room  above  stairs  over  the  hall.  This  is  wainscoated 
with  chesnut  or  walnut  tree,  and  ornamented  with  numerous  and  curious 
carvings.  In  different  parts  of  it  are  Corinthian  pilasters  at  the  base  of 
which  are  emblematic  figures  carved  into  the  sculptures  over  them  in 
some,  though  I  could  not  find  out  that  they  were  in  all,  allusive  to  the 
carvings.  The  house  stands  on  a  rising  ground  looking  over  a  handsome 
grove  upon  the  Manningtree  river.  This  grove  extends  down  to  the 
water's  edge  and  contains  some  very  fine  ash  and  other  trees.  I  measured 
one  at  about  4  feet  from  the  ground  and  found  it  nearly  10  feet  in  circum- 
ference. Nothing  can  be  more  desirable  than  the  situation  of  this  estate, 
which  must  in  its  perfect  state  have  been  a  most  delightful  residence." 
There  was  formerly  a  Court  Roll  of  this  manor  18  Hen.  VI.  in  the  Chapter 
House,  and  it  is  probably  now  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 

Arms  of  HAYNES  :    Arg.  3  crescents  barry  undee,  Az.  and  Gu. 

CREPING  HALL  MANOR. 

This  manor  seems  to  have  been  the  property  of  William  de  Creppinge 
in  1275,  and  he  claimed  here  view  of  frankpledge  and  assize  of  bread  and 


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101 


beer.1  He  died  in  1286,  when  Saier  de  Creppinge  seems  to  have  held  it 
of  Humphrey  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford,  and  after  this  Walter  de 
Creppinge.  Somewhat  later  Elizabeth  Wolferston,  widow  of  Rater,  had 
the  manor,  for  by  her  will  in  1417  she  eventually  gave  it  to  Beatrice,  her 
daughter. 

Beatrice  married  Thomas  Fulthorp,  who  was  seised  in  right  of  his  wife 
in  1428.  A  fine  in  1.434  was  levied  of  this  manor  by  Richard  Dagworth, 
parson  of  Tattingstone  church,  against  Thomas  Fulthorp  and  Beatrice 
his  wife  and  others,2  and  two  years  later  we  meet  with  another  fine  levied 
of  the  manor  by  the  said  Thomas  Fulthorp  and  Beatrice  his  wife  and 
Richard  Dagworth,  parson  of  the  parish  church  of  Tattingstone,  against 
Margaret  Warde,  daughter  of  Thomas  Mannyng,3  and  in  1449  a  fine  was 
levied  of  the  manor  by  Sir  Thomas  Fulthorp,  Sir  Alexander  Nevyll,  William 
Hardyng,  Nicholas  Blakeston,  and  John  Peghan,  against  Thomas  Laurens 
and  Katharine  his  wife.4 

John  de  Vere,  i3th  Earl  of  Oxford,  was  cousin  and  heir  of  Walter 
de  Creppinge,  and  in  1437  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here.  Davy  seems 
to  think  he  was  lord. 

The  manor  then  seems  to  have  vested  in  the  priory  of  Earl's  Colne, 
in  Essex,  and  on  its  suppression  passed  to  the  Crown,  by  whom  in  1537 
it  was  granted  to  Sir  Humphrey  Wingfield,  Knt.,  in  tail  male.5 

Humphrey  Wingfield  died  23rd  Oct.  1545,"  when  the  manor  passed 
in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Brantham  Hall,  in  this  Hundred,  to 
the  time  of  John  Wingfield,  who  succeeded  his  father  Humphrey  in  1612. 
The  manor  is  specifically  included  in  a  fine  levied  between  Thomas  Seckford 
and  Robert  Wingfield  in  I562.7  This  was  evidently  an  assurance  made 
on  some  settlement  or  charge,  for  in  1577  Thomas  Seckford  had  licence  to 
alienate  the  manor  and  release  it  to  Humphrey  Wingfield,  and  the  manor 
passed  under  a  fine  levied  this  year  between  the  said  Humphrey  Wingfield 
and  Thomas  Seckford.8  A  claim  was  made  by  the  Crown  in  1578  on 
Humphrey  Wingfield  for  forfeiture  of  this  manor.9 

The  manor  was  next  vested  in  George  May,  son  of  Nathaniel  May,  of 
Stutton,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  George  May  married  Qth  May,  1734, 
Mary  Chenery,  of  Ipswich,  who  died  23rd  Nov.  1761.  George  died  gth 
Feb.  1764,  at  the  age  of  59,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  daughter 
Mary,  married  to  Gill  Badeley,  of  Bath.  Badeley  died  26th  Nov.  1815, 
and  his  widow  survived  and  held  the  manor  until  3Oth  Aug.  1821,  when 
the  manor  devolved  upon  her  unmarried  daughter  and  coheir,  Sophia 
Badeley,  who  died  a  spinster  in  1839. 

The  hall  is  now  the  property  of  William  Isaac  Graham,  who  resides 
here.  It  stands  on  sloping  ground,  looking  upon  the  river,  and  is  in  a 
fine  position.  It  is  a  modern  red-brick  mansion  of  small  dimensions. 

In  Davy's  time  this  manor  was  said  to  have  become  extinct.  The 
tenants  all  claimed  to  be  free,  and,  as  he  says,  there  are  no  court  books, 
but  he  adds  :  '  Within  the  memory  of  some  now  or  lately  living  there 
were  regular  courts  held  and  admissions  taken." 


'Q.W.  723. 

2  Feet  of  Fines,  12  Hen.  VI.  i. 

3 14  Hen.  VI.  27. 

4  Feet  of  Fines,  27  Hen.  VI.  27. 

5S.P.  1537,  ii.  191  (53). 


•I.P.M.,  37  Hen.  VIII.  74. 
7  Fine,  Easter,  4  Eli/. 
"Fine,  Trin.  19  Eliz. 
9M.  Hil.  Rec.  Rot.  17. 


102  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

MANOR   OF   ARGENTS. 

In  the  middle  of  the  I3th  century  this  manor  was  vested  in  William 
Honton,  and  passed  in  1286  to  William  Argent,  of  Argents,  and  in  1295 
another  William  Argent  held.  In  1344  we  find  on  the  Patent  Rolls  a 
pardon  to  John  Argent,  of  Stutton,  for  the  death  of  John  and  Roger,  his 
sons,  in  a  pang  of  madness.1 

In  1342  John  and  Joan  Riis  or  Rees,  of  Argent,  seem  to  have  held, 
and  in  1380  William  Riis  or  Rees  conveyed  to  John  Thormod. 

In  1414  William  Sampson  conveyed  the  manor  to  Robert  Pike,  jun., 
and  William  Butts.  In  1537  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by 
John  Richer  and  others  against  William  Gerard  and  others,2  and  in  1616 
the  manor  was  conveyed  to  Henry  Butts. 

Subsequently  John  Littel  seems  to  have  held,  and  after  him  Thomas 
Littel,  D.D.,  Prebendary  of  Norwich,  who  died  in  1731,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  daughter  Mary.  The  manor,  on  her  death,  vested  in  Elliston 
Barrington,  of  Chelmsford,  husband  of  Mary's  aunt,  and  passed  to  his 
daughter  and  heir  Mary,  married  to  Giles  Mills,  of  London,  on  whose 
death  in  1746,  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Mills,3  and  on  his 
death  in  1790  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Mills,  of  Saxham,  on  whose 
death  in  1834  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Mills. 

The  manorial  rights  have  long  been  lost,  and  it  is  now  merely  a  farm 
consisting  of  about  185  acres,  and  the  name  of  Argents  is  not  known  upon 
the  spot,  all  traces  of  the  manor  and  its  possessors  having  disappeared. 

Arms  of  LITTEL  :  Sable  a  column  between  2  wings  emanating  from 
the  base  of  the  column  and  surmounted  by  a  clerical  coronet,  Or. 

MANOR  OF  CROWE  HALL. 

Giles  de  Playz  died  seised  of  a  manor  of  Stutton  in  1303,  and  it  was 
not  unlikely  this  lordship.4  The  manor  subsequently  belonged  to  Sir 
John  de  Coggleshall,  Knt.,  who  died  seised  of  it  in  1362, 5  when  it  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Henry  de  Coggleshall,  afterwards  Sir  Henry.  Later 
the  manor  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  Smith,  Knt.,  whose  only  daughter  and 
heir,  Elizabeth,  married  Thomas  Harlakendon  Bowers,  on  whose  death  it 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Bowers,  who  died  in  1747-8. 

The  manor  was  in  1821  purchased  by  George  Reade,  who  repaired 
the  mansion-house  of  Crowe  Hall,  and  added  a  drawing-room  finished 
in  the  style  of  Henry  VII. 's  chapel  in  Westminster.  The  hall,  which  is  in 
the  Tudor  style,  is  said  to  have  been  erected  by  one  of  the  Latimers  in  1605. 
It  overlooks  the  Stour  and  commands  a  view  of  Harwich  Harbour  and 
the  ocean.  George  Reade  married  Eliza,  daughter  of  George  Routledge, 
of  Windlestonet,  co.  Durham,  and  died  in  1825,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Page  Reade,  J.P.  and  D.L.,  High  Sheriff,  in  1865. 
He  married  ist,  Qth  April,  1829,  Helen,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Colquhoun, 
3rd  Bart.,  of  Colquhoun  and  Luss,  and  dying  28th  Sept.  1880,  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  James  Colquhoun  Revell  Reade,  of  the  Middle 
Temple,  barrister-at-law,  who  married,  4th  Feb.  1891,  Florence  Sophia, 
eldest  daughter  of  M.  Hardy  Voss,  of  De  Montford  House,  Surrey. 

Arms  of  READE  :   Arg.  a  saltire  Vair  between  4  Cornish  choughs  ppr. 

'Pat.  Rolls,  17  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  31.  4I.P.M.,  31  Edw.  I.  37. 

'Fine,  Mich.  29  Hen.  VIII.  'I.P.M.,  35  Edw.  III.  54. 

» See  Manor  of  Great  Saxham,  in  Thingoe 

Hundred,  for  marriages  and  other 

particulars  of  the  Mills  family. 


STUTTON.  103 

ALTON    HALL    MANOR. 

In  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror  this  was  one  of  the  manors 
of  Robert  Grenon,  from  whom  the  families  of  Cavendish  and  Montfitchet 
descend. 

In  1275  Thomas  de  Freston  held  lands  here.  In  1319  John  de  Freston1 
had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here.2  All  the  information  we  meet  with  sub- 
sequently for  some  time  is  of  four  fines  levied  of  this  manor  in  1565,  1583, 
1596,  and  1598.  The  first  was  by  Richard  Martin  and  others  against 
William  Waldegrave  ;3  the  second  was  by  John  Gurdon  and  others  against 
Nicholas  Gislingham  and  others  ;4  the  third  was  levied  by  Edward  Newporte 
against  Richard  Johnson  and  others;5  and  the  fourth  by  the  said  Edward 
Newporte  against  Christopher  Bedyngfeld  and  others.6 

Later  the  manor  was  in  James  Sewell,  who  was  High  Sheriff  of  Suffolk, 
and  died  in  1805,  when  it  passed  to  his  daughter  and  coheir,  Elizabeth, 
who  had  married  William  Deane  6th  May,  1794.  She  died  i6th  May, 
1840,  and  he  3rd  Feb.  1844,  aged  81,  when  the  manor  was  sold. 

The  hall  is  now  the  property  of  Roger  Kerrison,  of  Tattingstone  Place, 
and  is  now  occupied  by  William  Clarke,  a  farmer. 

Alton  Hall  stands  in  a  pleasant  acclivity  about  a  mile  north  of  the 
Stour,  near  the  Holbrook  rivulet,  upon  which  are  two  corn  mills.  It 
belonged  about  1650  to  Robert  Sparrow,  and  was  sold  by  his  trustees  to 
Joseph  Beaumont,  D.D.,  Master  of  Peterhouse,  the  author  of  "  Psyche," 
who  by  his  will  dated  2ist  Nov.  1699,  devised  the  same  to  his  grandson, 
Joseph  Beaumont. 

THE   MANOR   OF   THE    RECTORY   OF   STUTTON. 

There  is  also  a  rectory  manor  here.  In  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  Henry, 
son  of  Nicholas,  rector  of  Stutton  church,  claimed  wreck  of  the  sea,  view 
of  frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer  in  Stutton.7 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  we  find  an  action  by  John  Jermy 
to  establish  his  right  as  patron,  and  by  John  Dawes  his  rights  as  parson 
of  the  rectory  of  Stutton,  to  which  rectory  pertained  a  manor  called  the 
Manor  of  the  Rectory  of  Stutton.8 

A  manor  of  Stutton  called  "  Quarhams,"  is  mentioned  amongst  the 
Early  Chancery  Proceedings.  The  action  in  which  it  is  involved  is  by 
Alice  Sampson,  niece  of  Richard  Doget,  against  Roger  Rokewode  the 
younger,  feoffee  to  the  uses  of  the  will  of  the  said  Richard,  and  is  as  to 
this  manor  said  to  have  been  sold  by  Jane,  executrix  and  late  the  wife 
of  the  said  Richard  Doget  to  the  said  Alice  Sampson.9 


'See  Freston  Manor,  in  this  Hundred.  5Fine,  Hil.  38  Eliz. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  13  Edw.  II.  23.  6Fine,  Trin.  40  Eliz. 

3  Fine,  Hil.  7  Eliz.  but  doubtful  of  this  7Q-W.  724,  732. 

manor.  &C.P.  ii.  108. 

4  Fine,  Hil.  25  Eliz.  sE.C.P.  Bundle  41,  16. 


104  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

TATTINGSTONE. 

HERE  were  three  manors  here  in  Saxon  times.  The  first 
was  held  by  Turgot,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  60  acres. 
a  ploughteam,  and  ij  acres  of  meadow,  worth  los.  At 
the  time  of  the  Survey  it  was  held  by  Roger  Bigot  of  the 
Bishop  of  Bayeux,  and  was  worth  only  45.,  all  the  soc 
being  in  Bcrgholt.1 

Trumuin  and  Ulsi,  freemen,  held  by  commendation 
1 20  acres  as  two  manors  in  the  Confessor's  time.  There  were  also  a 
bordar,  2  ploughteams  (reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and 
2  acres  of  meadow,  worth  ios.,  reduced  to  8s.  when  the  Survey  was  taken, 
and  it  was  held  by  Robert  Grenon.2 

The  last  manor  mentioned  was  that  of  Aluric,  a  freeman  in  commenda- 
tion, and  consisted  of  30  acres,  2  bordars,  half  a  ploughteam  (at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  2  of  oxen),  and  an  acre  of  meadow,  worth  40^.,  increased 
to  42<f.  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  when  the  tenant  in  chief  was  Robert 
Grenon.3 

MANOR   OF   TATTINGSTONE. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux  at  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Survey,  and  later  passed  to  William  de  Holbroke.  In  1253  it 
was  vested  in  Richard  de  Holbroke,  son  of  William,  who  had  a  grant  of 
free  warren  here  this  year,4  and  again  in  1267.' 

In  1277  there  is  on  the  Patent  Rolls  a  quit  claim  to  this  Richard  de 
Holbroke  from  the  Crown  of  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Tattingstone, 
in  return  for  his  courtesy  (curialitati)  in  assenting  at  the  King's  instance 
to  the  presentation  thereto  of  Thomas  Meron,  clerk,  the  contention  between 
the  King  and  the  said  Richard  touching  the  said  advowson  having  been 
lately  moved  in  the  King's  Court  by  writ.6 

From  this  time  to  the  time  of  Elizabeth  Wolverton,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Ralph  Fitz-Ralph  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Sir  John  de  Holbroke,  in  1419,  the  devolution  of  the  manor  is  the  same 
as  the  Manor  of  Holbrook,  in  this  Hundred. 

In  1286  a  Richard  de  Holbroke  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here.7 

In  1309  the  manor  is  specifically  mentioned  and  an  extent  given  in 
the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Alicia,  wife  of  John  de  Holbroke,'  and  two  years  later 
in  that  of  the  said  John  de  Holbroke.9 

From  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1327  we  learn  that  John  de  Holbrook  made 
complaints  that  Benedict  de  Braham  and  others  assaulted  him  at  Tatting- 
stone,  bound  him  to  a  tree,  and  cut  off  his  right  hand."  The  manor  is 
included  in  the  fine  levied  in  1336  and  mentioned  under  the  account  of 
Holbrook  Manor,  and  is  also  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  Holbroke 

in  I376-" 

The  manor  in  1433  seems  to  have  vested  in  Thomas  Fulthorp  and 
Beatrice  his  wife,  for  we  meet  with  a  fine  of  it  this  year  levied  by  Elizabeth 
Tendryng  and  William  Frevyll  and  Anna  his  wife  against  them,12  and  the 

'Dom.  ii.  378.  'Chart.  Rolls,  14  Edw.  I.  27. 

'Dom.  ii.  420.  M.P.M.,  3  Edw.  II.  51 

3 Dom.  ii.  420.  'I.P.M.,  10  Edw.  II.  77. 
'Chart.  Rolls,  37  and  38   Hen.  III.  pt.  i.        '"Pat.  Rolls,  i  Edw.  III.  pt.  i. 

14,70.  "I.P.M.,  50  Edw.  III.3I. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  51  Hen.  III.  5.  »  Feet  of  Fines,  n  Hen.  VI.  27. 

•The  King,  Windsor,  1st  June,  Pat.  Rolls, 

5  Edw.  I.  m.  ii.  (25). 


TATTINGSTONE.  105 

following  year  there  is  a  fine  not  only  of  this  manor,  but  of  the  Manor  of 
Creping,  in  Stutton,  levied  by  Richard  Dagworth,  parson  of  Tattingstone 
church,  against  the  said  Thomas  Fulthorp  and  Beatrice  his  wife,  Thomas 
Salisbury,  Alexander  Anne,  John  Horsley,  Robert  Thorneff.  It  relates 
to  lands  in  Tattingstone,  Holbrook,  Braham,  East  Bergholt,  Reydon, 
Wenham,  Capel,  Chelmington,  Thurston,  Heigham,  and  Sutton,  and  the 
advowson  of  Tattingstone  church  and  the  free  chapel  of  Holbrook.1 

Ten  years  later  we  meet  with  another  fine  of  this  manor,  levied  by 
John  Christofer,  Thomas  Fulthorp  and  Beatrice  his  wife,  and  Thomas 
Dale  and  Joan  his  wife/  The  manor  then  vested  in  John  de  Vere,  Earl 
of  Oxford,  who  was  attainted  in  1461, 3  when  it  passed  to  the  Crown,  and 
was  granted  by  King  Edw.  IV.  to  his  brother  Richard,  Duke  of  York. 
In  1477  the  manor  was  granted  to  Gilbert  Debenham,  and  the  heirs  of 
his  body.  The  grant,  which  is  on  the  Patent  Rolls,  includes  lands  in 
Tattingstone,  Brantham,  Bergholt,  Holbrook,  "  Wolverton,"  Freston,  and 
elsewhere  in  the  Hundred  of  Samford,  with  all  members  and  advowsons 
of  church  of  Tattingstone  and  free  chapel  of  St.  Margaret,  Holbrook, 
knights'  fees,  &c.,  described  as  late  of  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  in  the  King's 
hands  by  forfeiture  to  hold  by  the  services  of  as  many  knights'  fees  and 
other  rents  and  services  as  they  were  held  by  before  the  i  Edw.  IV.4 

Amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings  is  a  suit  by  Gilbert  Nycoll, 
of  Ipswich,  against  Roger  Stainer  and  John  Goss,  bailiffs,  of  Ipswich, 
touching  an  action  of  trespass  brought  by  Gilbert  Debenham,  Esquire, 
against  complainant  for  levying  a  distress  in  Tattingstone  Manor,  the 
right  to  which  manor  was  said  to  be  in  dispute  between  Debenham  and 
Sir  Thomas  Wyngfeld,  Knt.5 

Gilbert  Debenham6  died  in  1481, 7  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Sir  Gilbert  Debenham,  who  was  attainted  in  1487.  The 
Manor  was,  however,  restored  to  his  cousin,  Robert  Brewse,  son  of  his 
father's  sister8  Elizabeth,  in  1507,  she  having  married  Sir  Thomas  Brewes, 
Knt.,  of  Whittingham  Hall,  in  Fressingfield  and  Wenham,  in  this  Hundred. 
Both  Sir  Thomas  Brewes  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Debenham,  are  buried 
in  Woodbridge  Priory. 

We  next  find  the  manor  vested  in  the  De  Veres,  Earls  of  Oxford, 
and  in  1548  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  Edward,  Duke  of 
Somerset,  and  others,  against  John,  Earl  of  Oxford.9  This  fine  includes 
the  manor  of  Earl's  Hall,  in  Cockfield,  Lavenham,  and  other  manors. 
John  de  Vere,  i6th  Earl  of  Oxford,  held  the  manor  at  the  time  of  his  death 
in  1582,  when  it  passed  to  Edward  de  Vere,  I7th  Earl  of  Oxford,  who 
alienated  it  by  fine  in  1581  to  Jerome  Spring  and  Edward  Spring,10  and 
in  1582  Jerome  Spring  and  others  alienated  to  Clipsby  Gawdy  and  Sir 
Thomas  Gawdy,  Knt. 

Sir  Thomas  Gawdy  died  seised  ist  Nov.  1588,"  leaving  Henry  Gawdy 
his  son  and  heir,  who  in  1595  alienated  to  William  Bland  by  fine.12  William 

'  Feet  of  Fines,  12  Hen.  VI.  i.  'I.P.M.,  21  Edw.  IV.  48. 

2  Feet  of  Fines,  22  Hen.  VI.  7.  8One   MS.    pedigree    says  Elizabeth    was 

3  See  inquis.  p.m.  of  John,  Earl  of  Oxford,  daughter  of  the  attainted  Sir  Gilbert 

15  Edw.  IV.  28.  Debenham. 

4 Pat.  Rolls,  16  Edw.  IV.  pt.  i.  18  ;    O.  'Fine,  Easter,  2  Edw.  VI. 

Rot.  21.  IOFine,  Mich.  23-24  Eliz. 

5Certiorari  E.C.P.  Bundle  47,  278.  "  I. P.M.,  Qth  Aug.,  31  Eliz. 

6 See  Manor  of  Vaux,  in  Little  Wenham,  in  "Fine,  Mich.  37  and  38  Eliz. 

this  Hundred. 


106  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Bland  in  1621  alienated  to  Matthew  Brownrigg,  portman,  of  Ipswich, 
on  whose  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son,  Robert  Brownrigg,  on  whose 
death  in  1626  it  passed  to  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  Elizabeth  Brownrigg. 

Amongst  the  State  Papers  in  1638-9  is  a  petition  of  this  Elizabeth 
Brownrigg  by  her  guardians  to  suffer  a  recovery  of  the  manor.' 

A  fine  was  accordingly  levied  by  Elizabeth,  gth  July,  1641."  The 
fine  included  the  advowson  also. 

Elizabeth  Brownrigg  married  Joseph  Beaumont,  D.D.,  Master  of 
Peterhouse,  Cambridge  (son  of  John  Beaumont,  of  Hadleigh,  and  Sarah, 
sister  and  devisee  of  Edward  Clarke,  of  East  Bergholt,  High  Sheriff  of 
Suffolk),  who  in  her  right  was  lord  in  1657.  He  died  in  1699,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son,  Charles  Beaumont,  D.D.,  who  made  his  will 
2gth  April,  1725,*  and  died  in  1726. 

Charles  Beaumont  was  not,  however,  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Joseph 
Beaumont,  and  Joseph,  in  his  will  dated  2ist  Nov.  1699,*  expressly  says  : 
"  I  leave  to  my  eldest  sonne  John  Beaumont  and  his  heirs  the  Manor  of 
Tattingston  in  Suffolke,  with  the  perpetuall  Patronage  of  the  Rectory." 

The  manor  was  then  purchased  by  Thomas  White,  who  rebuilt  the 
mansion  house  and  erected  near  it  an  ornamental  building  in  the  form 
of  a  church,  commonly  called  "  Tattingstone  Wonder."  He  married 
Olive,  3rd  daughter  of  Maximillian  Western,  of  Abington  Hall,  Cambridge, 
and  died  in  1742,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas 
White,  who  died  4th  Sept.  1808,  leaving  the  manor  by  his  will  to  Thomas 
Western,  2nd  son  of  Thomas  Western,  of  Great  Abington,  co.  Cambridge, 
by  Jane,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Felix  Culvert,  of  Albury  Hall,  co.  Herts, 
M.P.  for  Wendover.  Thomas  Western  was  Rear-Admiral  and  Knight 
Commander  of  the  Royal  Portuguese  Military  Order  of  the  Tower  and 
Sword.  He  married  in  1794  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Burch,  of  Bermuda, 
in  the  West  Indies,  and  died  26th  Dec.  1814,  aged  52,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Burch  Western,  who  was  created  a 
baronet  2oth  Aug.  1864.  He  was  Lord  Lieutenant  and  Gustos  Rotulorum 
of  Essex,  and  of  Felix  Hall  and  Rivenhall  Place,  Essex.  He  was  M.P. 
for  North  Essex  in  1865,  and  married  in  1819  Margaret  Letitia,  4th  daughter 
of  William  Bushby,  of  Kirkmichael  and  Lamphits,  co.  Dumfries,  and 
dying  3Oth  May,  1873,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas 
Sutton  Western,  2nd  Bart.,  Colonel  of  E.  Essex  Rifles,  and  M.P.  for  Maiden, 
who  married  in  1848  Giulietta  Romana,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Edward 
Manningham  Buller,  Bart.,  M.P.,  of  Dilhorne  Hall,  Staffs.,  and  dying 
gth  June,  1877,  in  his  56th  year,  the  manor  passed  to  his  only  son,  Sir 
Thomas  Charles  Callis  Western,  Bart.,  of  Felix  Hall,  Essex.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Ellen,  daughter  of  I.  Newton,  and  was  lord  in  1885,  but  must 
have  disposed  of  this  manor  shortly  afterwards,  for  in  1896  we  find  it 
vested  in  Roger  Kerrison,  who  then  resided  at  Tattingstone  Place,  which 
stands  in  a  well-wooded  park  containing  a  large  lake  and  extensive 
fishponds. 

A  plan  of  the  parish5  will  be  found  amongst  the  Additional  MSS. 
in  the  British  Museum.' 

1  S.P.  1638-9,  pp.  337,  379.  « Proved  23rd  Dec.  1699. 

'Fine,  17  Chas.  I.  pt.  ii.  17.  5i8th  century. 

Proved  2oth  March,  1726.  'Add.  Ch.  21057. 


TATTINGSTONE.  107 

A  fine  of  the  Manor  of  "  Tattingstone  "  was  in  1301  levied  by  Peter 
de  Tatyngston  against  William  de  Beckles,'  and  there  is  an  authority 
in  1313  for  a  William  de  Rungeton  to  retain  "  the  Manor  of  Tattingstone  " 
said  to  have  been  "  acquired  from  William  de  Bovill.'" 

Arms  of  WHITE  :  Gu.  a  chevron  betw.  three  boars'  heads  erased  Arg. 
Of  BROWNRIGG  :  Argent,  a  lion  rampant,  Sable,  gutty  Or,  langued  and 
armed  Gules,  between  3  crescents  of  the  same.  Of  BEAUMONT  :  Azure, 
semee  of  fleurs-de-lis,  a  lion  rampant  Or. 


1  Feet  of  Fines,  29  Edw.  I.  33.  2 1.Q.D.  7  Edw.  II.  File  94,  24. 


io8  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

WASHBROOKE.    (See  GREAT  BELSTEAD.) 
WEN  HAM    MAGNA. 

HERE  were  five  manors  in  this  place  in  Saxon  times.  The 
first  was  held  by  Ansgot  by  commendation  to  the  fair 
Edith,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  3  villeins,  3 
bordars,  2  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  2  belonging 
to  the  men  ;  also  4  acres  of  meadow,  part  of  a  church, 
8  beasts,  35  hogs,  and  71  sheep,  worth  altogether  6os., 
which  had  decreased  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  405. 
The  soc  belonged  to  Edith,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was 
held  by  Ermiot  of  Earl  Alan.  It  was  6  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad, 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  4<2.' 

Earl  Alan  owned  another  small  estate  here  when  the  Survey  was 
taken,  formerly  held  by  Ansgot.  It  consisted  of  15  acres  and  an  acre 
of  meadow,  worth  zs.  6d.,  the  soc  belonging  to  Edeva.2 

The  second  manor  was  that  of  Algar,  a  freeman,  consisting  of  24 
acres,  worth  45.,  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt  j  and  in  the  same  township 
were  four  freemen — Brictuolt,  Osgot,  Ledmer,  and  Godric,  with  50  acres 
and  6  bordars,  worth  ios.,  the  soc  also  in  Bergholt.  This  manor  and 
estate  belonged  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux. 

The  third  manor  also  belonged  to  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  held  of  him 
by  Roger  Bigot  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  and  was  formerly  held  by 
Tuneman,  the  Confessor's  thane,  Harold's  man  by  commendation.  It 
consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  7  villeins,  3  bordars,  2  serfs  [and  the  fourth 
part  of  a  church] ;  also  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  5  belonging  to 
the  men,  6  acres  of  meadow,  wood  enough  to  maintain  8  hogs,  and  6  acres 
of  church  land.  Of  live  stock  there  were  i  rouncy,  4  beasts,  24  hogs, 
and  60  sheep,  worth  6os.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  some  of  these 
details  had  varied ;  the  villeins  were  reduced  to  2  and  the  bordars  had 
increased  to  17,  there  was  i  serf,  and  2  ploughteams  in  demesne.  Of 
live  stock  there  were  2  rouncies,  the  beasts  had  disappeared,  there  were 
40  hogs  and  70  sheep.  The  manor  was  6  quarentenes  long  and  2^  broad, 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  4^. 

The  fourth  manor  was  held  by  Uluric,  a  freeman.  It  consisted  of 
40  acres  and  a  ploughteam  (but  had  disappeared  at  the  time  of  the  Survey), 
worth  55.,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  6s.  The  soc  belonged  to  Harold. 
The  manor  was  held  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  of  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux 
by  Roger  Bigot.3 

The  last  manor  mentioned  in  this  place  was  that  of  Auti  the  thane, 
and  consisted  of  3  carucates  of  land,  9  villeins,  4  bordars,  a  serf,  2  plough- 
teams  in  demesne  and  5  belonging  to  the  men,  n  acres  of  meadow,  wood 
enough  to  support  10  hogs,  a  mill,  a  church  with  20  acres  of  free  land  and 
half  a  ploughteam  ;  also  2  rouncies,  4  beasts,  and  20  hogs,  worth  £6. 
Auti  had  soc  over  his  own  demesne,  and  the  soc  of  the  villeins  was  in 
Bergholt.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  by  Robert, 
son  of  Corbution,  the  villeins  were  reduced  to  6,  there  were  14  bordars, 
half  a  ploughteam  only  in  demesne,  those  belonging  to  the  men  having 
been  reduced  to  4  were  now  3,  the  wood  for  the  support  of  the  hogs  had 

'Dom.  ii.  295.  3Dom.  ii.  3776. 

JDom.  ii.  296. 


WENHAM    MAGNA.  109 

disappeared,  and  the  only  live  stock  were  23  sheep,  the  whole  worth  loos. 
Girard  held  of  this  manor  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  30  acres,  worth  5$., 
and  they  were  part  of  the  same  assessed  rent. 

A  holding  added  to  this  manor  was  that  of  Godwin,  a  freeman,  con- 
sisting of  10  acres,  worth  2S.,  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt.  It  was  12 
quarentenes  long  and  6  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  2s.' 

WENHAM  MAGNA  MANOR  OR  BREND  WENHAM. 

Tumenan,  a  thane  of  the  King  under  Harold's  commendation,  held 
the  estate  in  Saxon  times,  and  Odo,  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  at  the  time  of  the 
Survey".  In  1281  the  lordship  of  the  parish  was  held  by  Petronell  de 
Holbroke,  but  in  the  same  year  the  manor  passed  to  the  priory  of  Leighs, 
in  Essex.  We  meet  with  a  fine  of  "  Brend  Wenham  Manor  "  in  1371 
levied  by  Sir  Ralph  de  Hemenhale,  Philip  Deneys,  Roger  Wolferston, 
William  Berard,  and  John,  late  parson  of  Parva  Wenham  church,  against 
Sir  William  de  Cosyngton  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.2 

It  vested  in  the  Crown  on  the  dissolution  of  the  religious  houses,  and 
was  granted  in  1536  by  letters  patent  of  Hen.  VIII.  to  Sir  Richard 
Cavendish,  Knt.,  in  tail  male.3  He  died  i2th  March,  I554,4  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Cavendish,  and  on  his  death 
to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Cavendish,  who  died  without  issue, 
when  it  devolved  on  his  brother  and  heir,  Thomas  Cavendish,5  who 
sold  it  in  1587  to  Henry  Seckford  and  others.  In  1591  it  was  vested  in 
Humphrey  Seckford  and  John  Wentworth  under  a  grant  of  the  reversion 
from  the  Queen.  And  this  year  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  the 
said  Humphrey  Seckford  against  Thomas  Caundyshe.6 

Sir  John  Wentworth,  Knt.,  had  licence  to  alienate  to  Thomas  Soame 
and  Richard  Withe.  In  1672  the  manor  was  vested  in  Maurice  Shelton, 
and  he  by  indenture  25th  May  that  year  conveyed  the  manor,  with  others, 
to  trustees  to  the  use  of  himself  for  life,  with  remainder  to  Martha  his 
wife  by  way  of  jointure,  with  remainder  to  trustees  for  500  years  to  raise 
£2,500,  portion  for  his  daughter  Martha  in  case  of  failure  of  issue  male  by 
him,  the  ultimate  remainder  being  settled  by  an  indenture  dated  2nd  April, 
1680.  Maurke  Shelton's  will  is  dated  3rd  Oct.  1680,  and  was  proved 
at  Norwich  the  nth  of  the  following  month. 

The  manor  subsequently  passed  to  Nathaniel  Parker,  3rd  son  of 
Sir  Calthorpe  Parker,  and  on  his  death,  5th  Aug.  1684,  in  his  7ist  year, 
devolved  upon  his  nephew,  Sir  Philip  Parker,  ist  Bart.,7  and  on  his  death 
in  1696  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Philip  Parker,  2nd  Bart., 
on  whose  death  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Philip  Parker-a-Morley-Long, 
3rd  Bart,  and  last,  who  died  without  male  issue  2Oth  Jan.  1740-1.  In 
the  British  Museum  is  a  map  of  Sir  P.  Parker's  estates  in  Great  Wenham 
in  1724."  On  Sir  Philip  Parker's  death  the  manor  vested  in  his  eldest 
daughter  and  coheir  Martha,  married  to  John,  2nd  Viscount  Chelworth, 
who  died  without  issue.  In  1764  the  manor  and  advowson  belonged  to  the 
heirs  of  Sir  Philip  Parker. 

The  manor  in  1855  and  1885  belonged  to  T.  F.  Robinson. 

'  Dom.  ii.  4256.  6  Fine,  Easter,  33  Eliz. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  45  Edw.  III.  41.  7See  Erwarton  Manor,  in  this  Hundred. 

3M.  Mich.  Rec.  Rot.  13  ;  S.P.  1536,  p.  385.         8  Add.  MSS.  21057. 

4I.P.M.,  2  Mary,  95. 

5  See  Grimston   Hall  and  Stratton   Hall, 

Trimley    St.    Martin,    in    Colneis 

Hundred. 


[10 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 
BOYTON  HALL  MANOR. 


This  manor  is  mentioned  as  in  Wenham  Combust  in  the  inquis  p.m. 
of  Joan,  wite  of  John  Braham,  in  1432,'  and  also  in  a  fine  levied  in  1535' 
by  William  Bygott  and  others  against  John  Fastolf  and  others.  This 
fine  is,  however,  of  but  a  third  part  of  the  manor,  and  includes  lands  also 
in  Brantham,  Boyton,  "  Hamelett  de  Catnade,"  Eastbergholt,  Bentley, 
and  Lenton  (?). 


LITTLE  WENHAM  HALL. 


1 1.P.M.,  10  Hen.  VI.  30. 


'Fine,  Mich.  27  Hen.  VIII. 


WEN  HAM   PARVA.  in 

WENHAM    PARVA. 
WENHAM  PARVA  MANOR. 

HIS  was  the  estate  of  Auti,  the  thane,  in  the  days  of  the 
Confessor,  and  of  Robert,  son  of  Corbution,  at  the  time  of  the 
Great  Survey.  Sir  John  de  Vallibus  died  seised  of  the 
manor  in  1270,  then  held  by  him  with  the  advowson  in  one 
knight's  fee,  leaving  Joan  aged  24  and  Euphemia  aged  20 
his  sisters  his  heirs.'  In  1272  Richard  de  Brewse  and 
Alice  his  wife  apparently  held,  but  in  1267  Robert  de 
Brewse,  of  London,  was  concerned  in  the  manor  jointly  with  Emma  his 
wife,  who  was  one  of  the  coheirs  of  Roger  de  Holbroke.  This  could  hardly 
be  the  Roger  Holbroke  who  claimed  free  warren  here  in  1276,  and  sued 
divers  persons  for  hunting  in  his  free  warren  here.2 

In  1296  we  find  a  judgment  that  John,  son  of  William  de"  Holebrok," 
recover  seisin  from  John,  son  of  Richard  de  Holebroke,  and  three  others,  of 
3  messuages,  2  carucates  of  land,  15  acres  of  meadow,  20  acres  of  wood,  and 
loos,  rent  in  Little  Wenham,  Brend  Wenham,  Holeton,  Bergholt,  Stratford, 
Raydon,  and  Tattingstone  ;  and  John,  son  of  Richard,  was  mulched  in 
40  marks  damage.3 

In  1316  Petronilla  de  Holbroke  held  the  manor,  according  to  Davy, 
who  queries  whether  she  was  not  a  daughter  of  Sir  John  de  Vaux.  If  so, 
apparently  her  2nd  husband  was  William  de  Nerford,4  a  Baron  in  Parlia- 
ment. John  de  Nerford,  son  and  heir  of  Petronilla,  died  seised  of  the 
manor  in  1329,  without  issue. 

it  seems  that  in  1336  John  de  Brewse,  then  parson  ot  the  church  of 
Stradbrooke,  and  William  de  Brewse,  parson  of  the  church  of  Little  Wenham, 
settled  the  manors  of  Little  Wenham  and  of  Brent  Wenham,  and  the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Little  Wenham,  on  William  de  Holbroke  and 
Amicia  his  wife  in  tail  male,  and  in  default  on  the  heirs  of  Wrilliam  de 
Holbroke  ;  and  the  object  was  effected  by  a  fine  levied  by  the  said  William 
de  Holbrok  and  Amicia  his  wife  against  the  said  John  de  Brewse,  parson  of 
the  church  of  Stradebrok,  and  William,  parson  of  the  church  of  Parva 
Wenham.  The  fine  included  the  advowson  of  Parva  Wenham  church.5 

In  1432  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Edward  Hastings  and  William 
Pers  or  Parson,  of  Otley,  for  by  a  deed  dated  at  Westminster  ist  June, 
10  Hen.  VI.,  they  conveyed  it  to  Gilbert  Debenham  and  Margaret  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Hastings,  of  Gressenhall,  co.  Norfolk,  Knt.,6  and 
the  assurance  was  fortified  by  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  the  following  year 
by  the  said  Gilbert  Debenham  and  Margaret  his  wife  against  this  Sir  Edward 
Hastings  and  William  Parson,7  from  which  time  until  the  death  of  William 
Brewse  in  1677-8  the  manor  descended  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of 
Vaux,  in  Wenham  Parva,  except  that  on  the  death  of  Sir  John  Brewse, 
in  Feb.  1584,  this  manor  passed  under  his  will  dated  ist  Aug.  1582,  to  his 
widow  Cecily  for  life  and  subject  to  her  interest  to  his  heirs  male,  and  con- 
sequently vested  in  his  eldest  son,  Thomas  Brewse.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Humphrey  Brewster,  of  Wrentham,  and  died  3rd  March, 

'I.P.M.,   undated,    but   probably   54  4  See  Manor  of  Wisset,  in  Blything  Hundred 

Hen.  III.  File  45  (16).  'Feet  of  Fines,  9  Edw.  III.  4. 

1  Abbr.  of  Pleas,  4  Edw.  I.  Trin.  2  in  dorso.  °Add.  Ch.  25259. 

3Abbr.  of  Pleas,  24  and  25  Edw.  I.  41.  7Feet  of  Fines,  n  Hen.  VI.  28. 


ii2  THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 

1593,'  when  leaving  two  daughters  only  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother, 
\\  illiam  Brewse,  and  then  descended  with  the  Manor  of  Vaux.  The  manor 
\\.is,  the  27th  June,  1843,  offered  for  sale  by  the  executors  of  F.  Josselyn 
deceased,  at  the  Golden  Lion,  Ipswich.1 

Little  \Venham  Hall  is  a  fine  specimen  of  the  domestic  architecture 
of  the  I3th  century,  and  its  construction  exhibits  the  earliest  instance 
known  of  the  use  of  Flemish  bricks  in  this  country.  The  following  is  a 
description  of  the  building  given  by  Mr.  Vincent  Redstone,  in  a  paper 
read  before  the  Suffolk  Institute  on  their  visit  there  in  1901  :  - 

"  The  extensive  earthworks  of  Offton  and  the  circular  moats  of  Denhain 
were  never  protected  by  embattlements,  and  the  castellated  manor  houses 
of  Mettingham,  Southwold,  and  Little  Wenham  never  had  their  defences 
tested  as  did  the  Royal  and  Baronial  castles  of  Bungay,  Framlingham, 
Walton,  and  Orford.  A  monumental  inscription  within  the  church  states 
that  Sir  Thomas  de  Brewse  was  lord  of  the  manor,  and  resided  at  Wenham, 
in  1500.  It  is  probable  that  his  son  Robert,  who  succeeded  him  in  1514, 
made  those  alterations  of  the  building  which  are  of  the  perpendicular  style 
of  architecture.  The  abundant  use  of  Flemish  bricks,  '  wall  tiles,'  and 
bricks  stamped  with  the  cross  crosslet  of  the  Brewses,  mark  the  work  of 
still  earlier  alterations  than  those  alluded  to  in  the  legend  over  the  west 
door,  '  Cecy  fait  a  1'aide  de  Dieu  Tan  de  Grace  1569.'  In  making  an 
inspection  of  the  outer  walls,  proceeding  from  the  west  door  northwards 
we  pass  a  narrow  lancet  window,  and  the  massive  buttress  on  which  the 
lines  of  the  old  sundial  are  faintly  visible.  Upon  the  buttresses,  corner- 
stones, and  throughout  the  castle,  three  distinct  marks  are  frequently 
repeated — one  is  a  Z  running  from  right  to  left,  and  from  left  to  right,  or  in 
combination  ;  another  is  a  W,  with  the  final  stroke  converted  into  the 
figure  6  ;  and  the  third  is  a  triangle,  with  the  right  side  produced  downwards. 
The  window  of  the  Sovereign  room  has  its  dripstone  of  the  same  character 
as  those  over  the  church  windows.  Above  may  be  seen  the  narrow  window 
of  the  chapel  corresponding  to  the  "  low  window  "  of  the  church.  The 
flint  and  stone  used  in  the  construction  of  the  walls  resembles  the  seashore 
stone  of  which  Orford  Castle  is  built  ;  in  places  the  weather  has  acted  upon 
the  stone  that  it  is  fretted  and  branched  like  coral.  The  banqueting  room 
(40  feet  in  length),  with  its  Tudor  recess,  wherein  the  massive  gold  and  silver 
plate  used  at  the  feast  was  washed  in  sight  of  the  lord,  the  extensive  hearth 
with  its  charred  beam,  the  windows  with  deep  recesses,  used  as  seats,  the 
glazed  tiles  of  the  floor,  once  strewn  with  reeds  and  rushes,  and  its  fine  oak 
ceiling,  attract  attention  ;  but  the  most  charming  spot  is  the  chapel,  with 
its  piscina  and  sedilia,  its  vaulted  roof  and  carved  figure  in  the  vesica, 
with  uplifted  hands,  in  the  act  of  benediction.  Wenham  is  worthy  of  a 
pilgrimage  to  see  this  room  alone.  An  approach  is  gained  to  the  roof  by 
passing  through  the  chapel  and  ascending  a  winding  staircase.  Through 
the  loopholes  an  extensive  view  may  be  obtained  oi  the  surrounding  country, 
and  a  close  inspection  of  the  curious  chimney  may  be  made."3  A  "Cecy 
fait  a  1'aide  de  Dieu  1'an  de  Grace  1569,  R.B  "  view  of  the  hall  is  engraved 
in  "  Davy's  Suffolk  Antiquities,"  1627,  and  two  views  in  the  "  Excursions 
through  Suffolk." 

"  Little  Wenham  Hall  "  and  about  15  acres  was  included  in  the  settle- 
ment made  the  i8th  June,  1660,  between  Wm.  Brewse,  son  and  heir  of  Sir 

'His  will  is  dated  22nd  Feb.  1593-4,  and         'Ipswich  Journal,  23rd  June,  1843. 

was  proved  i6th  March,  1593-4,  at         3  Suffolk  Institute,  vol.  xi,  pt.  i.  pp.  73,  74. 
Norwich. 


WENHAM   PARVA.  113 

John  Brewse,  Knt.,  deceased,  and  Dorothy  his  wife,  and  John  Brewse, 
2nd  son  of  the  said  Sir  John  Brewse,  of  the  first  part ;  Christopher  Milton,  of 
Ipswich,  and  Edward  Sheppard,  of  Ipswich,  of  the  second  part  ;  Benjamin 
Culler  and  Robert  Sparrow,  of  Ipswich,  of  the  third  part. 

The  hall  with  the  Little  Wenham  estate  became  separated  from  the 
manor  in  1682.  The  estate  was  mortgaged  by  John  Brewse  by  deed  dated 
28th  Oct.  1685,  to  Mary  Mason,  of  Dedham,  in  Essex,  and  again  by  indenture 
dated  the  iQth  and  2oth  May,  1687,  in  which  John  Brewse  is  described  as 
of  Woringford,  in  Essex,  subject,  of  course,  to  his  mother  Dorothy's  life 
interest,  and  then  by  indenture  of  the  25th  and  27th  April,  1691,  the  said 
John  Brewse  sold  the  reversion  to  John  Mason,  of  Dedham,  son  of  the 
above  Mary  Mason,  who  having  then  remarried,  by  indentures  dated  the 
1st  and  2nd  Jan.  1694-5  transferred  her  interest  to  the  said  John  Mason 
under  a  series  of  deeds  dated  the  24th  Sept.  1695,  25th  and  26th  Sept.  1695, 
4th  Oct.  1695,  and  4th  Jan.  1696-7,  and  a  fine  levied  in  Michaelmas  term 
1697,  under  which  the  Little  Wenham  estate  became  vested  in  Joseph  Thurston, 
of  Colchester,  and  the  same  was  included  in  the  settlement  made  by  indentures 
dated  the  I3th  and  i4th  May,  1698,  on  his  marriage  with  Mary,  eldest 
daughter  of  Sir  Isaac  Rebow,  of  Colchester,  Knt.,  Recorder  of  that  town. 
Joseph  Thurston  died  at  Colchester  the  i6th  Oct.  and  was  buried  at  Little 
Wenham  the  22nd  Oct.  1714,  aged  42,  his  will  being  dated  the  I2th  Aug. 
1712.'  The  estate  passed  to  his  son,  Joseph  Thurston,  who  dying  without 
issue  the  22nd  Dec.  1732,  it  went  to  his  brother  and  heir,  Thomas  Thurston. 
He  sold  the  estate  for  £5,500  to  Philip  Havers  by  deeds  dated  the  22nd 
and  23rd  Nov.  1765.  Philip  Havers  married  Anne  Lowe,  and  made  his 
will  the  I7th  June,  1767. "  On  his  death  the  estate  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Philip  Havers,  who  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  John  Alefounder,  of 
Colchester,  and  died  i7th  Jan.  1778,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and 
heir,  Philip  Havers,  of  Great  Donyland  Hall,  in  Essex,  who  married  Mary 
Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  Edward  Sage,  of  Wivenhoe,  co.  Essex,  and  died 
the  8th  Nov.  1856,'  when  the  estate  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Philip 
Havers,  of  Colchester,  and  of  Wenham,  who  died  the  I3th  Oct.  1874.* 

The  estate  now  belongs  with  the  castle  to  G.  E.  Crisp,  of  Play  ford 
Hall,  who  has  recently  restored  the  old  hall. 

MANOR  OF  VAUX,  GERMANS  OR  JERMYN'S. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Ansgot  by  commendation  to  the  fair  Edith 
in  Saxon  days,  and  was  part  of  the  possessions  of  Earl  Alan  of  Brittany 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  Ermiot  holding  it  under  him.  In  1199  Robert 
de  Vaux  held  the  lordship,  which  at  his  death  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Robert  de  Vaux,5  and  from  him  on  his  death  without  issue  to  his  brother, 
Oliver  de  Vaux.  In  1211  he  paid  500  marks  and  5  palfreys  for  licence 
to  marry  Petronilla,  widow  of  William  de  Longchamp  and  of  Henry  de 
Morn,  and  daughter  and  heir  of  Guy  de  Crouri..  Oliver  de  Vaux  was  one 
of  the  barons  who  made  a  stand  against  King  John,  and  was  living  in 
1245.  His  son  and  heir,  Robert  de  Vaux  or  Vallibus,  who  seems  to  have  held 
a  quarter  of  a  knight's  fee  here  of  Margaret  de  Ripariis,*  died  without 
issue,  being  succeeded  by  his  brother  and  heir,  William  de  Vallibus,  who 

'Proved  P.C.C.  ist  Dec.  1714.  4Will    dated    isth     Sept.    1874,    proved 

2  Proved  P.C.C.  i6th  June,  1769.  P.C.C.  igth  May,  1875. 

3  Will  dated  6th  Nov.  1844,  proved  P.C.C.         5  See  Manor  of  Barsham,  in  this  Hundred. 

March,  1857.  6T.  de  N.  290. 


H4  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

married  Alianora,  daughter  of  William  de  Ferrers,  Earl  of  Derby,  one 
of  the  heirs  of  William  Marshall,  sometime  Earl  of  Pembroke,  having 
married  without  the  King's  licence.  He  obtained  a  pardon  only  on 
payment  of  a  fine  of  200  marks.  He  died  before  1253  without  issue,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  brother,  Sir  John  de  Vallibus. 

Sir  John  de  Vallibus  was  Sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  and  Steward 
of  the  Duchy  of  Aquitaine  in  1283,  having  an  allowance  of  £2,000  per 
annum  for  his  support  in  the  latter  office.  He  died  in  1288,  leaving  two 
daughters  and  coheirs,  Petronilla,  wife  ist  of  Holbroke,  and  2ndly  of 
William  de  Nerford,  and  Maud,  wife  of  William  de  Ros,  and  there  was 

Erobably  a  partition  of  the  manor.      Davy  says  that  in  1330  Margaret, 
ite  wife  of  John  de  Holbroke,  sued  Thomas  de  Holbroke  for  a  moiety 
of  the  manor  as  dower. 

Without  being  able  to  offer  an  explanation,  the  Manor  of  "  Brende 
Wenham  "  was  included  in  a  fine  levied  in  1336  by  William  de  Holebrok 
and  Amicia  his  wife  against  John  de  Breouse,  parson  of  the  church  of 
Stradebrok,  and  William,  parson  of  the  church  of  Parva  Wenham.1  It 
is  possible,  of  course,  this  was  merely  a  fine  levied  for  effecting  some  settle- 
ment of  the  property,  for  the  manor  certainly  seems  to  have  been  vested 
in  Sir  Fulk  de  Vallibus,  and  from  him  to  have  passed  to  his  son,  Robert 
de  Vallibus.  And  on  the  Close  Rolls  in  1339  we  find  a  grant  by  Robert, 
son  of  Fulk  de  Vallibus,  Knt.,  and  John  his  son  to  Lora,  daughter  of 
William  de  Denardeston,  of  Hadleigh,  of  the  manor  and  its  appurtenances 
in  the  towns  of  Wenham  Combust,  Little  Wenham,  Reydon,  Hintlesham, 
Chattisham,  Shelley,  and  Washbrook,2  and  the  same  year  a  grant  by 
the  said  Lora  to  Thomas,  son  of  Sir  Benedict  de  Cokefield,  of  the  same 
premises.1 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  under  the  name  "  Germie  Manor  in 
Capel  "  in  1354  by  Sir  William  Germie  and  Isabella  his  wife  against  Geoffrey 
Fausebroun,  parson  of  the  church  of  Mose,  and  afterwards  of  Buxhall, 
who  resided  at  Fasbourn  Hall  (called  after  him),  in  the  last-named  place.4 

In  1432  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Edward  Hastings,  Knt.,  and 
William  Pers  or  Parson,  of  Ottley,  and  they  this  year  conveyed  it  to  Sir  Gilbert 
Debenham  and  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  the  said  Sir  Edward  Hastings.5 
On  Gilbert  Debenham's  death  in  1449  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Sir  Gilbert  (called  by  Blomefield  Sir  Giles),  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Holebrook,  Knt. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  recorded  between  1474  and  1480 
is  an  action  between  Richard  Clerk,  of  Wenham,  and  the  bailiffs  of  Ipswich, 
as  to  imprisonment  for  a  year  pending  an  action  of  debt  brought  by  this 
Gilbert  Debenham  and  Sir  Gilbert  Debenham,  Knt.,  his  son,  for  the  rent 
of  the  manor  corpus  cum  causa.'  Sir  Gilbert  Debenham  died  in  1481, 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son,  Sir  Gilbert  Debenham,  5th  in  succession 
of  that  name.  He  married  Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Plumpton, 
of  Plumpton,  co.  York,  and  widow  of  William,  Lord  Zouche,  of  Harring- 
worth.  She  died  in  1470,  and  Sir  Gilbert  was  attainted  in  I487,7  and 
died  in  1493,  or,  according  to  the  Davy  MSS.,  1500,'  without  issue.  It 

1  Feet  of  Fines,  9  Edw.  III.  4.  s  Add.  Ch.  25259  ;   Feet  of  Fines,  n  Hen. 

'Close  Rolls,  12  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  19**.  VI.  28. 

'Close  Rolls,  12  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  23</.  'E.G. P.  Bundle  64,  661. 

«Feet  of  Fines,  27  Edw.  III.  i.  "I. P.M.,  8  Hen.  VII. 

"Add.  MSS.  19126. 


WENHAM    PARVA.  115 

seems  that  in  1486  the  King  granted  the  custody  oi  the  manor  for  24  years 
to  Sir  John  Audley,  Knt.,  but  the  last-mentioned  Sir  Gilbert  Debenham's 
nephew  and  heir,  Robert  Brewse,  son  of  Sir  Gilbert's  sister  Elizabeth,  the 
2nd  wife  of  Sir  Thomas  Brewse,  Knt.,  son  of  Sir  Robert  Brewse,  of  Topcroft, 
in  Norfolk,  by  Ela  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Miles  Stapleton,  of  Ingham, 
in  Norfolk,  Knt.,'  appears  to  have  succeeded  to  the  lordship  notwithstanding 
the  King's  grant. 

Robert  Brewse  married  Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Wingfield, 
of  Letheringham,  K.B.,and  dying   7th   Dec.  1513, 2  the   manor  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Brewse,  of  Topcroft  Hall,  Norfolk,  and  Wenham 
Parva,  who  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Scroope,  of  Bentley, 
Knt.,  and  died  6th  Nov.  1514. 3      He  was  buried  in  Little  Wenham  church, 
where,  on  a  large  marble  slab  before  the  altar  rail  are  the  effigies  of  himself 
and  wife  in  brass,  standing  in  the  posture  of  prayer  under  a  double  canopy. 
The  male  figure  is  in  armour,  plain  cuirass  with  skirt  of  five  taces,  under 
which  appears  a  further  defence  of  chain  mail,  visible  also  at  the  neck, 
armpits,  and  ankles.     Tuiles  or  plates  to  protect  the  thighs  depend  by 
straps  from  the  taces.      Jambes  of  plate  armour  cover  his  legs,  and  his 
feet  are  encased  in  ungainly  sabbatons,  with  spurs  attached.    The  sword 
is  suspended  on  his  left  side.     His  shoulders  are  guarded  by  pauldrons 
of  unequal  size,  the  left  being  the  largest.      He  is  bareheaded,  and  clean 
shaven  of  face,  his  hair  worn  long.     The  lady  is  habited  in  a  close-fitting 
gown  cut  low  at  the  neck  and  falling  in  straight  long  folds  to  the  feet, 
where  it  ends  in  a  fur  border,  collar  and  deep  reflexed  cuffs  being  formed 
of  the  same  material.      From  her  girdle   a  chain  reaches  almdst  to  her 
feet,  ending  in  an  ornamental  pendant.       The  headdress  is  of  the  prim 
"  penthouse "   form  then  prevalent,   with    long  diapered  lappets.     Her 
three  daughters  are  engraved  on  a  small  plate  beneath,  dressed  similarly, 
except  that  as  befitted  maidens,  their  hair  is  worn  unconfined,  and  their 
girdles  and   headdresses  plain.       In  the  midst  of  the  canopy  over  her 
head,  a  small  circle  contains  a  female  head  with  flowing  hair,  that  over 
her  husband  being  a  bearded  man's  head. 

The  size  of  brass  is  87  by  36  and  of  effigies  28  by  9.  Round  the  edge 
of  the  stone  ran  a  fillet  bearing  this  inscription,  in  Gothic  letters,  now 
mutilated  :  — 

".  .  .  Brewse  Esquyer,  sumtyme  lord  of  this  maner  and  patron 
of  this  churche,and  Jane  his  wyf  the  whiche  Thomas  decessed  the  VI. 
day  of  Novembre  in  the  yere  of  our  Lord  God  Mo.  Vc.  xiij  in  the 
se  .  .  ." 

In  the  angles  above  the  canopy  and  within  the  border  inscription 
are  two  shields  :  — 

I. — Brewse  quartering  Debenham,  impaling  Scrope  quartering  Tibetot. 

2. — Brewse  impaling  Stapleton. 

Below   the   figures  are   two   more  : — 

3. — Brewse  impaling   Wingfield  quartering  Boville. 

4. — Brewse  impaling  Debenham.4 

On  Sir  Thomas  Brewse's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Sir  John  Brewse,  who  held  his  first  court  for  the  Manor  of  "  Wenham 

1  For  his  descent  from  Sir  William  Brewse  3  His  will  is  dated  5th  Nov.  1514,  and  was 
t.  Henry  III.   see   Hasketon    Hall  proved    5th    Feb.  1514-5;    I.P.M., 

Manor,  in  Carlford  Hundred.  7  Hen.  VIII.  146. 

*  His  will  is  dated  gth  Feb.  1502-3;  I.P.M.,  4East  Anglian  N.  &  6.  vol.  viii.'p.  220. 
6  Hen.  VIII.  40. 


n6  THE    MANORS    OF    SUFFOLK. 

Hall  cum  membris  "  in  1533,  and  subsequent  courts  the  32,  38  (2)  of 
Hen.  VIII.,  24th  April  and  6th  Nov.  i  Eliz.,  and  3rd.  Nov.  5  Eliz.,  but 
the  Court  Rolls  do  not  contain  the  name  of  the  lord  holding  these  courts. 
Sir  John  Brewse  married  ist,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Wil- 
loughby,  of  Parham,  Knt.,  and  2ndly,  Cecily,  daughterof  John  Wilton,  of 
Topcroft,  co.  Norfolk,  and  died  i3th  Feb.  1584-5.'  He  was  buried  in  the 
church  of  Little  Wenham,  where  there  is  a  square  marble  panel  with  an 
inscription  to  his  memory,  and  in  the  centre  above  the  pediment  over 
the  figure  is  a  shield  quarterly  of  six,  viz.  :  First,  Arg.  crusilly  of  crosslets 
Gu.  a  lion  rampant  double-tailed  of  the  second,  crowned  Or,  Brewse  ;  second 
Sa.  a  bend  between  two  crescents,  Or,  Debenham  ;  third,  Or,  a  chevron 
between  ten  crosslets  (six  and  four)  Gu.  Holbrook  ;  fourth,  Arg.  a  chevron 
Gu.  between  three  crosslets  fitchy  Azure,  Shardelowe  ;  fifth,  Gu.  a  cross 
Arg.  St.  Philibert ;  sixth,  Az.  a  chevron  between  six  crosslets,  Arg.  Latimcr. 
At  the  sides  are  two  small  shields  :  (i)  Brewse  impaling  quarterly  (first 
and  fourth)  Az.  a  bend  Or,  Scrope  ;  (second  and  third)  Arg.  a  saltire  engrailed 
Gu.  Tibetot ;  (2)  Brewse  impaling  Wingfield.  Two  more  shields  are  placed 
beneath  the  effigy  :  (3)  Brewse  impaling  Willoughby  (Ufford  quartering 
Becke) ;  (4)  Brewse  impaling  Gu.  on  a  chevron  Arg.  three  crosses  patt£e 
fitch^e  (?)  of  the  field,  Wilton.  On  each  side  of  the  lower  part  of  the  monu- 
ment is  the  badge,  a  crosslet  Gu,  encircled  by  a  ribbon  with  the  motto 
"  Come  Diev  plaist."  Between  them  is  inscribed  "  Vivit  post  fvnera 
virtys."3  On  Sir  John  Brewse's  death  the  manor  passed  under  his  will 
to  his  widow  Cecily  for  lite,  and  subject  thereto  to  his  son  William.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  George  Brooke,  of  Aspall,  and  dying  5th  Aug. 
I599/  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Brewse.  He  was 
an  infant  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  and  six  courts  were  held  by 
Gawdy  on  his  behalf.  They  were  as  follows  :  nth  Oct.  1603  ;  22nd 
April,  1606  ;  i8th  April,  1610  ;  28th  April,  1612  ;  7th  June,  1613  ;  2Qth 
Aug.  1614.  Sir  John  Brewse  held  his  first  court  2O.th  July,  1619,  and  courts 
subsequently  2ist  Sept.  1620  ;  Sept.  1624 ;  26th  April,  1627  ;  I4th  May,  1630  ; 
2Qth  Nov.  1631  ;  2nd  April,  1634.  ^n  the  headings  of  the  Rolls  of  the 
Courts  held  as  above,  Sir  John  is  named  as  lord.  He  also  held  the  following 
courts,  but  is  not  named  in  the  Rolls  as  then  lord  :  25th  Oct.  1634  ;  igth 
Oct.  1636;  3rd  Nov.  1637;  I3th  June,  1639;  I4th  June,  1642;  nth 
Nov.  1642  ;  3ist  Jan.  1642. 

Sir  John  Brewse  married  in  1618  Susanna,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Peyton, 
of  Iselham,  co.  Cambridge,  Bart.,  and  dying,  was  buried  at  Wenham 
gth  Feb.  1642-3,*  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Susanna,  who 
held  her  first  court  loth  June,  1646,  and  subsequent  courts  I3th  Sept. 
1650  ;  16  Sept.  1652  ;*  2nd  Nov.  1652  ;  i6th  Oct.  1655  ;  7th  June, 
1659.  On  the  death  of  Susanna,  who  was  buried  at  Little  Wenham  2Oth 
April,  1660,  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  John  Brewse's  and  her  own  son  and 
heir,  General  William  Brewse,  who  held  his  first  court  2ist  July,  1660, 
and  subsequent  courts  2oth  Jan.  1661  ;  igth  Jan.  1664  ;  3rd  June,  1670  ; 
I2th  Aug.  1675 ;  nth  Jan.  1675  ;  3Oth  March,  1676.  He  married 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Hobart,  of  Norfolk,  Bart.  The  manor 
was  included  in  a  settlement  dated  i8th  June,  1660,  made  by  William 

'His  will  is  dated  ist  Aug.  1582,  and  was  4His  will  is  dated  ist  Feb.   1642-3,  and 
proved  P.C.C.  22nd  Feb.  1584-5.  was  proved  at  Norwich,  i8th  April, 

'East  Anglian  N.  &  Q.  vol.  viii.  220.  1644. 

'His  will  is  dated  3rd  Aug.  1599,  and  was  5jst  >n  English, 
proved  P.C.C.  roth  Aug.  1599. 


WENHAM   PARVA.  117 

Brewse  and  Dorothy  his  wife,  and  was  called  "  Manor  of  Jermyns  in  Capel," 
192  acres.  The  manor  house  called  "  Little  Wenham  Hall,"  with  15  acres, 
was  also  included.  William  Brewse  died  i4th  Jan.  1677-8,'  aged  57, 
and  the  manor  did  not  pass  to  his  widow  Dorothy  for  life,  for  she  survived 
until  gth  Feb.  1710,  but  passed  to  her  son  and  heir,  John  Brewse,  who 
held  courts  for  the  manor  24th  April,  1679  '>  T8th  Oct.  1679  ;  26th  July, 
1681  ;  and  i7th  April,  1682.  He  married  Jemima,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Bigg,  of  Alphamstone,  co.  Essex. 

John  Mason  probably  acquired  the  manor  from  John  Brewse  in  1682, 
for  he  held  his  first  court  igth  Sept.  1682,  and  subsequently  courts  as 
follows  :  22nd  May,  1684  ;  loth  Oct.  1685  ;  23rd  Dec.  1689  ;  2nd  July, 
1691  ;  24th  Dec.  1691  ;  5th  Oct.  1692  ;  2ist  May,  1694  ;  3Oth  April, 
1695  ;  27th  May,  1695  ;  2Oth  Aug.  1697  ;  5th  Dec.  1700  ;  4th  May,  1705  ; 
8th  April,  1706  ;  i6th  April,  1706  ;  5th  June,  1706  ;  i6th  April,  1707  ; 
3rd  Jan.  1708  ;  3ist  Oct.  1709  ;  23rd  Nov.  1709  ;  3rd  April,  1710  ;  27th 
Oct.  1710  ;  29th  April,  1713  ;  22nd  Aug.  1715  ;  2nd  April,  1717  ;  2ist  Oct. 
1717  :  i2th  Nov.  1718.  John  Mason  then  appears  to  have  died  and  to 
have  been  succeeded  in  the  lordship  by  another  John  Mason,  for  such 
held  a  court  styled  "  the  first  court  of  John  Mason  "  4th  Jan.  1720,  and 
subsequent  courts  23rd  May,  1722  ;  i6th  Sept.  1726  ;  25th  Nov.  1729  ; 
nth  June,  1736  ;  I7th  Nov.  1736  ;  I2th  March,  1738  ;  22nd  July,  1741  ; 
I5th  Nov.  1742  ;  and  3rd  Oct.  1746.  John  Mason  then  sold  the  manor 
to  Robert  Freeman,  of  Ardleigh,  co.  Essex,  who  held  his  first  court  2gth 
June,  1750,  and  subsequent  courts  i4th  June,  1754  ;  8th  July,  1756  ; 
2Oth  June,  1759  ;  22nd  Nov.  1759  ;  and  28th  Feb.  1760.  He,  by  will 
dated  2o,th  June,  1759,  devised  the  same  to  his  son-in-law,  John  Cook, 
of  Thorrington  Hall,  in  Thorrington,  co.  Essex,  for  life  and  after  his  decease 
to  his  (testator's)  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  the  said  John  Cook,  for  life, 
and  then  to  his  grandson,  Robert  Cook,  son  of  the  said  John  Cook  and 
Mary  his  wife  for  life,  with  remainder  to  Robert,  ist  son  in  tail  male  with 
divers  remainders  over.  Certain  annuities  for  life  and  legacies  were 
charged  on  the  property. 

Robert  Freeman's  will  was  proved  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canter- 
bury 15th  Sept.  1760. 

John  Cook  held  his  first  court  3ist  July,  1761,  and  subsequent  courts 
27th  Oct.  1769  ;  I2th  Aug.  1771  ;  4th  Sept.  1771  ;  6th  Aug.  1772  ;  5th 
Jan.  1773  ;  nth  Aug.  1774  ;  nth  Dec.  1776  ;  28th  May,  1777;  2ist  July, 
1778;  6th  Jan.  1779  ;  8th  Oct.  1781  ;  2nd  Nov.  1781  ;  5th  June,  1782  ; 
25th  Sept.  1782  ;  and  6th  Feb.  1786. 

Robert  Cook  held  his  first  court  28th  May,  1789,  and  subsequent 
courts  I2th  Aug.  1789;  25th  Aug.  1790  ;  3ist  Oct.  1791.  Robert  Freeman's 
grandson,  Robert  Cook,  had  an  eldest  son,  Robert  Freeman  Cook,  who 
lived  at  Little  Wenham.  He  purchased  the  life  interests  of  his  parents  for 
£3,000,  and  by  virtue  of  indentures  of  lease  and  release  dated  4th  and  5th 
Feb.  1805,  and  a  recovery  suffered  in  Hilary  term  49  Geo.  III.,  an  indenture 
dated  25th  March,  1806,  made  between  the  said  Robert  Freeman  Cook  of 
the  one  part,  and  Thomas  Sketter,  of  Ipswich,  of  the  other  part,  and  a  fine 
duly  levied  in  Easter  term,  46  Geo.  III.  the  manor  became  vested  in  the  said 
Robert  Freeman  Cook  in  fee  simple. 

By  indentures  dated  3rd  and  4th  Nov.  1826,  Robert  Freeman  Cook 
in  consideration  of  £3,000  sold  the  manor  to  James Josselyn,  of  Little  Belstead, 

'His  will  is  dated  gth  Aug.  1652. 


n8  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

who  for  £3,300  sold  again  to  Firman  Josselyn,  formerly  of  Leiston  but  then 
of  Saxmundham,  and  the  conveyance  was  effected  by  indentures  dated 
8th  and  Qth  September,  1828. 

Firman  Josselyn  by  his  will  dated  24th  March,  1840,  being  therein 
described  as  of  Little  Blakenham,  devised  the  manor  to  his  wife  Sarah  and 
George  Josselyn,  of  Ipswich,  upon  trust  for  sale,  and  dying  2nd  March, 
1843,  his  will  was  proved  at  Canterbury  I3th  April  following. 

Sarah  Josselyn  died  2Oth  July,  1843,  and  by  an  indenture  dated  igth 
Oct.  1843,  George  Josselyn,  the  surviving  trustee,  sold  the  manor  for 
£445  to  Joseph  Ansell,  son  of  Thomas  Ansell,  of  Great  Wenham,  by  Elizabeth 
Kemball  his  wife,  and  grandson  of  Robert  and  Mary  Ansell,  of  Milden. 
In  this  deed  the  description  of  the  manor  is  :  "  All  that  the  manor  or 
manors  of  Little  Wenham  Vaux  and  Jarmans  otherwise  Jermyns  with 
view  of  frankpledge  courts  leet  courts  baron  and  customary  courts  fines 
quit  rents  reliefs  heriots  issues  fees  amerciaments  forfeitures  deodans  waifs 
astrays  goods  and  chattels  of  felons  and  fugitives  and  felons  of  themselves 
commons  heaths  fisheries  rights  royalties  jurisdictions  franchises  liberties 
profits  ways  waters  easements  commodities  emoluments  perquisites 
privileges  advantages  and  appurtenances  whatsoever  to  the  said  manor  or 
manors  of  Little  Wenham  Vaux  and  Jaimans  otherwise  Jermyns  issuing 
out  of  or  arising  within  any  of  the  towns  or  parishes  of  Great  Wenham  Little 
Wenham  Washbrook  Copdock  Capel  Hintlesham  Raydon  Holton  Bentley 
Stratford  and  East  Bergholt  in  the  said  County  of  Suffolk  or  any  other  town 
or  towns  there  near  or  belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining  therewith  or 
with  any  part  thereof  held  used  occupied  or  enjoyed  or  therewith  accepted 
reputed  deemed  taken  or  known  as  part  parcel  or  member  thereof  or  of  any 
part  thereof." 

Joseph  Ansell,  by  his  will  dated  3rd  Feb.  1854,  after  bequeathing  two 
sums  of  £7,000  and  £1,300  amongst  various  legatees,  devised  this  manor 
(amongst  his  residuary  estate)  charged  with  the  legacies  to  his  son,  Robert 
Ansell,  in  fee.  Testator  died  I7th  March,  1855,  and  his  will  was  proved 
2Oth  August  following. 

Robert  Ansell  in  1868  sold  the  manor  to  John  Frederick  Robinson,  of 
Hadleigh,  from  whom  the  manor  has  passed  to  and  is  now  vested  in  Charles 
James  Grimwade,  of  Hadleigh. 

Arms  of  NERFORD  :  Gules,  a  lion  rampant,  Ermine.  Of  DEBENHAM  : 
Sable,  a  bend  between  2  crescents  Or.  Of  BREVVSE  :  Ermine,  a  lion  rampant, 
Gules. 

MANOR  OF  STODHAUGH. 

This  manor  was  vested  in  Robert  Brewse,  who  died  in  1513,'  when  it 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Brewse,  on  whose  death  6th  Nov.  1514," 
it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Brewse,  who  died  in  1584-5.  By 
his  will  dated  ist  Aug.  1582,  Sir  John  leaves  this  manor,  if  it  be  the  same  as 
"  Stodhaugh  in  Laxfield,"  to  his  son  Robert. 

MANOR   OF   CALTHAM. 

So  far  as  we  know,  the  lords  were  the  same  as  the  lords  of  the  last 
manor. 

1  See  Manor  of  Vaux,  in  Great  Wenham,  in    '  I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  VIII.  146 
this  Hundred. 


WHERSTEAD.  119 

WHERSTEAD. 

N  Saxon  times  there  were  several  manors  in  this  place.  The 
first  was  that  of  Edmund,  a  freeman  of  Robert  Wimarcson, 
consisting  of  a  carucate  of  land,  2  villeins,  2  bordars,  a 
ploughteam  in  demesne,  which  disappeared  later,  and  at 
the  time  of  the  Survey  was  half  a  team,  also  5  ploughteams 
of  the  men,  and  3  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  205.  The 
soc  was  in  Bergholt.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor 
was  held  by  Earl  Alan.' 

The  second  manor  also  belonged  to  Earl  Alan,  held  of  him  by  Aluric 
the  priest,  and  formerly  was  held  by  Tostin,  consisting  of  40'  acres,  a  plough- 
team  (reduced  when  the  Survey  was  taken  to  half  a  team),  and  a  salt  pan, 
worth  55.,  the  soc  belonging  to  Edeva." 

The  third  manor  was  that  of  Toli,  a  freeman  under  commendation  to 
Robert,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  a  bordar,  a  ploughteam,  3 
acres  of  meadow,  5  hogs,  30  sheep,  and  14  goats,  worth  IDS.  This  manor 
was  held  in  demesne  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by  Suane  of  Essex.3 

Two  manors  under  the  head  of  Pametuna  were  in  Wherstead.  The 
first  was  held  in  Saxon  times  by  Tostin,  consisting  of  60  acres,  2  villeins,  a 
ploughteam,  and  2  acres  of  meadow,  worth  8s.,  the  soc  belonging  to  Edeva. 
At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Aluric  the  priest  held  it  of  Earl  Alan.4 

The  second  manor  was  held  by  Robert,  and  consisted  of  2  carucates  of 
land,  3  villeins,  3  bordars,  2  ploughteams  (reduced  to  i  as  the  time  of  the 
Survey),  3  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men  (which  had  apparently  gone 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and  10  acres  of  meadow.  Also  3  acres  of  free 
land  belonging  to  the  church  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  a  salt  pan,  and  of 
live  stock  8  beasts,  20  hogs,  80  sheep,  and  28  goats.  The  estate  was 
formerly  worth  405.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  when  held  by  Algar,  of 
Suane  of  Essex,  was  worth  305.  The  soc  belonged  to  Robert.  It  was  5 
quarentenes  long  and  4  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  4^.' 

TORINTUNA. 

A  manor  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  Alwin,  a  freeman  of  Stigand, 
and  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land,  6  villeins,  2  bordars,  2  serfs,  2  plough- 
teams  in  demesne  and  3  belonging  to  the  men.  Also  20  acres  of  meadow, 
a  mill,  a  church  with  50  acres  of  free  land  (a  rouncy  at  the  time  of  the 
Survey),  and  6  beasts.  There  were  also  4  hogs,  20  sheep,  and  30  goats, 
the  whole  worth  505.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  this  manor  was  held 
by  Gifard  of  Robert,  son  of  Corbution,  and  some  of  the  details  were  altered— 
there  were  4  villeins,  5  bordars,  a  serf,  2  ploughteams  belonging  to  the 
men,  and  30  hogs.  The  same  man  had  the  soc  under  Stigand.  It  was 
6  quarentenes  long  and  4  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  $d.6 

Amongst  the  lands  of  Earl  Alan  was  a  manor  under  the  head  "  Beria." 
This  is  in  Wherstead.  It  was  held  in  the  Confessor's  day  by  Edith.  There 
were  2  carucates,  i  bordar,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  and  i  acre  of  meadow, 
i  mill,  2  rouncies,  4  beasts,  20  hogs,  100  sheep,  and  12  goats,  and  worth 
405.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Humfrid  held  of  the  Earl,  and  the  plough- 
teams  in  demesne  had  come  down  half,  there  was  but  i  rouncy  and  i  beast, 

'Dom.  ii.  2956.  4Dom.  ii.  2956. 

*Dom.  ii.  2956.  5Dom.  ii.  402. 

3  Dom.  ii.  402.  6Dom.  ii.  426. 


120 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


but  the  hogs  had  gone  up  by  20.  The  Survey  states  that  :  "  It  is  8 
quarentenes  in  length  and  6  in  breadth,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  5^."  Edith 
had  the  soc.1 

WHERSTEAD  HALL  MANOR. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Edmund,  a  freeman  of  Robert  Fits  Wymore, 
and  held  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by  Aluric  under  Alan,  Earl  of  Brittany. 

In  1203  the  lordship  was  held  by  Gilbert  de  Reymes  or  Raiines.  He  was 
admitted  a  free  burgess  of  Ipswich,  and  compounded  for  an  exemption  from 
toll,  custom,  &c.,  for  his  villeins  in  Wherstead.  Upon  his  death  the  manor 
passed  to  his  grandson,  Roger  de  Reymes,  who  was  lord  in  1270.  He 
was  succeeded  by  Hugh  de  Reymes,*  and  he  by  Robert  de  Reymes, 
whose  daughter  and  heir  Alice  married  Sir  Robert  de  Reydon,3  to 
whom  a  grant  of  freewarren  was  made  in  1316.* 

Amongst  the  ancient  deeds  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  we  find  a  release 
in  1296  by  Albreda,  daughter  of  the  late  Gilbert  de  Reymes,  to  this  Sir 
Robert  de  Reydon,  Knt.,  of  all  right  which  accrued  to  her  after  the  death 
of  Sir  Robert  de  Reymes,  his  brother,  formerly  rector  of  the  church  of  Easton 
Gosbeck,  in  lands,  &c.,  in  Wherstead,  Freston,  Woolverstone,  Chemonton, 
Brent  Eleigh,  Copdock,  Ipswich,  Caldewell,  Coddenham,  Alrys,  Wester- 
field,  and  Heigham.*  And  a  similar  release  for  Nicola,  another  daughter 
of  the  said  Gilbert  de  Reymes.6  In  1318  Sir  Robert  had  authority  to 
retain  this  manor  for  life  on  granting  other  lands.7 

He  died  in  1322,*  and  the  manor  passed,  like  the  Manor  of  Raydon 
Hall,  in  this  Hundred,  to  his  son  and  heir,  Walter  de  Reydon  who  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  de  Reydon,  who  dying  without 
issue  the  manor  passed  to  his  sister  and  heir  Alice,  married  to  Sir  Andrew 
de  Bures,  Knt.,  who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1335,'  and  died  in 
1360,'°  from  which  time  to  1441, the  time  of  the  forfeiture  by  James  Buller, 
Earl  of  Wilts,  the  devolution  is  the  same  as  the  Manor  of  Acton,  in  Babergh 
Hundred. 

The  same  year  the  manor  was  granted  by  the  Crown  to  Sir  John 
Harwood,  Knt.,  afterwards  ot  Norfolk."  In  1485  the  Earl  of  Wiltshire, 
brother  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Buller,  Earl  of  Ormond,  was  restored,  and 
he  gave  the  manor  to  Henry,  son  of  Robert  Bures,  of  Acton. 

We  find  amongst  the  State  Papers  in  1526  a  lease  by  this  Henry  Bures 
and  Dame  Anne  Causton,  of  Wherstead  Hall  and  lands  in  Freston."  Henry 
Bures  died  6th  July,  1528, u  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  four  daughters 
and  coheirs.  The  manor  is  included  in  the  three  fines  levied  of  one-fourth  of 
the  manor  in  1567  by  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon  against  Anne  Buttes,  widow, 


'Dom.  ii.  295,  2956. 

"There  is  the  greatest  difficulty  as  to  the 
descents  of  these  de  Reymes,  and 
we  are  unable  to  verify  some  of 
the  entries,  but  it  is  apprehended 
that  the  branch  of  the  Wherstead 
family  ceased,  so  far  as  Suffolk  is 
concerned,  shortly  after  the  pur- 
chase by  Robert,  son  of  Hugh  de 
Reymes  or  Raimes,  of  a  moiety  of 
the  Manor  of  Bolom,  co.  Northum- 
berland, about  1288  (De  Banco  Rolls, 
2Edw.  1 1.  No.  178). 


3  See  Layham  Hall,  Newton,  in  Babergh 

Hundred. 

4 Chart.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  II.  18. 
'24  Edw.  I.  C.  171. 

6c.  517- 

7I.Q.D.  7  Edw.  II.  File  100,  6. 
*  I. P.M.,  Extent,  Robert  de  Reydon  and 
Margery  his  (no  doubt  2nd)  wife, 
16  Edw.  II.  63. 
'Chart.  Rolls,  9  Edw.  III.  37. 
"I.P.M.,  34  Edw.  III.  60. 
"See  O.R.  v.  582. 
"S.P.  iSHen.  VIII.  2844. 
•JI.P.M.,  20  Hen.  VIII.  87. 


WHERSTEAD. 


121 


Sir  William  Buttes,  and  Thomas  Buttes,  as  mentioned  in  the  account  of 
Acton  Manor,  in  Babergh  Hundred. 

The  manor  passed  in  fourth  shares  amongst  these,  as  is  clear  from  the 
inquis.  p.m.  as  late  as  1594,  of  Bridget,  wife  of  Thomas  Buttes,  the  2nd 
daughter,  when  it  was  found  that  she  held  one-fourth  of  this  manor  at  her 
death,  7th  Feb.  1572,'  but  it  ultimately  came  to  and  was  acquired  by  the 
representative  of  the  daughter  Mary  or  Maria,  who  married  Thomas 
Barrow.  From  this  time  till  the  time  of  Maurice  Sheldon,  1666,  the  manor 
passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Newton  Hall,  in  Babergh 
Hundred.2 

In  the  early  part  of  the  igth  century  the  manor  was  vested  in  John 
Vernon,3  who  died  seised  of  it  in  1818,  and  left  it  by  will  to  his  sister  and 
heir  Arethusa,  married  to  Sir  Robert  Harland,  2nd  Bart.,  from  which  time 
the  manor  has  devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Little  Belstead, 
in  this  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  Charles  Edmund  Dashwood,  of 
Wherstead  Park. 

A  survey  of  the  manor  in  1641  will  be  found  amongst  the  MSS.  in  the 
Cambridge  University  Library.4  This  manor  will  be  found  specifically 
mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Alice,  wife  of  Sir  John  Sutton,  in  1392;' 
of  Alice,  wife  of  Sir  Guy  Bryan  in  1435,  and  an  extent  given  ;6  and  in  that  of 
Humphrey,  son  and  heir  of  John,  Earl  of  Arundell,  and  Matilda  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Robert  Lovell,  three  years  later.7  Also  in 
those  of  Amicia,  wife  of  James,  Earl  of  Wilts,  in  1457,"  and  James,  Earl  of 
Wilts,  in  1462.* 

The  Manor  of  Wherstead  is  mentioned  in  the  I. P.M.  of  Roger  le 
Chaumberlyn  in  1319,'°  but  we  cannot  say  with  certainty  which  manor  is 
intended. 

PANNINGTON    HALL   MANOR. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Robert  in  Saxon  times  and  of  Suane  of  Essex 
under  whom  Algar  held  in  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror. 

In  1 202  the  lordship  seems  to  have  belonged  to  Gerard  de  Wachesham, 
who  gave  the  advowson  of  Wherstead  to  the  priory  of  St.  Peter,  Ipswich. 
The  manor  probably  went  to  them  at  the  same  time,  and  at  the  Dissolution 
it  passed  to  the  Crown.  In  1528  it  was  granted  to  Cardinal  Wolsey,"  who 
granted  the  same  the  following  year  to  St.  Mary's  College,  Ipswich.12 

On  Wolsey's  disgrace  the  manor  reverted  to  the  Crown,  and  2nd  Sept. 
1532,  was  granted  by  King  Hen.  VIII.  to  Sir  William  Butts,  Knt.,  M.D.13 

Sir  William  Butts  died  22nd  Nov.  1544,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  William  Butts,'4  who  had  livery  of  this  manor  the  7th  Nov. 
1546. l5  He  died  either  2Oth  Nov.  1580,  or  3rd  Sept.  I583,'6  and  the  manor 


1  i3th  Rep.  Hist.  Com.  pt.  iv.  409. 

2  See  also  Reydon  Hall,  in  this  Hundred, 

and  Brent  Eleigh  Manor,  in  Babergh 
Hundred. 

3  See  Manor  of  Rish  angles,  in  Hartismere 

Hundred. 

4M.  in  II.  19  (2314). 
5I.P.M.   16  Rich.  II.  25. 
6I.P.M.    13  Hen.  VI.  34. 
7I.P.M.    16  Hen.  VI.  50. 
"I.P.M.  35  Hen.  IV.  16. 
9 1. P.M.   i  Edw.  IV.  29. 
'"I.P.M.  13  Edw.  II.  6. 


"S.P.,  20  Hen.  VIII.  4424. 

"S.P.,  20  Hen.  VIII.  5280;  Fine,  Mich. 
20  Hen.  VIII.,  21  Hen.  VIII. 

'3  See  Acton  Manor,  in  Babergh  Hundred  ; 
i3th  Rep.  Hist.  Com.  pt.  iv.  406 ;  O. 
24  Hen.  VIII.  Rot.  27;  S.P.  24 
Hen.  VIII.  1370,  except  advowson 
of  Wherstead  church  and  rectory. 

Ml.P.M.,  37  Hen.  VIII.  75. 

'5  i3th  Rep.  Hist.  Com.  pt.  iv.  408. 

16  Ib.  406;  I. P.M.,  at  Swaffham,  I7th  Sept. 
26  Eliz.  [1584]. 


122 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  Thomas  Butts,  who  in  1592  sold  the  same 
to  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon  and  Nathaniel  Bacon.'  Amongst  the  Additional 
Charters  in  tin-  British  Museum  is  an  exchequer  acquittance  to  Peter 
\\  ilcox  and  William  Wynne  for  redemption  of  this  manor  in  1596  ;'  and 
amongst  the  State  Papers  the  following  year  we  find  a  grant  in  fee  farm  to 
John  Athowe  and  Henry  Beck  of  the  manor  at  tin-  rent  of  £6.  135.  4^.' 

This  is  probably  the  Manor  of  Wherstead  intended  and  included  in  the 
fine  levied  in  1599  by  Sir  John  Townsend  and  others  against  Sir  Nicholas 
Bacon  and  others.4 

The  manor  subsequently  vested  in  John  Vernon,  who  died  seised  of  it 
in  1818,  since  which  time  it  has  gone  with  the  main  manor. 

MANOR   OF   BOWEN    HALL. 

This  appears  in  Domesday  as  Beria  and  was  held  in  Saxon  times  by 
Edith,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by  Humfrid  under  Earl  Alan. 

It  later  vested  in  the  priory  of  St.  Peter,  Ipswich.  Amongst  the  State 
Papers  in  1513  we  find  a  grant  of  the  issues  of  this  manor  to  Thomas 
Goodwyn,  prior-elect  of  St.  Peter's,  Ipswich.5  The  religious  house  at 
Wherstead  was  suppressed  by  Bull  and  annexed  to  the  college  at  Ipswich 
in  I528.6 

The  grant  of  this  manor  to  Cardinal  Wolsey  was  made  the  same  year, 
and  is  also  mentioned  in  the  State  Papers.7  The  following  year  the  manor 
was  conveyed  by  Cardinal  Wolsey  to  St.  Mary's  College,  Ipswich.8 

On  Wolsey's  disgrace  the  manor  again  went  to  the  Crown,  and  was  in 
1530  granted  to  Thomas  Hall,  of  Ipswich  and  Coggeshall,9  who  did  homage 
for  it  in  1533,  and  died  6th  July,  1534,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Bartholomew  Hall,  and  amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of 
Queen  Elizabeth  will  be  found  an  action  respecting  copyholds  of  the  manor 
by  John  Payne  against  this  Bartholomew  Hall.10  Also  an  action  by 
Christopher  Alderman  against  Prudence  Merells  as  to  lands  held  of  this 
Bartholomew  Hall  as  of  this  Manor  of  "  Birne  Hall  "  in  Whersted." 

Bartholomew  married  Christian,  daughter  of  Richard  Broke,  Lord 
Chief  Baron,  and  had  a  grant  of  arms  in  1587.  He  was  buried  at 
Wherstead  i6th  Feb.  1601,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Thomas  Hall,  who  had  livery  in  the  7th  year  of  Jas.  I.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Clench,  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  and 
died  in  1616." 

He  did  not,  however,  retain  till  his  death,  for  we  find  that  in  1609  a 
grant  of  the  manor  was  made  to  Sir  Edward  Coke,  Knt.,  Robert  Bulleyne, 
and  John  Pepes,  who  alienated  in  1622  to  Sir  Francis  Cooke,  Knt., and  Henry 
Curzon. 

By  the  opening  of  the  igth  century  the  manor  vested  in  John  Vernon, 
who  died  seised  of  the  same  in  1818,  from  which  time  it  has  passed  together 
with  the  main  manor. 

Arms  of  HALL  :  Erm.  6  bars  Gu.  and  3  inescutcheons  Or,  2  and  i. 


1 13th  Rep.  Hist.  Com.  pt.  iv.  431. 

"Add.  Ch.  25658. 

3  State  Papers,  1597,  349. 

<  Fine,  Mich.  41  and  42  Eliz. 

»S.P.  5  Hen.  VIII.  4768. 

«S.P.  20  Hen.  VIII  4259  (21). 

'S.P.  20  Hen.  VIII.  4424. 


•S.P.  20  Hen.  VIII.  5280  ;   Fine,  20  Hen. 

VIII.  Easter,  21  Hen.  VIII. 
•S.P.  1530,  6363  (22). 
IOC.P.  ser.  ii.  B.  cxliv.  i. 
"C.P.  i.  6. 
"Will  29th  Sept.  1616. 


WHERSTEAD.  123 

THORINGTON  HALL  MANOR. 

In  Saxon  times  this  was  the  estate  of  Alwin,  a  freeman  under  the 
Archbishop  Stigand,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Norman  Survey  was  vested 
in  Robert,  son  of  Corbution,  under  whom  Gifard  held. 

In  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  the  manor  was  vested  in  Bartholomew  Davilers, 
who  died  in  1276,'  and  from  this  time  until  the  death  of  Sir  Philip 
Parker,  Bart.,  in  1696,  the  devolution  of  the  manor  is  identical  with  that 
of  Erwarton  Manor,  in  this  Hundred. 

By  the  opening  of  the  igth  century  the  manor  had  passed  to  John 
Vernon,  who  died  in  1818,  and  from  that  date  to  the  present  time  the  manor 
has  passed  as  and  with  the  main  manor. 


1 1.P.M.,  4  Edw.  I.  70. 


124  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

WOOLVERSTONE. 

Saxon  times  there  were  two  manors  in  this  place.  The 
first  was  held  by  Tostin,  in  Edith's  soc  and  commendation, 
and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  5  villeins,  2  bordars, 
ij  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  half  a  ploughteam  belonging 
to  the  men,  also  2  acres  of  meadow,  wood  sufficient  to 
support  15  hogs,  a  church  with  10  acres,  5  rouncies,  8  beasts, 
20  hogs,  60  sheep,  and  36  goats,  the  whole  worth  2os.  When 
the  Survey  was  taken  it  was  held  by  Aluric  the  priest  of  Earl  Alan ;  there 
were  2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  7  rouncies,  12  beasts,  30  hogs,  and  100 
sheep,  valued  at  305.  The  manor  was  8  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad, 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  2%d.' 

The  second  manor  was  held  by  Aluret  by  commendation  to  Scalpi, 
and  consisted  of  80  acres,  3  bordars,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne,  and  an 
acre  of  meadow,  worth  i6s.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Robert  Grenon 
held  it  in  demesne,  and  there  was  only  half  a  team,  the  whole  worth  ios.J 

WOOLVERSTON    MANOR   OR   WOOLVERSTON    HALL   MANOR. 

The  two  manors  of  the  Survey  appear  to  have  merged  in  one  at  an 
early  date.  Page  says  that  in  the  time  of  King  Edw.  I.  the  estate  appears 
to  have  been  Crown  demesne.  In  1291  Hamon  de  Wolfreston  had  a  grant 
of  free  warren  here,3  and  in  1310  Robert  de  Reydon  had  a  like  grant.4 

In  1316  the  manor  was  in  the  King's  hands,  but  at  the  same  time 
Sir  John  de  Holbroke,  Knt.,  is  said  to  have  been  lord,  and  he  died  in  1316. 
From  this  time  to  the  time  of  Elizabeth  Wolverston  the  manor  passed 
in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Holbrook,  in  this  Hundred.  Elizabeth 
Wolverston  died  in  1420,'  when  the  manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir, 
Thomas  Woolverston,  who  died  about  1458,  when  the  manor  went  to 
Robert6  Woolverston.  His  will  is  dated  1492,  and  dying  the  same 
year,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Woolverston, 
of  Culpho.  He  died  22nd  Aug.  1516, 7  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Richard  Woolverston. 

The  manor  next  passed  to  Edward  Woolverston,'  who  died  seised 
loth  Oct.  1537, 9  when  it  vested  in  his  son  and  heir,  Philip  Woolverston, 
who  married  at  Woolverstone,  i6th  Oct.  1557,  Frances  Haward,  and  sold 
the  manor  to  Sir  Thomas  Gawdy  in  1580. 

We  meet  with  four  fines  of  the  manor  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth. 

1.  1573.  Thomas    Bulbecke    and    others    v.    John    Kyllegrewe    and 
others." 

2.  1573.  Thomas  Baxter  v.  Philip  Wolverston  and  others." 

3.  1580.  Sir  Thomas  Gawdy  v.  Philip  Wolverston  and  others." 

4.  1580.  Sir  Thomas  Gawdy  v.  T.  Bulbeck  and  others.'3 

'  Dom.  ii.  2956.  MS.      substitutes      Thomas       for 

JDom.  ii.  420.  Edward,  giving  Thomas  as  a  wife 

'Chart.  Rolls,  19  Edw.  I.  i.  Maud,  daughter  of  Sir  Humphrey 

4 Chart.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  II.  18.  Stanley    [of  Pipe,  co.  Stafford]. 

'I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  V.  50.  M.P.M.,  30  Hen.  VIII.  33. 

6 In  some  places  "  Richard,"  and  in  others  '"Fine,  Mich.  15  Eliz. 

"  Roger."  "  Fine,  Mich.  15  Eliz. 

7I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  VIII.  60.  "  Fine,  Trin.  21  Eliz. 

•Davy  makes  Philip  the  son  of  Richard  '3 Fine,  Hil.  23  Eliz. 

and  omits  the  Edward.     The  Blois 


WOOLVERSTONE.  125 

Sir  Thomas  Gawdy,  Knt.,  died  5th  Nov.  1588,  and  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Henry  Gawdy,  then  36  years  of  age.1  The  next  lord  was 
Richard,  eldest  son  of  Richard  Catelyn,  serjeant-at-law,  by  Barbara  his  wife, 
daughter  of  John  Spencer,  of  Rendlesham.  He  married,  according  to  the  Davy 
MSS.  and  Blomefield's  "  Norfolk,"  Dionysia,  daughter  of  Thomas  Marsh, 
Clerk  of  the  Star  Chamber.  In  the  Harleian  Society  "  Le  Neve's  Pedigrees 
of  the  Knights,"  she  is  called  Dionysia,  daughter  of  -  -  Sydney.  He  died, 
according  to  Blomefield  and  Davy,  the  nth  March,  43  Eliz.  [1600],  but 
probably  in  July,  1596,  when  it  is  not  clear  that  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Philip  Catelyn,2  who  married  Dorothy  Laurence,  of  Cambridge, 
a  granddaughter  of  Sir  John  Pasgrave,  Bart.,  and  died  in  1632.  He  is 
described  as  of  Woolverston  Hall,  but  on  his  father's  death  this  manor  seems 
to  have  passed  to  his  widow  Dionysia,  who  remarried  Thomas  Hitchcoke, 
who  seems  to  have  held  in  1609.  The  Catelyns  sold  to  Philip  Bacon,  2nd 
son  of  Edward  Bacon,  of  Shrubland  Hall,  who  died  seised  of  the  manor 
26th  July,  1635.  The  manor  passed  to  Anne,  sole  daughter  and  heir  ol 
Philip  Bacon,  who  married  Thomas  Bedingfield,  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Beding- 
field,  of  Darsham  Hall.  She  married  2ndly  Sir  Philip  Parker,  Bart.,  who 
died  in  1655,  when  the  manor  passed  to  Thomas  Bedingfield,  who  died 
without  issue  in  1684. 

The  manor  subsequently  vested  in  John  Tyson,  who  was  lord  and 
became  bankrupt  in  1720,  when  John  Ward,  of  Hackney,  whom  Kirby 
styled  "  the  infamous  John  Ward,"  claimed  the  manor  in  right  of  a  mortgage 
which  he  had  upon  it.  The  matter  was  brought  before  the  Court 
of  Chancery!,  and  upwards  of  half  a  century  the  cause  remained  undecided. 
In  1728  Knox  Ward  appears  as  lord,  and  amongst  the  Tanner  MSS.  in  the 
Bodleian  is  a  letter  from  him  to  Tanner  proposing  to  exchange  private 
lands  for  others  belonging  to  Woolverston  church.3 

The  estate  of  Woolverstone  was  hired  by  Mr.  William  Berners  for  30 
years  of  Mr.  Ward.  Knox  Ward  died  in  1741.  About  the  year  1773  the 
property  was  ordered  by  the  Court  to  be  sold,  and  it  was  purchased  by 
William  Berners  for  £14,000. 

The  estate  then  consisted  only  of  the  house  and  park,  the  former  of 
which  stood  where  the  stables  now  stand.  The  present  house  was  begun  to 
be  built  about  1778.  The  obelisk  in  the  park  cost  £2,000,  and  the  number 
of  deer  in  the  park  in  1823  was  about  300.  The  additions  to  the  house 
made  by  Mr.  Berners  in  1823  were  made  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Hopper, 
the  architect. 

William  Berners  died  in  1783,  from  which  time  to  the  present  the  manor 
has  devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Erwarton,  in  this 
Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  C.  H.  Berners,  of  Woolverstone  Park. 

The  hall  or  manor  house  is  built  of  Woolpit  brick,  with  stone  dress- 
ings, &c.,  and  has  a  pediment  in  the  centre  of  the  principal  front  supported 
by  four  Ionic  columns.  The  wings  are  connected  with  the  centre  by 
colonnades. 

It  stands  in  a  delightful  situation  on  the  western  bank  of  the  Orwell 
with  a  fine  view  from  the  park  (which  consists  of  450  acres)  of  the  opposite 
shore  of  Nacton,  through  the  trees  which  abound  there. 

1 1.P.M.,  gth  Aug.  31  Eliz.  s Tanner  xx.  54. 

2  Thomas  Catlyn  is  proved  to  be  his  son 

and  heir,  but  he  probably  died  under 

age  ;  see  E.A.  N.  and  Q.  vol.  ix.  47. 


i. >6  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

The  stables,  which  are  an  ornamental  building,  stand  detached  from 
the  house  on  the  spot  occupied  by  the  old  mansion.  The  present  hall 
was  erected  by  William  Berners,  the  purchaser  in  the  Chancery 
action.  He  was  well  known  as  the  proprietor  of  the  street  off  Oxford 
Street,  in  London,  called  after  him. 


The  places  in  the  Domesday  Survey  entered  under  the  Hundred  ol 
Samford,  which  we  have  not  been  able  to  identify  are  the  following:  — 

BELNEI  (?) 

The  only  holding  here  was  that  of  Burcheric,  a  freemen,  and  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  it  belonged  to  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux.1 

CALO-WETUNA. 

A  manor  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  Tostin,  and  consisted  of 
40  acres,  a  border,  and  half  a  ploughteam,  worth  55.  4^.,  the  soc  held  in 
the  same  way.  At  the  time  the  Survey  was  taken  Aluric  held  this  manor 
of  Earl  Alan.1 

EDMINESTUNA. 

Two  manors  were  held  here  in  Saxon  times.  The  first  was  held  by 
Godric,  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  30  acres,  and  half  a  ploughteam,  valued 
at  55.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  it  was  held  by  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gisle- 
bert,  and  was  only  worth  35.  The  soc  was  in  Bergholt. 

And  in  the  Hundred  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  a  Richard  held  three 
freemen — Godric,  Edwin,  and  Leuric,  having  33  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam, 
worth  55.,  which  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  was  worth  6s.  6d.  The  soc  was 
in  Bergholt.3 

The  second  manor  was  held  by  Spiet,  a  freeman  by  commendation, 
and  also  consisted  of  30  acres,  and  in  Saxon  times  of  half  a  ploughteam 
as  well,  worth  55.  The  value  of  this  manor  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  was 
only  worth  qzd. 

In  this  Hundred  was  a  holding  in  demesne  by  commendation  of  seven 
freemen,  consisting  of  120  acres,  and  3  ploughteams,  worth  205.,  the  soc 
belonging  to  Harold.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  holding  was  worth 
255.,  and  it  and  the  manor  belonged  to  Robert  Grenon.4 

GUTHULULVESFORDA. 

A  manor  was  held  here  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  Edith,  who  also  had 
the  soc.  It  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land,  a  villein,  6  bordars,  2  plough- 
teams  belonging  to  the  men  (reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and 
3  ploughteams  could  be  restored.  Also  8  acres  of  meadow,  wood  to  main- 
tain 20  hogs  and  a  mill.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  manor  was  held  by  (the 
Countess  of  Albemarle).  And  in  her  holding  was  also  included  the  third 
part  of  a  church  with  8  acres  worth  £3.  The  manor  was  8  quarentenes 
long  and  3  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  s3.s 

1  Dom.  ii.  378.  4Dom.  ii.  4206. 

2Dom.  ii.  2956.  5Dom.  ii.  431. 

JDom.  ii.  395. 


UNIDENTIFIED    PLACES    IN    DOMEDAY.  127 

MANESFORT. 

A  manor  was  held  here  when  the  Survey  was  taken  by  William  de 
Aln  of  Robert  Grenon,  and  had  formerly  been  held  in  demesne  by  St. 
Benet,  of  Ramsey.  It  consisted  of  ii  carucates  of  land,  2  villeins,  4  bordars, 
2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the  men,  3  acres  of  meadow, 
and  a  mill.  Of  live  stock  there  were  2  rouncies,  5  beasts,  15  hogs,  and  30 
sheep,  valued  at  405.,  the  soc  belonging  to  St.  Benet.  When  the  Survey  was 
taken  there  were  5  bordars,  i  ploughteam  in  demesne,  the  rouncies  had 
gone,  there  were  3  beasts  and  only  5  hogs,  the  value  being  only  2os.  It 
was  6  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt 


PURTEPYT  (?). 

In  the  time  of  the  Confessor  a  manor  was  held  here  by  Osbern,  Aluric's 
freeman,  and  consisted  of  60  acres,  3  villeins,  2  bordars,  2  serfs,  half  a  plough- 
team  in  demesne  and  2  belonging  to  the  men,  worth  IDS.  The  same  Osbern 
held  it  of  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert,  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  the  soc 
being  in  Bergholt.2 

SCOTTUNA. 

A  manor  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  Fribern,  the  King's  thane. 
It  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land,  2  villeins,  10  bordars,  2  serfs  (which  had 
disappeared  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  a  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  i 
belonging  to  the  men,  also  4  acres  of  meadow,  and  the  third  part  of  a  church 
worth  15  acres.  Of  live  stock  there  were  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  7  beasts, 
and  formerly  2  hogs  (increased  to  13  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  60  sheep, 
and  2  hives  of  bees,  also  a  salt  pan,  the  whole  worth  405.  The  soc 
belonged  to  Fribern.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  by 
Rainelm  of  Geoffrey  de  Magnaville.  It  was  6  quarentenes  long  and  4 
broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  ^d.3 

STANFELDA. 

A  manor  was  held  here  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  Aluric,  a  freeman, 
consisting  of  a  carucate  and  15  acres  of  land  (at  the  time  of  the  Survey  4 
bordars  and  a  villein),  a  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  i  belonging  to  the  men, 
also  7!  acres  of  meadow.  The  manor  was  formerly  worth  205.,  but  was 
doubled  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  when  held  by  Hato  of  Earl  Eustace.4 

TORP. 

A  manor  was  held  here  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  Osbern,  Aluric's 
freeman,  and  consisted  of  100  acres,  3  bordars,  a  ploughteam,  and  3  acres 
ol  meadow,  worth  205.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  same  Osbern  held 
it  of  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert,  the  soc  being  in  Bergholt.5 

TOFT. 

The  only  holding  mentioned  in  this  place  was  that  of  Alwm,  a  freeman 
under  commendation  to  Esgar  Stalre,  consisting  of  20  acres.  In  the  same 
township  Aluiet,  a  freeman,  had  an  estate  of  8  acres  with  half  a  ploughteam 

1  Dom.  ii.  4196.  4Dom.  ii.  3036. 

2  Dom.  ii.  3946.  s  Dom.  ii.  3946. 

3  Dom.  ii.  4116. 


128  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

worth  55.,  at  the  tinu>  of  the  Survey  worth  2Os.,  when  it  was  the  estate  ot 
Richard,  son  ol  Earl  Gislebert.     The  soc  was  in  Bergholt.1 

TURCHETLESTUNA. 

driin,  a  timnan,  held  in  commendation  a  manor  here  in  the  time  of 
the  Confessor,  consisting  of  a  carucate  of  land,  2  villeins,  2  bordars,  a 
ploughteam  (which  had  disappeared  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and  2 
parts  of  a  fishery.  Also  a  ploughteam  belonging  to'  the  men,  the  whole 
valued  at  40$.,  reduced  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  385.  The  soc  belonged 
to  Harold.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  it  was  held  by  William  de  Aln 
of  Robert  Grenon,  and  Robert  claimed  it  by  exchange  with  Hugh  de 
Montfort's  land.* 


1  Dom.  ii.  395.  *  Dom.  ii.  420. 


STOW  AND  THEDWESTRY  HUNDREDS. 


THED  «  WAKJVSTRE 

HV 


e:    «*_J 


SAXTON, 
1576. 


SPEED, 
1610. 


J&HfCri 

<xl    *  a?  \ 


nfrfcvtAn  Hill       ltd     ~    .    ~~-^— 


tow    oe 


I)  R    E     0  -  J 


BOWEN, 
777. 


STOW      HUNDRED 

a  fertile  and  picturesque  district  lying  in  the  centre  of  the 
county,  and    averaging  about   seven  miles  in  length  and 
breadth,  bounded  on  the  north  by  Hartismere  ;  on  the  west 
by  Blackbourn    and   Thedwestry    Hundreds ;    and   on    the 
south  and   east  by   Cosford    and    Bosmere  and  Claydon 
Hundreds.     It  is  in  the  Deanery  to  which  it  gives  its  name, 
and  was  in  the  Archdeaconry  of  Sudbury  till  1837,  when  it 
was  added  to  the  Archdeaconry  of  Suffolk,  so  that  it  is  still  in  the  Diocese 
of  Norwich. 

The  fee  of  this  Hundred  was  in  the  Crown  till  John  of  Eltham,  Earl 
of  Cornwall,  obtained  a  grant  of  the  same  from  his  brother,  King  Edw.  III., 
which  he  held  at  the  period  of  his  decease.  It  was  afterwards  given  to 
Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  settled  on  him  by  special  tail  for  his 
good  services.  He  left  it  to  his  grandson  William,  who  died  seised  of  it 
in  1381,  but  having  no  male  issue  his  estate  passed  to  his  three  sisters  and 
their  heirs.  In  1415  it  was  vested  in  Michael  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk, 
who  died  at  the  siege  of  Harfleur  this  year,  and  left  it  to  his  brother  and 
heir  William,  who  died  seised  of  it,  and  left  it  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  de 
la  Pole,  and  his  heirs. 

The  Hundred  consists  of  21,965  acres,  in  14  parishes  and  32  manors, 
as  follows  :  — 


Parishes. 


Manors. 


Parishes. 


Manors. 


Buxhall    .. 
Combs 


Greeting 
St.  Peter's. 


Dagworth 
(ham) . 


Finborough 
(Gt.) 


Finborough 

(Little) 
Gipping   ... 
Harleston    . 
Haughley    . 

R 


Buxhall. 
Cockerells  Hall. 
Leffey  Hall. 
Fenn  Hall. 
Combs. 
Bavents. 

Greeting  St.  Peter's. 
Brasin's  or  Brasier's 
Hall   al.   Thorney 
Mumpers. 

Dagworth          and 
Sorrells     in    Dag- 
worth. 
Gt.   Finborough  or 

Finborough  Magna. 
Finborough    al.   Ar- 

den's  al.  Arder's  al. 

Adder's. 
Cantilupes  al.  Cante- 

lowesa/.  Cantelos. 
Boy  ton  Hall. 

r  Little  Finborough. 

Gipping. 

Harleston. 

Haughley. 


Old  Newton 


Onehouse 


Shelland  . .  . 


Stowmarket 

with 
Chilton   and 
Stow  Upland. 


Wetherden 


Old  Newton. 
Netherhall      al. 
Barrards. 

Onehouse. 

Caldecotes  now 
joined  with  One- 
house  under  the 
title  of  Onehouse 
with  Caldecotes. 

Shelland. 
Rocky  11s. 

Stowmarket   al. 

Abbott's  Hall. 
Columbine    Hall    al. 

Thorney      Colom- 

bers. 
Thorney  Hall 

(Moundevilles). 
Thorney  Campsey. 
Thorney  Keebles. 
Clements. 
Gardens,    Thorney 

Lizons,  and  Liesnes. 
Wetherden  Hall. 
Pulham  Hall. 


130  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

BUXHALL. 

|\\'O  manors  existed  here  in  Saxon  times.    The  main  manor 


held  in  Edward  the  Confessor's  time  by  Lewin  Croc 
with  2  carucates  of  land.  There  were  4  bordar  tenants, 
3  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  16  acres  of  meadow,  half 
a  mill,  2  rouncies,  i  beast,  53  hogs,  and  28  sheep.  A  church 
living  with  30  acres  of  land  and  half  an  acre  oi  meadow,  and 
the  value  was  6os.  Lewin  Croc  had  soc  and  sac  over  the 
hall,  and  the  bordars.  Under  Croc  there  were  seven  freemen  and  a  half 
by  commendation,  and  the  soc  was  in  the  Hundred.  They  had  37  acres 
and  employed  2  plough  teams,  had  i  acre  of  meadow,  and  the  value  was 
IDS.  To  this  manor  Norman,  son  of  Tancred,  added  three  freemen  under 
the  King  by  commendation  and  soc  with  24  acres,  and  they  had  i  plough- 
team,  and  the  value  was  40^.  By  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  the 
3  serfs  had  disappeared,  the  53  hogs  had  been  reduced  to  16,  and  the  28 
sheep  increased  to  30.  The  2  ploughteams  of  the  seven  freemen  were 
reduced  to  half  a  team,  and  the  ploughteam  of  the  three  freemen  had  come 
down  to  a  team  of  2  oxen.  This  manor  was  then  held  by  Roger  Pictaviensis.  ' 

The  other  manor  was  held  by  Frodo,  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds' 
brother.  Twenty-five  freemen  who  held  3  carucates  of  land  and  a  half  in 
the  King's  soc  (with  their  lands)  had  been  delivered  to  Frodo  as  a  manor. 
There  were  5  bordar  tenants  and  a  half.  In  King  Edward's  time  and  even 
after  the  Conquest,  there  had  been  7  ploughteams  among  them  all,  but  in 
the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  these  had  come  down  to  2  in  demesne 
and  3  belonging  to  the  men.  There  were  10  acres  of  meadow,  6  beasts, 
formerly  6  rouncies  then  only  i,  but  there  were  22  hogs  and  36  sheep, 
while  none  of  these  creatures  were  noted  as  existing  there  in  Saxon  times. 
The  old  value  was  6os.,  but  the  value  had  then  increased  to  loos.  The 
King  and  the  Earl  had  the  soc.* 

The  dimensions  (no  doubt  of  the  whole  township)  were  a  league  long 
and  8  quarentenes  broad,  and  it  paid  in  a  gelt  25^.  whoever  was  the  tenant. 
A  small  estate  of  40  acres,  i  ploughteam,  and  5  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at 
2os.,  was  held  by  a  freeman  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely  in  the  Confessor's  time 
by  commendation  only  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Hundred.  By  the  time 
of  the  Survey  the  ploughteam  had  disappeared  and  the  value  was  reduced 
to  half.  This  estate  was  held  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by  Roger  Bigot, 
and  the  Survey  states  that  he  received  it  "  to  make  up  the  value  of 
Baylham  in  another  Hundred.  But  the  Hundred  had  seen  neither  writ 
nor  livery."1 

Another  holding  in  this  place  was  that  of  Ingelric  in  the  Confessor's 
day,  but  in  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  estate  of  Earl  Eustace.  It  consisted 
of  i£  carucates  of  land,  7  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  2  socmen 
with  4  acres,  8  acres  of  meadow,  I  beast,  30  sheep,  which  by  the  time  of 
the  Survey  had  increased  to  40,  and  additionally  there  were  n  goats.  In 
Saxon  times  and  later  the  value  was  405.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  £4.* 

Another  holding  was  that  of  the  Abbot  of  Ely,  consisting  of  a  socman 
with  jo  acres  of  forfeited  land,  and  i  bordar  with  5  acres,  valued  at  iod.5 

The  last  holding  mentioned  in  the  Survey  was  that  of  William  de 
Varennes,  who  had  Humfrey  for  a  tenant,  holding  what  Monulf  the  priest, 

'Dom.  ii.  350.  4Dom.  ii.  303*. 

•Dom.  ii.  3556.  JDom.  ii.  3826. 

JDom.  ii.  336. 


BUXHALL.  I3r 

a  freeman  by  commendation  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely,  in  the  King's  soc, 
had  formerly  held,  namely,  half  a  carucate  of  land  and  30  acres,  7  bordars,' 
i  ploughteam  in  demesne,  2  oxen  belonging  to  the  men,  and  2  acres  of 
meadow.  In  Saxon  times  there  had  been  only  2  bordars.  This  land  was 
held  by  William  de  Varennes  by  reason  of  the  Lewes  exchange.  There 
were  also  four  freemen  under  the  said  Monulf  by  commendation  holding  2 
acres,  the  whole  valued  at  izs.' 

The  land  before  the  time  of   Edw.  I.  had  become   divided  with  four 
manors— BuxhaU  Hall  Manor,  Cockerells  Hall  Manor,  Leffey  Hall  Manor 
and  Fenn  Hall  Manor. 


MANOR   OF   BUXHALL. 

Sir  William  Esturmy  held  three  knights'  fees  in  BuxhaU  and  Iken 
of  the  Honor  of  Lancaster  in  1210-12, *  and  was  also  lord  of  the   Manor  of 
Buxhall.     Testa  de  Nevill  explains  that  really  William  de  Esturmy  held 
two  knights'  fees  in  respect  of  which  his  ancestors  were  wont  to  make  service 
of  three  knights,  but  Hen.  III.  excused  the  service  of  one  knight  for  a 
certain  fishery  in  Orford  which  the  King  then  held  in  his  own  hand.3     The 
Manor  of  Buxhall  had  passed  to  the  Crown  on  the  banishment  of  Roger 
Pictaviensis,  the  Domesday  holder  in  1102,  and  from  that  time  remained 
in  the  Crown  till  the  time  of  Hen.  II.,  when  about  1176  it  was  granted  by 
that  monarch  to  Roger  de  Esturmy,  probably  a  son  of  Richard  Esturmy 
or   Sturmy,  a  son  of    the  Esturmy,  whose   name  appears  on  the  roll  of 
Battle  Abbey.       It  passed  in  1210  to  Sir  William,  son  of  Roger,  who  was 
iigh  Sheriff  for  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  in  1214,  and  died  about  1225,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Esturmy,  who  died  in  1244 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Roger  Esturmy,  who  died  in 
1253."     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  William  Esturmy,  then 
aged  30.     Sir  William  Esturmy  was  custos  and  keeper  of    the    city  of 
Norwich  in  1262,  and  in  1267  together  with  William,  son  of  Robert  Sturmy, 
of  Long  Stratton,  levied  a  fine  by  which  the  manor5  was  settled  on  William' 
son  of  Roger,  the  great-grandson  of  Sir  William,  the  High  Sheriff.      Roger 
was  succeeded  in  1297*  by  Sir  William,  his  son  and  heir,  who  died  about 
1366,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  daughter  and  heir,  who  married  William 
Clement,  of  Stow,  and  left  an  only  daughter  Emma,  married  to  John 
Cakestreet,  and  died  leaving  an  only  daughter  and  heir,  married  to  John 
He  died  leaving  an  only  daughter  and  heir  Anne,  married  to  John 
Copmger,  of  Buxhall,  whose  family  had  long  previously  been  seated  at 
Fasbourn  Hall  in  the  parish. 

The  following  letter  from  the  herald,  Robert  Dale,  written  from  the 

College  of  Arms,  3rd  Aug.  1717,  is  preserved  amongst  the  Cullum  MSS.  : 

Copmger.     By  another  Writ  8th  Feb.   1290,  19  Edw.  I.  I  find  Geffry 

Copmger  of  Waketon  in  Norfolk  and  Walter  Copinger  required  to  answer 

'Dom.  ii.  398.  'Blomefield  says  "four  virgates  of  land 

the    Exchequer,  132    B.  and  the  advowson  of  Buxhall  and 

many   quit    rents,    &c.,    in    South- 
bourne,  Butle,  Orford,  Wanesdene, 

Extent  I.P.M.,    38    Hen.    III.  23;    New  Tunstall,       Blakeshall,       Helmete! 

ef.  bile  15  (17).  Tycesbrigg,  Lelleseye,  Dunwich  and 

Cassenhall." 
6I.P.M.,  25  Edw.  I.  51. 


132  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Stephen  son  of  John  de  Stowmarket  for  an  assault,  proving  the  antiquity 

of  Copinger 

"  Sir    your    obliged    humble    Servant 

"  Robert  Dale." 
"  To  Ambrose  Kedington,  Esq., 

41  at  Acton  nr.  Sudbury,  Suffolk." 

John  Copinger  died  about  1428,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and 
heir,  William  Copinger,  who  by  his  will  made  at  Buxhall  3rd  Sept.  1436, 
left  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Buxhall  to  his  brother,  John  Copinger, 
for  life,  with  remainder  to  John's  son  William  in  fee.  John  Copinger, 
brother  of  William  died  in  1441,'  when  the  manor  and  advowson  passed!  to 
John's  son,  William  Copinger,  who  dying  about  1450  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother,  Walter  Copinger,  to  whom  Fasbourn  Hall  and  other  hereditaments 
in  Buxhall  had  been  devised  by  his  father.  Amongst  the  Early  Chancery 
Proceedings  we  find  an  action  by  this  Walter  Copynger  against  John 
Howard,  clerk,  feoffee,  as  to  both  the  manor  and  the  advowson.'  We  find 
also  a  suit  between  Thomas  Salter  and  John  Salter  the  younger,  feoffee  to 
uses  in  which  the  manor  is  involved.3  Walter  Copinger  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  —  Petytt,  and  died  about  1483,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  John  Copinger. 

Amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings  is  an  action  by  John 
"  Copyngere  "  against  John  Salter  and  Thomas  Salter  as  to  the  detention 
of  deeds  relating  to  the  manor  called  "  Buxhall  Hall."4  From  the  calendar 
the  date  of  this  action  should  be  between  1483  and  1485. 

John  Copinger  died  in  1517, 5  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother 
Walter  Copinger.  He  married  Beatrix  Ashurst,  of  Gloucester,  and  had 
from  Hen.  VIII.  in  1513,  a  grant  of  a  right  "  to  use  and  wear  his  Bonet 
on  his  said  head,  as  well  in  our  presence  as  elsewhere  at  his  liberty,"  by 
reason  of  his  being  "  so  diseased  in  his  head  that  without  his  great  danger 
he  cannot  be  conveniently  discovered  of  the  same."  Under  the  will  of 
his  younger  brother,  Sir  William  Copinger,  Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1512, 
which  will  is  dated  22nd  Nov.  1512,'  he  acquired  Fasbourn  Hall,  which  had 
apparently  been  left  to  him  by  his  father  Walter.  He  died  loth  March, 
1532,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  Buxhall,  together  with  his  wife 
who  had  died  2nd  Feb.  1512,  with  the  following  inscripton  :  — 

'  Walter  Copynger,  gent.,  which  died  the  x.  of  Marche.  An.  M.D. 
xxxii.  and  Beatrix  his  wife  the  second  of  February,  M.D.  xii." 

The  manor  passed  to  Walter's  eldest  son,  John  Copinger.  He  was 
Lieutenant  of  the  Tower,  Master  of  the  Mint,  Groom  of  the  Robes,  and 
Senior  Gentleman  Usher  to  Hen.  VIII.  He  married  Jane,  only  daughter 
and  heir  of  William  Bond,  of  London,  Clerk  of  the  Green  Cloth  to  Hen.  VII. 
by  Anna  Alphage,  only  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Alphage,  of  Boresplace, 
co.  Kent,  by  Isabella,  daughter  and  heir  of  Rice  Petty t,  in  consequence  of 
which  marriage  the  Copingers  quartered  the  arms  of  Bond,  Alphage,  and 
Pettyt.  John  Copinger  died  26th  March,  1540,  having  by  his  wiU  dated 

'Will  I4th  July,  1441,  proved  4th  Dec.,          'E.C.P.,  Bundle  54,40,62,369;  and  another 
1441.  action    between    John    Salter    and 

'E.C.P.,  Bundle  19,  393,    28-31  Hen.  VI.  Thomas  Salter,  Ib.  62,  411. 

1450-1452.   '  4E.C.P.,  Bundle  65,  169. 

5D.L.I.P.M.,  vol.  ii.  No.  113,  S.D. 
•Proved  ist  March,  1513. 


BUXHALL  133 

7th  May,  1539,'  devised  the  manor  to  his  son  and  heir,  Henry  Copinger, 
who  mostly  resided  at  All  Hallows,  Hoo,  co.  Kent.  Henry  Copinger 
purchased  of  the  heirs  of  Symons  the  Davington  Court  estate  in  that  county. 
In  1569  he  presented  his  3rd  son  Ambrose  to  the  living  of  Buxhall,  and 
the  following  year,  on  Ambrose's  resignation,  George  Dickenson.  He 
married  about  1543  Agnes,  7th  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  Knt.,  of 
Rushbrooke,  by  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  Spring,  of  Lavenham. 
By  the  settlement  made  on  this  marriage  the  manor  was  settled  upon 
Agnes  for  life,  and  after  her  death  upon  Henry  Copinger  and  the  heirs  male 
of  the  body  of  the  said  Agnes,  and  in  default  of  such  issue  on  the  said 
Henry  Copinger  in  tail  male.2  Henry  Copinger  died  at  All  Hallows  I3th 
Sept.  1570, 3  and  was  succeeded  by  his  widow  Agnes,  who  survived  till  1600, 4 
when  she  was  succeeded  by  her  grandson,  Sir  Francis  Copinger,  son  of  her 
eldest  son,  Thomas  Copinger,  and  Frances  Brooke,  only  daughter  of  William, 
Lord  Cobham,  K.G.,  by  Dorothy,  daughter  of  George  Nevil,  Lord  Aber- 
gavenny.5  Sir  Francis  Copinger  held  his  first  court  4th  Nov.  1601,  Agnes 
Copinger  his  grandmother  having  held  her  last  court  I3th  March,  42  Eliz. 

By  deed  dated  i6th  Jan.  1602,  Sir  Francis  Copinger  then  described 
as  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Field,  London,  conveyed  the  manor  and  advowson  to 
his  uncle,  Henry  Copinger,  who  was  then  rector  of  Lavenham  by  way  of 
exchange  for  all  right  and  interest  which  Henry  had  in  the  Manors  of 
Dawley  and  Hartington  in  the  county  of  Middlesex.  A  fine  was  accordingly 
levied  this  year  by  Henry  Copinger  against  Francis  Copinger  and  others.6 
This  fine  included  "Buxhall,  Cocksall,  Old  Newton,  and  Fasebornes  manors," 
the  manor  being  actually  settled  upon  Henry  Copinger  for  life  with  remainder 
to  his  son,  William  Copinger,  in  fee.  This  Henry  Copinger  was.  a  man  of 
note  in  his  day.7  He  was  a  Fellow  of  St.  John's,  Cambridge,  and  elected 
Master  of  Magdalen  College,  Cambridge,  under  a  mandate  from  Queen 
Elizabeth,  but  resigned  at  her  request  to  avoid  a  question  of  title  with  the 
Earl  of  Suffolk.  He  married  at  Buxhall,  igth  Aug.  1579,  Anne,  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Henry  Fisher,  of  Lynne,  co.  Norfolk,  and  was  an  intimate 
friend  of  the  eminent  scholar  and  well-known  wit,  the  Rev.  George  Ruggle, 
Fellow  of  Clare  Hall,  Cambridge,  the  author  of  "  Ignoramus."  Henry 
Copinger  was  in  1591  promoted  to  a  prebendary  stall  in  the  Cathedral 
Church  of  York,  being  collated  the  4th  Dec.  that  year.  He  died  2ist  Dec. 
1622,  and  is  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  in  Lavenham,  where  there 
is  a  well-known  monument  to  his  memory,  and  to  that  of  several  members 
of  his  family.3  His  will  is  dated  3ist  Dec.  1621,'  and  he  is  the  subject  of 
some  lines  on  Lavenham  church,  beginning  :  •- 

"  The  great  good  Copinger  whose  godly  ways 
'Twere  well  to  imitate  in  modern  days 
Maintain'd  a  character  which  grac'd  our  land, 
And  for  its  meed  a  laurel  might  demand." 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  William  Copinger,  who  married  gth  Oct. 
1610,  at    Kettlebaston,  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Goodday,  of  Kettle- 

1  Proved  26th  January,  1540.  "Fine,  Hil.  44  Eliz. 

2  Court  Rolls,  5  Edw.  VI.  rSee  Carter's  Hist,  of  Cambridge,  p.  295; 
M.P.M.,  13  Eliz.  pt.  i.  No.  no.  Fuller's  Church  Hist. 

4  Will  7th  Feb.  1599,  proved  27th  Nov.         'See  Copinger's  Hist,  of  Buxhall,  p.  108. 

1600.  'Proved  Jan.  1623. 

'Articles  of  marriage  of  Thomas  Copinger 

with  Frances  Brooke,  Harl.  MSS.  98. 


134  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

baston,  and  had  two  sons  and  six  daughters.  On  the  marriage  of  his  son 
and  heir,  Henry  Copinger,  with  M.irv,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Henry  Herries, 
of  Shenfield,  co.  Essex,  by  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Harbottle 
Grimston,  Bart.,  he  executed  a  settlement  dated  jth  (><t  i()47,  of  the 
manor  under  which  it  was  settled  on  William  Copinger  the  settlor  and  his 
wife  Mary  for  their  lives,  then  on  Henry  Copinger  in  tail  male,  with  remainder 
to  William  C'opinger,  the  2nd  son  in  f<  •  I  he  property  included  in  the 
settlement  was  (inter  nliti)  "The  manors  of  Huxhall  alias  Buckeshall 
Cokesall  alias  Cockesalls  ould  Notions  and  ffasebounes  together  with  the 
perpetual  advowson  and  right  of  patronage  of  the  Church  of  Buxhall." 

William  Copinger  the  father  died  I3th  Jan.  1648,  in  his  &7th  year,1 
and  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Mary,  who  continued  lady  of  the  manor 
until  her  death  4th  March,  1663,'  when  the  manor  devolved  upon  Henry 
Copinger,  the  son,  who  in  1668  barred  the  estates  tail  under  the  settlement 
of  1647,  and  by  deed  dated  ist  Nov.  1668,  declared  the  use  of  the  fine 
levied  to  be  to  himself  for  life,  then  for  his  wife  Mary  for  life,  and  then  to 
his  heirs  male  by  his  wife  Mary,  with  remainder  to  himself  in  fee.  Henry 
Copinger  died  4th  Dec.  1675,  having  by  his  will  dated  3rd  Dec.  1675, 3 
devised  the  manor  to  trustees  in  trust  for  sale  for  the  raising  of  certain 
charges  and  subject  thereto  to  his  son,  Henry  Copinger,  in  fee.  Mary,  his 
widow,  succeeded.  Henry  Copinger  the  son  in  March,  1680,  barred  the 
entail  created  by  his  father's  settlement  of  1668,  and  limited  the  manor  to 
himself  in  fee,  and  the  next  year  by  deed  7th  June,  1681,  purported  to  sell 
the  same  (i.e.,  his  estate  expectant  on  her  decease)  to  his  mother  Mary. 
In  1686  he  married  Sarah  Goodday,  only  daughter  and  heir  of  George  Good- 
day,  and  by  a  settlement  dated  25th  May,  1689,  in  which  his  mother  joined, 
the  manor  was  settled  after  certain  limitations  to  secure  an  annuity  to  the 
mother  Mary,  and  a  term  for  the  benefit  of  incumbrances,  on  himself  in  fee. 
Goodday  advanced  money  on  the  property  and  various  complications 
arose,  and  proceedings  ensued.  Henry  Copinger  died  in  July,  1691, 4 
and  his  mother  Mary  the  following  month  of  October.  Henry  Copinger 
left  his  widow  surviving  and  one  daughter  only,  Sarah  Copinger,  an  infant 
of  three  years.  By  a  deed  in  1708  the  manor  was  vested  in  trustees  to  the 
use  of  Mary  Copinger  (a  sister  of  Henry  Copinger  who  had  advanced  money 
to  her  sister-in-law)  for  2,000  years  for  securing  the  sum  owing  to  her,  with 
remainder  to  Sarah  Copinger  in  fee.  By  articles  of  agreement  on  the 
marriage  of  Sarah  Copinger  the  younger,  the  only  daughter  of  Henry  Copinger 
and  Sarah  his  wife,  with  Dr.  Thomas  Hill  dated  2Oth  Dec.  1709,  it  was  agreed 
that  the  manor  should  be  settled,  and  that  he  should  pay  off  Mary  Copinger's 
charge,  or  if  not  Sarah  his  wife  would  on  attaining  21,  convey  the  manor 
to  Mary  in  fee.  By  a  deed  dated  22nd  December,  1710,  on  Sarah  attaining  21, 
according  to  the  agreement  Thomas  Hill  and  his  wife  conveyed  the  manor  to 
Mary  Copinger  in  fee,  and  she  retained  the  same  till  her  death  igth  May,  1720. 
By  her  will  dated  2Oth  June,  1719,  she  devised  the  manor  to  Thomas 
Hill,  eldest  son  of  Dr.  Thos.  Hill,  and  Sarah  his  wife  in  fee.  Thomas  Hill 
by  his  will  dated  5th  July,  1746,  confirmed  the  settlement  he  had  made 
of  the  manor  on  his  wife  Lydia,  and  devised  the  manor  to  her  for  life,  with 
remainder  to  his  only  daughter  Lydia.  Thomas  Hill  died  5th  Sept.  1746, 
and  his  widow  4th  May,  1748,  at  the  early  age  of  23,  leaving  her  only  child 
Lydia,  who  died  8th  May,  1759,  at  the  age  of  13,  unmarried,  when  the 

'Will  4th  Oct.   1647,  proved  22nd  Jan.          'Proved  27th  Jan.  1676. 

1648.  4Will  ist  Aug.  1690,  proved  gth  Jan.  1693. 

'Will  proved  7th  Jan.  1665. 


BUXHALL.  135 

manor  passed  to  the  Rev.  Henry  Hill,  brother  of  Thomas,  and  then  rector 
of  Buxhall.  He  married  Susan  Hulton,  and  by  his  will  dated  I2th  Sept. 
J775>  devised  the  manor  to  his  wife  Susan  for  life  with  remainder  to  his  son 
Henry  in  fee.  Susan,  the  widow,  by  a  deed  dated  2Qth  Sept.  1776,  conveyed 
it  to  her  son  Henry  free  from  her  life  interest. 

Henry  Hill  by  his  will  dated  28th  July,  1826,  devised  the  manor  to  his 
wife,  Elizabeth  Tweed,  for  life,  with  remainder  to  trustees  for  the  term  of 
21  years  from  testator's  death  in  case  his  nephew,  Copinger  Gooch,  should  so 
long  continue  and  be  a  Fellow  of  Corpus  Christi  College  upon  the  trusts 
therein  mentioned,  and  upon  the  death  of  his  widow  and  the  expiration 
or  determination  of  this  term  to  his  nephew  Copinger  Gooch  in  fee. 

Elizabeth  died  3rd  Mar.  1831,  when  the  Rev.  Copinger  Gooch,  who 
had  assumed  the  name  of  Hill  in  place  of  Gooch,  succeeded  to  the  lordship. 
He  married  in  July,  1830,  Emily,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  George  Pyke,  of 
Baythorn  Park,  co.  Essex,  and  died  I3th  May,  1870,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  eldest  surviving  son  and  heir,  the  Rev.  Henry  Hill,  who  i4th 
Aug.  1862,  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Matthew  Chamley,  of  Warcop, 
co.  Westmoreland. 

In  1899  the  manor  was  sold  by  the  incumbrancers  of  the  Rev.  Copinger 
Hill,  and  of  his  son,  the  Rev.  Henry  Hill,  to  Walter  Arthur  Copinger,  of 
Manchester  and  Buxhall,  who  is  the  present  lord  of  the  manor. 

The  original  mansion  house  of  the  manor  was  no  doubt  the  residence 
now  known  as  Fasbourn  Hall,  for  its  surroundings  pretty  clearly  indicate 
the  fact.  In  later  times,  and  when  the  manor  was  held  generally  by  the 
rector,  an  edifice  known  as  "  Buxhall  Hall  "  was  erected  near  to  the  church, 
and  in  a  meadow  now  known  as  the  "  Old  Lawn,"  and  became  the  manor 
house.  An  avenue  of  trees  still  points  to  its  site,  for  exactly  200  years  ago 
it  was  taken  down  and  the  present  rectory  erected  in  its  stead.  Fasbourn 
Hall  is  approached  by  an  ancient  bridge,  double  arched,  much  after  the 
style  of  the  Abbot's  Bridge  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds.  This  leads  to  a  fore- 
court which  is  still  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  There  have  evidently 
been  at  least  three  houses  on  the  site  at  various  times.  The  second  house 
was  probably  erected  in  the  time  of  Edw.  III.  or  Rich.  II.  In  the  time  of 
Anne,  or  a  little  later,  a  wing  of  the  old  black  and  white  edifice  either  fell 
down  or  was  pulled  down,  and  a  facing  of  brick  given  to  that  part  left 
standing,  the  mansion  being  necessarily  much  reduced  in  size.  A  considerable 
amount  of  water  is  still  stored  within  the  moats,  and  at  a  short  distance 
behind  the  edifice  are  the  ancient  fish  ponds  mentioned  in  the  will  of  John 
Copinger  in  1441. 

The  mount  at  Fasbourn  was  no  doubt  erected  for  the  defence  of  the 
estate  of  Buxhall  held  by  the  great  landowner  in  that  part.  In  the  dawn 
of  the  feudal  system  these  mounts  are  found  to  have  been  erected  at  the 
head-quarters  of  the  lord,  where  stood  the  Aula  or  hall  of  the  Saxon  thane, 
and  when  the  estates  passed  to  the  Normans  the  strong  places  for  their 
defence  would  naturally  hold  the  same  relation  as  before  and  become  the 
caput  or  head  of  the  estate  of  the  baron.'  The  hall  was  for  some 
time  known  as  Copinger  Hall  or  Copinger  Court,  the  family  having 
been  resident  here  as  far  back  as  1240,  when  Alice  Copinger,  the  wife  of 


'  Wall  on  Ancient  Earthworks,  p.  70. 


136  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Adam  Copinger,  was  murdered.    The  following  is  the  entry  on  the  De 
Banco  Rolls  :— 

Assize  Roll,  No.  818. 

Note.— This  is  a  Suffolk  Assize  Roll  containing  "  Assizes  "  and  "  Pleas 
of  the  Crown."  The  latter  commence  on  m.  45. 

m.  45.  "  Placita  corone  capta  apud  Gypewicu  coram  Willo  Ebor  fiposito  Beu'laci 
HenFde  Bathon  1  sociis  suis  Justic  Itin  in  CofhSuff.  anno  F  Reg  Hnf  fil  Reg  Jotes  xxiiij1" 
a  die  Pascti  in  tres  Septimarias." 

-  47.    "  Veredictum  Hundredi  de  Stowe  venit  p  xij1* 

Agnes  q  fuit  uxor  Ade  kopenger  inuenta  luit  occisa  in  domo  Ade  kopenger  in  Bukeshale, 
Thomas  Copenger  p'm*  inventor  venit  1  no  malecdit'.  Et  Clairicia  de  Buckeshale 
q  fuit  in  ea<J  domo  1  tune  ligata  fuit  venit  1  no  malecdit'  n*  sciut  qui  occidunt  earn.  Et  q 
villata  de  Buckeshal  n6  leuauit  utes  nc  fecit  sectam.  Jo  in  mTa  Et  Thomas  fil  ordmeri 
un'  vicinox  qui  attact*  fuit  p  morte  ilia  no  venit  1  fuit  atacti  p  Jotem  copeng'  Adam 
t  yk  mud  Jo  in  mfa.  Et  q  xijr  flo  p'  sentanunt  Engl  j-o  in  mTa. 

In  1332  Geoffrey  Fausebroun,  the  then  rector  of  Buxhall,  resided  here 
until  his  death  in  1361. 

Fasbourn  Hall  is  mentioned  in  the  Court  Rolls  of  the  Manor  of  Buxhall 
in  the  times  of  Queens  Mary  and  Elizabeth  as  "  the  tenement  Fasborne," 
and  in  both  cases  is  stated  to  be  in  the  hands  of  the  lord. 

It  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  will  of  John  Copinger  in  1441,  and 
in  1512  formed  part  of  the  estate  of  Sir  William  Copinger,  Lord  Mayor  of 
London,  being  by  his  will  devised  in  the  following  terms  :  "  I  woll  that 
my  brother  Walter  Copynger  and  Beatrice  his  wife  haue  all  my  lands  and 
tene'ts,  rents  and  s'uices,  called  ffawsebornys,  w'  all  their  appurces  sett, 
lying  and  beyng  in  Boksall,  Hecham,  and  Bretnam,  in  the  countie  of  Suff. 
To  haue  and  to  hold  all  the  foresaid  lands,  tene'ts,  rents  and  s'uices,  w'  the 
appurces  to  the  foresaid  Walter  Copynger  and  Beatrice  his  wife  during 
their  naturall  liffe,  and  the  lyves  of  euery  of  theym  longest  lyving.  And 
after  the  decesse  of  the  saide  Walter  and  Beatrice  I  woll  that  all  the  said 
lands  and  ten'ts  and  other  the  premes,  w'  the  appurtenances,  holly  remayn 
vnto  the  said  John  Copynger,  son  and  heyre  of  the  said  Walter,  and  to 
his  heyres  male  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten.  And  for  defaulte  of  such 
yssue,  the  remayndre  therof  to  the  heyres  generall  of  the  said  Wall 
Copynger  my  broder,  to  haue  and  to  holde  vnto  theym  and  to  theire  heyres 
and  assignes  in  fee  for  euermore." 

The  hall  was  evidently  enjoyed  with  the  rest  of  the  Buxhall  property 
by  the  Copingers,  and  was  their  place  of  residence.  In  the  will  of  John 
Copinger,  dated  igth  July,  1441,  after  giving  to  his  brother  Walter  all  his 
lands  and  tenements,  rents,  and  services  in  Buxhall,  subject  to  certain 
payments,  is  the  following  provision  :  "  And  that  the  said  Alicia  "  (she 
was  testator's  wife,  and  an  annuity  had  previously  been  given  to  her) 
"  have  the  chamber  called  the  chapel  chamber  situate  in  the  tenement 
called  Fausebrounys  with  a  certain  vaulted  chamber  thereto  annexed  for 
her  proper  use,  with  free  egress  and  regress  to  the  same  as  often  as  she 
pleases  for  the  whole  life  of  the  said  Alicia,  together  with  the  utensils  in 
the  kitchen  of  the  said  tenement  and  likewise  egress  and  regress  to  the  hearth 
and  to  thr  pool  there  for  drawing  and  having  water  with  power  to  use  the 
same  and  fish  therein,  and  with  liberty  of  going  into  the  garden  there  for 
taking  fruit  and  herbs  according  as  she  pleases." 


BUXHALL. 


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138  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Certainly  Henry  Copinger,  lord  of  the  manor,  who  died  in  1675,  lived 
here,  for  the  fact  is  clearly  to  be  deduced  from  the  terms  of  his  will.  And 
that  it  continued  to  be  held  along  with  the  other  Buxhall  property  as  late 
as  1692  is  evidenced  by  depositions  taken  under  Commissions  8  Will.  III. 
June  I3th,  1698,  at  Stowmarket  ;  June  I7th,  1696,  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds, 
and  preserved  in  the  Exchequer.  The  plaintiffs  were  Sir  Edward  Ward, 
knt.,  Lord  Chief  Baron  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer  ;  Samuel  Ranstorne, 
merchant  ;  John  Walker  ;  and  the  defendants  George  Goodday,  Sarah 
Copinger,  widow  and  relict  of  Henry  Copinger,  and  Sarah  Copinger  (an 
infant  under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  daughter  and  heir  of  the  said 
Henry  Copinger),  by  Henry  Ball,  her  guardian.  The  subject  matter  was  : 
"  Towns,  fields,  and  parishes  of  Buxhall,  Rattlesden,  Great  Finborrow, 
Little  Finborrow,  Hitcham,  and  Brettenham,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk  ; 
and  a  capital  messuage  called  '  Faseborne  Hall '  and  a  tenement  called 
'  Cogmans,'  situate  in  Buxhall,  '  or  any  other  of  the  said  parishes,'  &c. 
Also  touching  a  messuage,  &c.,  called  '  Cogsett  Gardens/  &c.,  &c.  Metes 
and  bounds,  mortgages,"  &c.,  &c. 

Another  deposition  by  Commission  is  also  preserved  in  the  same  suit 
November  7th,  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  and  November  loth,  1696,  at  Stow- 
market. The  subject  matter  as  appearing  in  the  forty-first  report  of  the 
Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Public  Records  is  "  Capital  messuage  called  Fare- 
borne  Hall,  alias  Fareborne's  Hall  in  Buxhall  (Suffolk)  and  the  lands 
belonging,  and  a  farm  in  Buxhall  aforesaid  called  '  Cogsett  Garden,'  &c., 
formerly  belonging  to  Thomas  Everson  and  Edward  Everson,  and  since  to 
Henry  Copinger,  and  William  Wade  and  John  Pettit,"  &c. 

It  seems  that  in  1681  Henry  Copinger,  being  entitled  subject  to  his 
mother  Mary's  life  interest,  sold  to  her  his  interest  in  remainder  in  Fas- 
bourn  Hall  with  other  property  in  Buxhall  absolutely.  The  deed  bears 
date  June  7th,  1681.  In  1686,  upon  his  marrying,  the  Fasbourn  Hall 
property  was  settled.  It  appears,  however,  that  previous  to  this  settle- 
ment on  the  3rd  Oct.  1681,  Mary  and  Henry  Copinger  had  mortgaged  the 
property  to  Richard  Peryfor  £1,534.  Perv  died,  having  by  his  will  dated 
26th  Jan.  1684,  appointed  William  Pery  and  John  Pery  his  executors, 
who  by  deed  3ist  Aug.  1685,  transferred  the  mortgage  which  was  for  a 
term  of  500  years  to  one  Butler  Buggin.  By  deed  2Oth  Aug.  1690,  it  is 
recited  that  Butler  Buggin  was  but  a  trustee  for  Sir  Edward  Ward,  Lord 
Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  but  at  that  time  a  barrister  of  the  Inner 
Temple,  and  a  transfer  of  the  security  was  made  to  Sir  Edward,  he  making 
a  further  advance  raising  the  mortgage  debt  to  £1,696. 

The  mortgagee,  Sir  Edward  Ward,  entered  into  possession  and  received 
the  rents  from  1692  to  Michaelmas,  1694,  as  appears  from  the  account 
rendered  by  his  agent,  Mr.  Cocksedge.' 

The  Fasbourn  Hall  estate  did  not  therefore  pass  into  the  Hill  family, 
and  was  not  included  in  the  settlement  made  by  the  two  Sarah  Copingers 
on  the  marriage  of  the  latter  with  Dr.  Thomas  Hill  in  1709. 

The  estate,  which  consists  of  191  acres,  including  what  was  formerly 
known  as  "  Cogsetts  Garden  "  and  "  Petits,"  was  held  in  1809  by  one 
Holleck,  when  a  Robert  Ward  (presumably  not  a  descendant  of  the  Lord 
Chief  Baron,  its  former  owner)  was  the  tenant,  and  afterwards  passed  to 
the  Hillhouse  family  of  Finsbury  Square,  London,  and  was  about  five  and 

'Copinger's  Hist,  of  Buxhall,  pp.  192  and  193. 


BUXHALL.  139 

twenty  years  ago  sold  to  Mr.  Cockrill,  who  mortgaged  the  same  to  Mr. 
Goodridge.  On  his  death  the  property  was  sold  by  the  executors,  and  has 
since  been  acquired  by  W.  A.  Copinger  and  added  to  his  Buxhall  estate. 

The  manor  called  "  Buxhall  Hall"  is  the  subject  of  three  fines 
levied,  two  in  the  reign  of  Edw.  III.  and  one  in  that  of  Rich.  II.  The 
first  two  are  both  in  the  year  1366,  and  in  one  Simon  Badele  and  Richard 
Wylde  are  petitioners  and  John  Ruly  and  Margaret  his  wife  are  deforciants, 
and  in  the  other  the  same  Simon  De  Badele  and  John  Austyn  are  petitioners 
and  the  said  John  Ruly  and  Margaret  his  wife  deforciants.1 

The  third  fine  was  levied  in  1384,  Isabella  de  Hedersete  being 
petitioner  and  the  said  John  Ruly  or  Rugley  and  Margaret  his  wife  being 
deforciants.2  This  latter  was  of  the  advowson  as  well  as  of  the  manor. 

Arms  of  ESTURMY  :  Quarterly,  Gules  and  Or  upon  a  bend  Azure  three 
plates.  Of  COPINGER  :  Bendy  of  six,  Or  and  Gu.  on  a  fesse  Azure 
three  plates.  Of  HILL  :  Gules,  2  bars,  Erm.  in  chief  a  lion  passant,  Or. 

MANOR   OF   COCKERELLS   HALL. 

The  manor  is  so  called  after  many  generations  of  holders.  The 
demesne  lands  were  before  the  Conquest  the  inheritance  of  Ingelric  the 
priest,  and  shortly  after  the  Conquest  were  bestowed  on  Count  Eustace, 
who  married  in  1050  Goda,  the  only  daughter  of  King  Ethelred  II.  by 
Emma,  of  Normandy,  and  sister  by  the  father's  side  of  Edward  the  Con- 
fessor. Eustace,  the  3rd  Count,  was  the  Domesday  tenant.  The  manor 
passed  from  him  to  his  only  daughter  Matilda,  Countess  of  Boulogne, 
who  was  married  to  King  Stephen,  at  whose  death  it  passed  to  his  daughter 
Maud,  who  was  abbess  of  Romsey.  She  was  married  under  a  dispensation 
from  the  Pope  to  Matthew,  a  son  of  the  Count  of  Flanders,  but  no  doubt 
the  property  passed  into  the  hands  of  Hen.  II.  when  Count  William  of 
Boulogne  fell  in  the  Toulouse  campaign  in  1159  fighting  in  the  King's 
service. 

The  manor  seems  to  have  passed  by  grant  from  Hen.  II.  to  the 
Cantelins,  and  in  10  Rich.  I.  we  find  Emma  de  Cantelin  lady  of  the  manor, 
when  it  passed  from  her  to  Adam  de  Cockerell.  He  was  succeeded  by  Sir 
William  Cockerell,  Knt.,  and  he  9  Edw.  I.  by  Sir  Robert,  his  son 
and  heir.3  Sir  Robert  was  succeeded  by  his  son  William.4 

Robert  Cockerell  was  the  next  lord,  and  was  succeeded  by  Adam, 
and  he  in  the  time  of  Rich.  II.  by  Robert  Cockerell,  who  in  1397  settled 
the  manor. 

The  settlement  is  amongst  the  Harleian  Charters  in  the  British  Museum, 
and  is  dated  at  Buxhall  Tuesday  next  after  the  Feast  of  the  Exaltation  of 
the  Sacred  Cross,  17  Rich.  II.,  and  by  it  Robert  Cockerell  .described  as  of 
Buxhall,  grants  to  Master  John  de  Norton,  clerk,  John  Spencer,  parson  of 
Drinkstone,  and  Robert  de  Aisshefeld  "  the  Manor  of  Buxhall  "  (that  is, 
of  course,  this  manor  of  Cockerells  Hall  in  Buxhall),  and  lands  and  tenements 
in  Buxhall  and  Rattlesden.  The  deed  is  witnessed  by  Rob.  Capel,  Rob.  de 
Neketon,  Robt.  Aldwick,  Rob.  fil.  Rob.  Capel,  Joh.  de  Halle,  Rob.  Hervy. 

The  next  lord  met  with  is  John  Cockerell,  but  whether  son  or  grandson 
of  Robert  is  uncertain.  John  Cockerell,  son  of  Robert  was  lord  in  1474. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  40  Edw.  III.  29,  31  'Ancient  Deeds,  15  Edw.  I.  A.  5487. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  8  Rich.  II.  18.  4 Rolls  of  Parl.  i.  4796. 


140  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

and  the  Roll  of  a  Court  held  by  him  this  year  is  amongst  the  Additional 
Charters  in  the  British  Museum.1 

John  Cockerell  seems  to  have  parted  with  the  manor  in  1525,  for  we 
meet  this  year  with  a  fine  levied  of  it  by  Ralph  Symonds  and  others  against 
him.  It  included  not  only  the  manor  but  also  lands  and  tenements  in 
Buxhall,  Rattlesden,  and  Finborough.1  William  Betts,  by  his  will  6th 
August,  1551,  wherein  he  describes  himself  as  of  "  Boxwell,"  leaves  the 
Manor  of  Cockerells  to  his  son,  John  Betts,  and  his  heirs,  and  in  default 
of  heirs  to  his  daughter  Agnes.  The  will,  which  is  at  Norwich,  contains 
this  peculiar  direction  as  to  the  manor  :  "  My  Manor  in  Boxall  called 
Cokerells  to  be  let  for  three  years  to  pay  my  debts.  I  will  that  John  my 
son  shall  have  it  at  the  same  price  George  Saulter  hiered  it  of  Master 
Symonds  and  all  my  corn  and  cattell  to  my  son  John  to  pay  my  debts 
with  the  farm  of  the  manor  and  my  wife's  dowry.  If  son  John  die  and  no 
will  made  then  my  daughter  Agnes  to  enjoy  the  same  and  if  die  then  William 
Betts  of  Hadnam  to  be  the  lease  (sic)  of  the  Manor  and  corn  and  cattell." 
Possibly  William  Betts  acquired  from  Ralph  Symonds,  and  John  Betts  the 
son  sold  it,  or  the  Betts  may  have  been  merely  lessees  of  the  manor.  In 
1557  the  manor  was  vested  in  John  Thurston  and  others,  and  a  fine  was  this 
year  levied  against  them  by  James  Revett,  to  whom  the  manor  accordingly 
passed.3 

Davy  says  Sir  John  Spring  held  the  manor  in  1547,  and  that  on  his 
death  I2th  Aug.  1547,  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  William  Spring,  of 
Pakenham,  but  this  is  very  doubtful.  We  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor 
in  1575  levied  by  Henry  Frenche  against  Charles  Wurliche  and  others,4 
but  it  is  clear  that  this  very  year  the  manor  was  held  by  William  Vesey, 
of  Hintlesham,  son  of  Robert  Vesey,  of  Hadleigh,  as  in  his  will  dated  3rd 
June,  1575,  he  specifically  mentions  it  and  devises  it  to  his  younger  son 
Charles,5  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body,  and  in  default  of  such  issue  to  his 
(testator's)  son  William  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  with  divers  remainders 
over.  The  two  brothers,  Charles  and  William,  were  sons  of  the  testator  by 
his  second  wife  Joane,  daughter  of  Robert  Cutter,  of  Ipswich,  and  widow 
of  John  Walton,  of  Hadleigh.  William  Vesey6  the  father  held  his  first 
court  7th  Sept.  i  Eliz.  [1559],  and  died  4th  July,  1577.  Charles  died  without 
issue,  and  William  his  brother  came  in  under  the  entail,  and  in  1596  a  fine 
was  levied  of  the  manor  against  him  by  Robert  Derhaugh  and  others.7 
William  Vesey  held  his  first  court  ist  Sept.,  43  Eliz.  [1601],  and  the  roll  of 
this  court  is  preserved  amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British 
Museum,8  as  is  also  the  roll  of  a  court  held  by  him  in  1603.'  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  Reynolds,  of  Holton. 

By  a  recognizance  dated  3oth  October,  1605,  acknowledged  before  Sir 
John  Popham,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  Charles  Vesey, 
the  eldest  son  of  William  Vesey,  bound  himself  in  £2,000,  the  defeasance 
being  that  "  if  the  said  Charles  Vesey  permit  and  suffer  the  scyte  of  this 
Manner  called  the  Priory  in  Hintlesham  .  .  .  And  the  Mannor  of 
Cockerells  wlh  the  Tenement  Gunnells  in  Buxall  and  Ratlesden  .  .  . 

'Add.  Ch.  26177.  'See  Hintlesham  Priory  Manor,  in  Samford 
'Fine,  Hil.  17  Hen.  VIII.  Hundred. 

'Fine,  Mich.  4  Mary  I.  'Fine,  Easter,  38  Eliz. 

4 Fine,  Easter,  17  Eliz.  'Add.  Ch.  26198. 

'I.P.M.,  29  Eliz.  » Add.  Ch.  26200. 


BUXHALL.  141 

to  descend  and  give  after  his  death  to  the  next  heires  male  of  the  bodie  of 
the  sayd  William  Veisey,  the  father  of  the  sayd  Charles  Veisey  should 
happen  to  die  without  heire  male  of  his  bodie  lawfullie  begotten  without 
discontinuinge  or  altering  the  estate  in  Tayle  male  by  William  Veisey  the 
Grandfather."  In  other  words,  the  bond  was  given  to  debar  as  far  as 
possible  Charles  Vesey  from  cutting  off  or  barring  the  entail.  William 
Vesey,  by  his  will  dated  loth  April,  1616,  proved  at  Norwich,  isth  July, 
1616,'  appointed  his  2nd  son  William  executor.  Charles  Vesey  succeeded 
his  father,  and  had  livery  of  the  manor  in  1616.  He  held  his 
first  court  3rd  Oct.  1623.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edmund 
Doyly,  of  Shottesham,  co.  Norfolk,  and  by  deed  dated  2nd  August,  1625, 
on  the  marriage  of  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas,  with  Mary,  daughter  and  coheir 
of  Thomas  Bull,  of  Flowton,  covenanted  to  settle  the  manor  as  a  provision 
by  way  of  jointure. 

In  1630  William  Vesey,  the  brother  of  Charles,  in  order  that  Charles 
and  Thomas  might  effectually  jointure  the  wife  of  the  latter  agreed  that  he 
would  not,  after  the  marriage,  take  any  advantage  of  the  bond  or 
recognizance  above  so  far  as  the  Manor  of  Cockerells  with  the  tenement 
Gunnells  was  concerned,  in  case  the  said  Mary  Bull  survived  the  said  Thomas 
Vesey.  This  consent  he  gave  by  deed  dated  26th  May,  1630-. 

Charles  Vesey  died  in  1657,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Thomas 
Vesey.  Thomas  Vesey  died  in  1679,*  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Charles 
Vesey,  who  married  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Wenyeve,  of  Bretten- 
ham  Park,  and  of  Christian,  daughter  of  Sir  Dudley  (afterwards  lord) 
North.  Charles  Vesey  died  in  France  5th  October,  i684,3  leaving  an  only 
son,  Dudley  (so  called  after  his  great-grandfather,  Lord  North),  who  died 
about  1700  under  age,  and  without  issue.  Subject  to  the  interest  of  Frances, 
the  widow  of  Charles  Vesey,  who  had  married  John  Tudman,  of  Hammer- 
smith, doctor  of  physic,  the  manor  passed  to  William  Vesey,  of  Elmsett, 
brother  of  Charles,  and  he  by  deed  dated  2Oth  April,  1710,  sold  it  to  Gregory 
Copinger,  then  living  at  Norton,  but  subsequently  at  Bromehall  House,  co. 
Norfolk.  Gregory  Copinger  married  Elizabeth  Kirkham,  and  died  loth 
Feb.  1724,  at  the  age  of  65,  being  buried  at  Weting  St.  Mary,  in  Norfolk. 
By  his  will  dated  i8th  Oct.  1724,  he  devised  the  manor  to  his  son,  Gregory 
Copinger,  for  life,  with  remainder  to  his  (testator's)  grandson  Gregory  in 
tail  male,  with  remainder  to  his  nephew,  Thomas  Copinger,  in  fee.  Gregory 
Copinger  the  son  was  High  Sheriff  for  Suffolk,  1724,  and  resided  at  Cockerells 
Hall.  He  died  in  1743,  and  was  buried  at  Buxhall  1st  Oct.  and  by  his  will 
dated  22nd  Dec.  1739,  devised  the  manor  to  his  wife  for  life  and  after  her 
decease  to  his  daughter  Sarah  in  fee.  No  doubt  his  son  Gregory  had  died 
in  his  father's  lifetime  without  issue  male.  Probably,  however,  he  had 
attained  21  and  barred  the  entail. 

In  1745  Sarah  Copinger,  Gregory's  daughter,  married  Thomas  Moyle, 
of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  and  by  a  settlement  made  on  this  marriage,  dated 
8th  Dec.  1745,  the  manor  was  conveyed  in  strict  settlement  subject  to 
Sarah  Copinger,  the  widow's,  life  interest.  Sarah  Moyle  died  I7th  June, 
1764,  and  her  husband  Thomas,  4th  May,  the  same  year,  leaving  three 
children — Thomas  Copinger  Moyle,  Mary,  and  Isabella.  Thomas  Copinger 

1 1. P.M.,  14  Jac.  3  Will  26th   Ma> ,  1681,   proved  ist  July, 

'Will  2oth  Feb.  1678,  proved  20th  Nov.  1685,  P.C.C. 

1679. 


142  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Moyle  became  entitled  under  the  entail  created  by  his  mother's  marriage 
settlement,  and  the  entail  was  barred  in  Jan.  1769.  Sarah,  widow  of 
Gregory,  died  in  1772,  and  was  buried  at  Buxhall  i4th  Feb.,  and  Thomas 
Copmger  Moyle  26th  May,  the  same  year,  sold  the  manor  to  Thomas  Garner, 
of  Eldon.  He  died  I3th  March,  1803,  having  by  his  will  dated  gth  Jan. 
1800,  appointed  his  property  to  be  sold  by  his  executors,  and  they  sold 
to  James  Webster,  of  Powis  Place,  Great  Ormond  Street,  London,  5th 
Nov.  1812.  Webster  sold  the  manor  20th  April,  1832,  to  the  Hon.  and 
Rev.  Henry  Leslie,  of  Wetherden,  afterwards  Sir  Henry  Leslie,  Bart. 

He  was  the  son  of  Sir  Lucas  Pepys,  Bart.,  M.D.,  physician  to  King 
Geo.  III.,  by  Jane  Elizabeth  Leslie  his  wife,  Countess  of  Rothes,  and  was 
consequently  cousin-german  of  Lord  Cottenham,  and  of  Dr.  Henry  Pepys, 
Bishop  of  Worcester.  Sir  Henry  married  isth  Feb.  1816,  Elizabeth  Jane, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  James  Oakes,  of  Tostock,  but  became  a  widower  on 
the  1 2th  of  the  following  December.  At  the  period  of  his  decease  he  was 
rector  of  Sheephall,  co.  Herts,  and  Wetherden,  Suffolk,  prebendary  of 
Exeter,  and  one  of  the  Queen's  chaplains-in-ordinary.  His  only  sister, 
Lady  Harriet  Leslie,  was  the  first  wife  of  the  Earl  of  Devon.  Sir  Henry 
Leslie  died  at  his  residence,  Juniper  Hill,  Mickleham,  co.  Surrey,  gth  Dec. 
1849,  and  having  no  issue  the  baronetcy  devolved  under  the  limitation 
of  the  patent  on  the  then  Lord  Chancellor,  who  was  the  heir  male  of  the 
Pepys  family,  and  who  was  already  in  possession  of  a  baronetcy.  The 
manor  was  sold  by  the  trustees  of  Sir  Henry  Leslie's  will  (dated  2Oth  Aug. 
1840),  to  Edward  Bennett  by  deed  dated  I7th  Dec.  1853.  He  by  deed 
dated  23rd  June,  1855,  conveyed  the  manor  to  the  trustees  of  his  marriage 
settlement,  Frederick  Harrison  and  G.  Alderson,  who  ist  Feb.  1869,  sold 
to  Thomas  Jonathan  Loch,  who  i7th  Nov.  1870,  sold  to  the  Rev.  Henry 
Hill,  rector  of  Buxhall. 

The  manor  and  estate  were  sold  by  the  incumbrancers  of  the  said 
Henry  Hill  I7th  Dec.  1897,  to  Walter  Arthur  Copinger,  of  Manchester  and 
of  Buxhall,  who  is  the  present  lord. 


MANOR   OF   LEFFEY   HALL. 

This  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  was  the  property  of  William 
de  Warren,  a  follower  of  the  Conqueror,  who  died  in  1089.  In  the  time  of 
Edw.  I.  the  manor  belonged  to  Sir  Thomas  Weyland,  Knt.,  the  eldest  son 
of  Sir  John  Weyland.  He  was  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  King's  Bench, 
and  his  unfortunate  history  is  too  well  known  to  be  here  repeated.1  He 
died  in  1290,  shortly  after  he  had  been  transported  beyond  the  seas,  and 
his  widow  Margery  succeeded  him.  He  left  issue  three  sons,  William,  John, 
and  Richard,  and  the  last  succeeded  his  mother  in  1315. 

He  died  in  1319,  leaving  an  only  child  Cecily,  married  to  Sir  Bartholomew 
Burghersh,  4th  Baron  one  of  the  most  eminent  warriors  of  his  day,  and  one  of 
the  original  Garters.  He  partook  of  the  glories  of  Poictiers,  and  surviving 
his  wife  died  in  1369.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  only  daughter  Elizabeth, 
married  to  Sir  Edward  le  Despenser,  K.G.,  Baron  de  Spenser,  1357.  He 
died  in  1375,  and  Elizabeth  in  1409.  Her  daughter  Anne  married 
ist,  Sir  Hugh  Hastings,  of  Elsing,  and  2ndly  Thomas  Morley, 

1  See  Manor  of  Brandeston,  Loes  Hundred. 


BUXHALL. 


143 


4th  Baron,1  and  the  manor  thus  passed  into  the  Morley  family.  Thomas 
Morley,  4th  Baron,  died  at  Calais  24th  Sept.  I4i6/  and  his  eldest  son  Robert 
who  had  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  John,  Lord  Molines,  having  died  in 
his  father's  lifetime,  the  manor  devolved  on  Robert's  son,  Thomas,  5th 
Lord  Morley,  then  17  years  of  age,  who  married  Isabel  de  la  Pole,  daughter 
of  Michael,  2nd  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  died  in  Dec.  1435.  Their  son,  Robert 
Morley,  6th  Baron,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William,  Lord  Roos, 
and  died  in  1442-3,  and  Robert's  daughter  and  heir  Alianore  married  William 
Lovel,  2nd  son  of  William,  7th  Baron  Lovel,  of  Tichmersh. 

This  Alianore  brought  to  her  husband  William  the  baronies  of  Morley, 
Marshall,  Heagham,  and  Rhie,  together  with  the  office  of  hereditary  Marshal 
of  Ireland,  and  he  was  summoned  to  Parliament  in  1468  by  the  title  of 
"  William  Lovel  de  Morley,  Chevalier,"  and  was  again  called  by  writ  to 
the  Parliament  intended  to  be  held  at  York,  22nd  Sept.  in  the  9  Edw.  IV., 
but  before  the  day  assigned,  viz.,  on  the  7th  of  the  same  month,  he  received 
a  new  writ  from  the  King  suspending  his  former  summons  because,  as 
the  record  affirms,  there  was  need  of  immediate  recourse  to  arms  for 
resisting  that  invasion  of  the  French  and  Scots  with  which  the  Kingdom 
was  then  threatened  ;  and  again  was  summoned  to  the  Parliament  held 
at  Westminster  10  Edw.  IV  (and  49  Hen.  VI.)  by  the  same  title.  He  died 
23rd  July,  1476,  and  his  widow  not  many  days  after,  namely,  28th  Aug., 
leaving  one  son,  Henry  Lovel,  8th  Lord  Morley,  and  one  daughter,  Alice. 

Henry  Lovel,  Lord  Morley,  was  then  little  more  than  10  years  old. 
When  quite  a  young  man  he  was  sent  into  Flanders  with  Lord  Daubiney 
and  others  in  aid  of  Maximillian,  King  of  the  Romans,  whose  subjects 
in  those  parts  had  then  rebelled  against  him,  and  he  was  there  killed  by  a 
gun  shot  at  Dixmude,  from  whence  his  body  being  carried  to  Calais,  was 
there  interred  in  1489. 

He  had  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  de  la  Pole,  Duke  of 
Suffolk,  by  the  Princess  Elizabeth  Plantagenet,  sister  to  King  Edward  IV. 
and  King  Richard  III.,  by  which  alliance  this  Henry  Lovel,  Lord  Morley, 
became  nephew  to  the  kings  last  named  and  cousin  german  to  King  Henry 
VII.,  who  married  the  daughter  of  King  Edward  IV.  His  lady  Elizabeth 
was  also  heiress  (by  the  failure  of  issue  of  all  his  brothers  and  sisters)  of 
John  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Lincoln,  her  brother,  who  was  declared  heir  to 
the  cousin  by  King  Richard  III.,  his  uncle.  The  operation  of  the  settlement 


1  He  was  the  son  of  William,  Lord  Morley, 
who  died  in  1380  (by  his  wife  Cecily, 
daughter  and  eventually  heir  of 
Thomas,  Lord  Bardolf),  by  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir 
John  Damorie,  Knt.,  by  his  wife 
Elizabeth  de  Clare,  widow  of  John  de 
Burgh,  Earl  of  Ulster,  and  daughter 
of  Gilbert  de  Clare,  Earl  of  Glou- 
cester, by  his  wife  Joan  Plantage- 
net, surnamed  Joan  of  Acres,  daugh- 
ter of  King  Edw.  I.  Which  Thomas, 
Lord  Bardolph,  was  son  of  Hugh, 
Lord  Bardolf  (who  died  in  1304)  by 
his  wife  Isabel,  daughter  and  coheir 
of  William,  Lord  Aguillon,  by  his 
wife  Margaret  de  Ripariis,  Countess 
of  Down,  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Warrin  FitzGerald,  Baron  of  Stoke- 


curcy,  co.  Somerset,  which  William, 
Lord  Morley,  was  son  of  Robert, 
Lord  Morley,  who  died  in  France  in 
1360  by  his  wife  Hawisia,  sister 
and  sole  heir  of  John,  Lord  Mare- 
schal,  Lord  Marshal  of  Ireland,  and 
daughter  of  William,  Lord  Mare- 
schal  (who  died  in  1315),  son  of 
John,  Lord  Mareschal,  son  of 
another  John,  Lord  Mareschal  (bro- 
ther of  William  Mareschal,  the 
great  Earl  of  Pembroke)  by  his 
wife  Aliva,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Hubert,  Lord  Rie,  who  died  in 
1171,  which  Robert,  Lord  Morley, 
was  son  of  William  Morley,  sum- 
moned to  Parliament  2oth  Dec. 
1299. 
Admin,  at  Lambeth,  3rd  March,  1416-7. 


144  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

which  brought  this  family  so  near  to  the  succession  to  the  Crown  was, 
however,  prevented  by  the  revolution  which  established  Hen.  VII.  upon 
the  throne. 

Elizabeth  survived  her  husband  many  years,  and  though  it  is  said 
she  was  a  woman  of  uncommon  beauty,  she  resisted  all  temptations  to 
a  second  marriage,  leading  a  most  exemplary  life  of  virtue  in  a  state  of 
widowhood  till  her  death.  She  was  buried  in  the  church  of  Hallingbury 
Morley,  Essex,  where  a  monument  was  erected  to  her  memory  bearing 
the  following  inscription  :— 

Elizabetha,  Ducis  Suffolciae  filia,  atque  inclyti  viri  Henrici  Lovel, 
Morlei  Domini  Uxor,  tanto  Maritum  amore  prosequebatur,  ut  in  praelio 
contra  Gallos  ictu  pilae  aeneae  mortuo,  de  secundis  nuptiis,  ut  cogitaret 
nunquam  postea  adduci  potuit,  sed  florenti  etate,  corporisque  non  mediocri 
pulchritudine  ad  mortem  usque  viduam  permanere  voluit  :  Aliis  Mulieribus 
rarissimum  castitatis  exemplum  —  Vixit  Ann.  51  Ob.  Anno  — Benemerenti 
posuit  Henricus  Parker,  nepos,  Eques  Auratus,  Morlei  Dominus. 

Henry  Lovel,  Lord  Morley,  dying  without  issue,  the  manor  passed 
to  his  sister  and  heir  Alice,  who  married,  ist,  Sir  William  Parker,  Knt., 
and  Lord  Morley  in  her  right.  For  his  valour  and  conduct  in  the  wars 
in  Scotland  he  was  knighted  by  King  Edw.  IV.  and  was  made  King's 
Counsellor  and  standard-bearer  later  to  King  Rich.  III.  Upon 
the  accession,  however,  of  Hen.  VII.,  he  fell  into  disgrace,  and  was  not 
summoned  to  Parliament  or  allowed  to  assume  the  office  of  Marshal  of 
Ireland,  but  lay  imprisoned  in  the  Tower  during  that  whole  reign  and 
until  1510,  in  which  year  he  died  by  violent  means,  as  his  epitaph  in  the 
church  of  Hallingbury  declares  :— 

Epitaphium  Gulielmi  Parkere",  praeclari.     Equitis  Aurati, 

Morlei    Domini. 

En  qui  secur£  procedis  menti  parumper 
Hospes,   siste   gradum,   verbaque   pauca   lege. 
Hie  jaceo,  ut  cernis,  Gulielmus  nomine  Parker, 

Eques  praeclaris  nobilitatus  avis, 

Dum  vixi,  vixi  multis  praecharus  amicis, 

Vi  tamen    heu    perii — Quantum    inimicitiae  ! 

Conquerar,   an  taceam   mecunque  ut   luserit   olim 

Fortuna  instabili  dum  stetit  ilia  rota  ? 

Nil  querar,  O  hospes,  pateant  mihi  limina  c«li 

Accedant  votfe,  fac  tua  vota  precor. 

Vixit  Ann.  56  Ob.  Ann.  1510. 
Patri  bene  merenti  gratissimus  films, 
Henricus  Parker,  Eques  Auratus, 
Morlei  Dominus  posuit. 

Alice  Lovel,  Lady  Morley,  after  the  death  of  Sir  William  Parker,  married 
Sir  Edward  Howard,  K.G.  (and  son  of  Thomas,  2nd  Duke  of  Norfolk), 
Admiral  of  the  Fleet,  who  was  killed  shortly  afterwards  before  Brest, 
in  Brittany,  25th  April,  1513.' 

She  herself  died  in  1518.  In  her  will  dated  Qth  April,  1518,  and  proved 
22nd  Feb.  following,  she  orders  her  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church 
of  St.  Andrews,  of  Hingham,  in  Norfolk.  She  bequeaths  to  Henry  Parker, 
Lord  Morley,  her  son  and  heir,  her  bed  of  cloth  of  gold  and  tawney  velvet, 
also  her  best  bason  and  ewer  of  silver  and  parcel  gilt,  a  bowl  gilt,  with  a 

'Will  1512,  proved  i8th  July,  1513. 


BUXHALL.  145 

cover  gilt  with  her  lord's  arms  and  her's  upon  it  ;  a  standing  cup  with  a 
cover,  gilt,  that  was  gotten  by  her  ancestors,  and  all  the  ornaments  of  her 
chapel,  with  other  parcels  of  plate,  also  various  other  legacies  to  her  two 
daughters,  Jane  and  Alice  Parker,  and  to  Sir  Thomas  Lovel,  K.G.,  then 
treasurer  with  the  King's  grace,  &c. 

Most  probably  in  pursuance  of  this  will  she  was  at  first  interred  in  the 
church  of  Hingham,  but  Henry  Parker,  Lord  Morley,  her  son,  erected 
a  marble  monument  in  the  church  of  Hallingbury-Morley,  which,  as  her  own 
epitaph  recites,  he  designed  for  the  common  place  of  burial  of  his  family, 
and  caused  the  bones  of  his  grandmother,  of  his  father  and  mother,  and  of 
his  wife  to  be  there  entombed,  at  which  time  doubtless  he  removed  the 
body  of  Alice  Lovel  to  the  same  church  of  Hallingbury,  where  her  epitaph 
was  in  these  words  : — 

Nobilis  heu  tristi  concessit  faemina  fato 

Cujus  in  hoc  tumulo  condita  membra  jacent, 

Morlei  dicta  Donima  cui  Alicia  nomen 

A  Lovello  fuit.     Vivat  ubique  precor. 

Maribus  nituit  claris,  et  stemmate  clara, 

Aurea  nunc  inter  sydera  clara  nitet. 

Corpus  terra  tenet,  sed  spiritus  alta  polorum 

Regna  tenet  felix.     Hoc  Deus  ipse  velit. 

Vixit  Ann.  60  Ob.  Ann.  1518.     Matri  beneerenti 

posuit  filius  gratissimus  Henricus  Parker,  Eques 
Auratus,  Morlei  Dominus. 

Henry  Parker  in  1513  was  summoned  to  Parliament  by  the  name  of 
"  Henry  Parker  de  Morley  Chivalier,"  and  I5th  April,  1523,  as  Lord  Morley. 
In  1534  he  had  a  controversy  with  Lord  Dacre,of  Gillesland,  for  precedence, 
which  was  adjudged  to  him.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
St.  John,  of  Bletso,  co.  Bedford,  and  had  by  her  a  son  Henry,  created  a 
Knight  of  the  Bath  at  the  coronation  of  Anne  Boleyn.  This  son  died  before 
his  father,  leaving  by  Grace  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Newport,  of  Brent 
Pelham,  co.  Herts.,  a  son  Henry,  who  succeeded  his  grandfather  on  his 
death  in  1555,'  as  Henry,  nth  Baron  Lord  Morley. 

The  manor  in  the  time  of  Edw.  VI.  belonged  to  Sir  John  Spring/  who 
is  called  Lord  of  Leffey  in  the  Buxhall  Court  Rolls  of  that  reign.  The 
manor,  however,  was  shortly  afterwards  acquired  by  Thomas,  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  who  in  1568  sold  it  to  Robert  Rychars.3  Robert  Richars  died 
in  1589,  leaving  his  son  and  heir  John,  who  sold  in  1596  to  Sir  Robert 
Houghton,  a  serjeant  at  law  and  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  King's  Bench.4 
Sir  Robert  was  the  son  of  John  Houghton  and  Agnes  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Robt.  Play  ford,  of  Brinton.  Sir  Robert  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robt.  Richars,  of  Wortham,  in  Kent,  and  died  in  1623,  his  widow  sur- 
viving him  nine  years.  The  manor  passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  Francis 
Houghton,  who  married  Helen  Armiger,  and  died  in  1629,  wnen  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  Robert.  Robert  Houghton,  who  lived 
at  Shelton,  Norfolk,  by  his  will  1660  directed  his  executors  to  sell  his 

'Admin.  24th  Jan.  1561-2.  3Fine,  Trin.  10  Eliz. 

'See    Manor    of    Pakenham,  Thedwestry         4Fine,  Mich.  38-39  Eliz. 
Hundred. 


146  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

estates  for  payment  of  debts.  He  died  leaving  an  infant  heir  Charles, 
and  his  father's  creditors  obtained  a  decree  for  sale  of  Leffey  Manor  and 
other  estates. 

In  1693  Sir  Edward  Hungerford  was  lord.  In  the  early  part  of  the 
i8th  century  the  manor  passed  into  the  possession  of  Joshua  Grigby, 
town  clerk  of  Bury,  who  in  1723  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Tulby, 
of  Brockdish,  co.  Norfolk,  High  Sheriff  of  that  county  in  1729,  by  Frances 
his  wife,  niece  and  coheir  of  Thomas  Tenison,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
who  died  in  1715. 

Joshua  Grigby  died  in  1771,  and  his  only  son,  Joshua  Grigby,  one  of 
the  knights  of  the  shire  for  Suffolk  in  1784,  succeeded.  He  married  Jane 
Bird,  of  Coventry,1  and  had  three  sons  and  five  daughters. 

He  died  26th  Dec.  1798,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Joshua  Grigby.  The  courts  held  by  the  Grigbys  were  as  follows  :  5th  July, 
1725  ;  4th  Nov.  1732  ;  I7th  Dec.  1733  ;  23rd  Oct.  1740  ;  I4th  Jan.  1743  ; 
25th  Aug.  1746  ;  3rd  Dec.  1746  ;  6th  Aug.  1747  ;  8th  Feb.  1747  ;  30th 
April,  1750  ;  2nd  May,  1752  ;  2Oth  March,  1756  ;  3oth  July,  1759  ;  22nd 
July,  1762 ;  25th  June,  1765  ;  24th  May,  1768  ;  I2th  Aug.  1771  ;  24th 
June,  1774  ;  3Oth  June,  1776;  i6th  July,  1776;  1st  Sept.  1783;  23rd  Sept. 
1783  ;  I4th  Oct.  1783  ;  3Oth  Jan.  1784  ;  1st  Nov.  1787  ;  I7th  Dec.  1790  ; 
27th  April,  1796  ;  22nd  Nov.  1798  ;  I2th  May,  1800  ;  3oth  Sept.  1800. 

In  1801  by  indentures  of  lease  and  release  of  the  I2th  and  I3th  Oct. 
Joshua  Grigby,  who  is  described  as  "  of  Drinkstone,  the  eldest  son  and  heir- 
at-law  of  Joshua  Grigby,  then  late  of  the  same  place,  Esq.,  deceased  and 
also  devisee  in  fee  named  in  his  last  will  and  testament  of  all  his  real  estates 
and  which  said  Joshua  Grigby  the  father  was  only  son  and  heir-at-law 
and  devisee  in  fee  named  in  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Joshua  Grigby 
formerly  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Gent.,  and  also  brother  and  heir-at-law, 
of  Mary  Grigby,  of  Bury,  aforesaid,  spinster  deceased  intestate,"  sold  the 
manor  to  Robert  Fuller,  of  Buxhall. 

Robert  Fuller  held  his  first  court  23rd  July,  1803,  and  held  other  courts 
23rd  Aug.  1803 ;  4th  Nov.  1803  ;  23rd  June,  1807  ;  ist  July,  1809  ;  8th 
Nov.  1811. 

Robert  Fuller  made  his  will  dated  24th  Nov.  1812.  After  giving  an 
annuity  of  £50  to  his  wife  Susan  for  life,  he  devised  the  manor  to  his  great 
nephew,  John  Fuller,  for  life  with  remainder  to  his  sons  successively  in 
tail  male,  with  remainder  to  the  said  John  Fuller's  daughters  as  tenants  in 
common  in  tail  with  cross  remainders  between  them,  with  remainder  to  his 
great-nephew,  Thomas  Fuller  for  life,  with  remainder  as  in  the  case  of 
John  Fuller,  and  in  default  to  Robert  Fuller  Osborn,  the  father,  and  the 
heirs  of  his  body,  and  in  default  to  his  (testator's)  own  right  heirs  for  ever. 
By  a  codicil  dated  3rd  Jan.  1813,  Robert  Fuller  gave  another  annuity  of 
£50  to  his  wife.  The  will  and  codicil  were  proved  nth  May,  1813,  in  the 
court  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

John  Fuller  held  his  first  court  30th  Dec.  1814,  and  subsequent  courts 
7th  Nov.  1825  ;  28th  April,  1826  ;  22nd  June,  1827  ;  2ist  Oct.  1831  ;  5th 
Sept.  1832  ;  2gth  Nov.  1833  ;  ist  Nov.  1848  ;  7th  Feb.  1852  ;  2nd  July, 
1852  ;  22nd  June,  1854  ;  2ncl  Jan-  ^57  ;  3rd  Sept.  1858. 

Robert  Fuller  Osborn  the  father  died  2oth  Sept.  1817,  without  barring 
his  estate  tail  in  remainder,  leaving  Robert  Fuller  Osborn,  commonly 

'  She  died  in  Bedford  Street,  Covent  Garden,  22nd  May,  1789. 


BUXHALL.  147 

called  Robert  Osborn  Fuller,  his  eldest  son  and  heir-at-law,  him  surviving, 
and  he  by  an  enrolled  deed  dated  7th  Dec.  1842,  duly  barred  the  entail. 
Susan,  the  widow  of  Robert  Fuller,  died  in  1820.  Thomas  Fuller  died 
January,  1844,  without  issue.  John  Fuller  died  a  bachelor  June,  1862 ; 
and  22nd  Jan.  1865,  the  mortgagee  of  the  estates,  William  James  Owen 
Holmes,  of  Scole  House,  Norfolk,  who  then  held  securities  to  the  amount  of 
£9,050,  sold  the  estates  and  the  manor  as  a  separate  lot,  the  purchaser  of 
the  manor  being  Charles  Harper,  of  Hadleigh.  From  him  the  manor  was 
acquired  by  Richard  Newman,  of  Hadleigh,  who  held  his  first  court  6th 
Nov.  1868,  and  subsequent  courts  2Qth  Dec.  1868  ;  7th  Jan.  1869  ;  23rd 
Jan.  1869  ;  agth  Jan.  1869,  and  then  by  nine  deeds  of  enfranchisement, 
enfranchised  all  the  copyholds,  and  all  his  remaining  interest  was  acquired 
from  his  representatives  by  Chailes  James  Grimwade,  of  Hadleigh,  and 
whatever  was  left  is  now  equitably  vested  in  Walter  Arthur  Copinger, 
the  holder  of  the  main  Manor  of  Buxhall. 

The  Court  Rolls  from  1725  to  the  present  time  are  in  the  possession 
of  the  said  Walter  Arthur  Copinger. 

Arms  of  HOUGHTON  :  Arg.  on  a  bend  Sa.  3  eagles  displayed  Or. 


MANOR  OF  FENN  HALL. 

This  formed  part  of  the  holding  of  Frodo,  brother  of  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds,  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey.  In  1281  it  belonged 
to  Sir  John  Tendring,  from  whom  it  passed  to  William  Tendring,  who  had 
a  grant  of  a  market  at  Stoke  by  Nayland  in  1303. 

At  the  end  of  the  I4th  century  the  manor  was  owned  by  Sir  William 
Tendring,  who  married  Katherine,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Mylde, 
of  Clare,  and  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Clopton,  of  Kentwell.  From  Sir  William 
Tendring  the  manor  passed  in  1421  to  his  only  child  Alice,  who  married 
Sir  John  Howard,  Knt.,  direct  ancestor  of  the  Dukes  of  Norfolk.  She 
made  her  will  as  Alice  Howard,  I3th  Oct.  1426,'  devising  her  Manor  of 
Buxhall  (should  be  "  in  Buxhall  ")  to  her  son,  Robert  Howard.  Sir 
Robert  Howard  married  Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  de  Mowbray, 
Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Sir  John  Howard,  created 
in  1470  Lord  Howard,  and  in  1483  Duke  of  Norfolk.  He  fell  at  Bosworth 
Field  under  the  banner  of  Rich.  III.,  and  the  usual  forfeitures  followed. 
In  1544  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  John  Spring/  and  he  devised  it  by  his 
will  dated  this  year  to  his  executors  for  n  years  with  remainder  to  his  son, 
William  Spring,  in  tail  male.  Sir  John  Spring  died  in  1547,  and  William 
Spring,  to  whom  the  estate  tail  was  limited,  managed  to  bar  this,  for  in 
1573  he  sold  the  manor  to  James  Ryvett,  of  Bricet,  a  lawyer,  who  married 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Soame,  of  Wantisford.  In  1587  an  action 
was  brought  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  by  Robert  Webbe  against  Robert 
Gages  and  Henry  Gages  to  complete  a  purchase  as  to  lands  in  Buxhall  and 
Shelland  Manor  and  an  outhouse  held  by  Robert  Gages  of  this  James  Rivett 
as  of  his  Manor  of  Fennhall  and  of  the  Manor  of  Shellands  agreed  to  be  sold 

1  Proved  October  25th  following.  2See  Manor  of  Pakcnham,  in  Thedwestry 

Hundred. 


148 


THE    MANORS    OF    SUFFOLK. 


to  the  plaintiff.'     James  Rivett  died  3oth  Jan.  this  same  year,  and  was 
buried  at  Rattlesden  with  the  following  inscription  :— 

Here  lyeth  James  Ryvett  Esqier  and 

Dorothy    his    wiefe.      He    was    Councellor 

in  ye  lawe  Gustos  Rotulorum  and  Justis 

of  Peace  and   Quorum  in  ye   County  of  Suff. 

He  departed  this  liefe  the  30  of  January 

A.D.  1587.    She  the  23  of  Augst 

1617. 

Paternes  of  Virtue,  imytable  ever 

Yet    ymytated   sild   but   equalld  never 

an    orphane    chyld   woth  or  meed   or    merit 

(onely  her  hopes  their  virtues  to  inherit) 

This  to  her  Parents  Fame  so  dedicates 

That  their  renowne  might  overlive  their  Fates 

Pia  Proles  Unicaq  :  Filia 

S.L. 

Hoc  monumentum  Posuit 
memoriae  ergo. 

James  left  an  only  son,  Thomas  Rivett,  of  Rattlesden,  to  whom  the 
manor  passed.  He  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  William  Cotton,  of 
Penfield  Hall,  in  Essex,  and  died  seised  of  Fenn  Hall  Manor  in  1610. 
Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  we  find 
an  action  brought  by  William  Seyer  against  this  Thomas  Rivett  and  his 
mother  Dorothy  for  relief  against  forcible  entry  and  possession  of  lands 
parcel  of  Fennhall  Manor  being  the  complainant's  inheritance.2 

His  eldest  son,  James  Rivett,  having  died  in  his  father's  lifetime, 
Thomas  Rivett  was  succeeded  by  his  (James's)  son  and  heir,  another  Thomas 
Rivett,  of  Rattlesden,  who  married  Joan,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John 
Savill,  of  Netherton,  in  Yorkshire,  and  died  in  1625  without  issue,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  brother,  Edward  Rivett,3  who  married  ist  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  Christopher  Heydon,  Knt.,  and  andly  Anne,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Ayghe,  and  died  in  1660. 

In  1798  Sir  William  Rowley  was  lord,  having  probably  purchased 
the  manor  in  1781.  From  this  time  to  the  present  the  manor  has  passed 
in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Nayland,  in  Babergh  Hundred,  and 
is  now  vested  in  Sir  Joshua  Thellusson  Rowley,  5th  Bart.,  who  is  the  present 
lord  of  this  manor. 


1  C.P.  iii.  280. 

'C.P.  iii.  26. 

3  He  is  described  as  Sir  Edward  Rivett  in 
an  admission  by  Frank  Hedge,  of 
Richard  Pearl,  of  Rattlesden,  to 


land  of  the  manor,  dated  27th  Oct. 
1648,  but  in  the  admission  of  Richard 
Pearle,  son  of  John,  to  the  same 
lands,  i4th  Oct.  1659,  **  "  Edward 
Rivett,  Esqr." 


COMBS.  149 

COMBS. 

HE  one  manor  in  this  place  was  held  at  the  time  of  the 
Domesday  Survey  by  Robert,  Earl  of  Moretaigne. 

It  consisted  in  Saxon  times  of  2  carucates,  12  villeins, 
8  bordars,  6  serfs,  3  ploughteams  in  demesne,  5  ploughteams 
belonging  to  the  men,  2  mills,  wood  sufficient  to  support  16 
hogs,  12  acres  of  meadow,  2  horses,  24  beasts,  16  hogs, 
121  sheep,  and  60  goats. 

At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  serfs  were  reduced  to  2  and  the  5  plough- 
teams  of  the  men  had  come  down  by  degrees,  first  to  3  and  finally  to  i. 
This  manor  was  held  by  Woolnough,  a  freeman  under  the  Confessor.  Under 
the  said  Woolnough  were  50  freemen  having  a  mill,  and  later  they  were 
under  Count  Brien,  the  predecessor  of  Earl  Robert,  as  to  commendation 
only,  in  the  King's  soc.  They  had  under  them  7  bordars  with  8  carucates 
of  land,  and  16  ploughteams  which  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  were  reduced 
by  half.  In  the  time  of  the  Confessor  there  were  62  freemen. 

In  Saxon  times  and  later  this  Manor  of  Combs  had  been  valued  at  £10, 
but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  it  rendered  £16,  though  it  could  scarcely  yield 
the  rent. 

The  value  of  the  50  freemen  in  Saxon  times  was  £16,  but  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  £31.  The  Survey,  not  very  lucidly,  adds  :  "  but  it  could  not 
be  collected  without  a  disturbance  "  (non  possunt  sufferre  sine  confusione). 
Earl  Robert's  predecessor  Brien  evidently  shared  somewhat  of  the  resisting 
spirit  of  the  freeholders,  for  it  is  recorded  that  since  he  had  acquired  the 
manor  he  had  paid  no  dues  to  the  Hundred  court. 

Combs  was  stated  to  be  2  leagues  long  and  i  broad,  and  to  have  paid 
in  a  gelt  37^. 

Half  a  mill  was  held  by  Hugh  de  Montfort,  which  mill  had  belonged 
to  a  freeman  holding  of  the  manor  in  Brien's  time,  and  claim  was  made  by 
Hugh  for  the  livery  as  belonging  to  the  fee  of  his  predecessor,  but  the  view 
of  this  Hundred  was  that  it  never  so  belonged.1 

There  is  the  following  entry  in  the  Domesday  Survey  as  to  the  high- 
handed dealings  of  one  Nigel,  a  sergeant  of  Earl  Robert  de  Moretaigne  in 
reference  to  lands  in  Combs.  It  states  that  he  "  seized  n  acres  belonging 
to  Stow  church,  and  added  them  to  the  Manor  of  Combs.  But  he  is  dead 
and  there  is  none  to  make  answer  thereupon.  And  the  Hundred  testifies 
that  they  were  alms  lands  belonging  to  the  church,  and  12  socmen  in  Combs 
used  to  be  parishioners  in  Stow  church,  but  now  they  are  in  Combs  church. 
The  said  Nigel  took  them  from  Stow."3 

The  manor  subsequently  became  divided  into  two  manors,  as  Manor 
of  Combs  and  Manor  of  Bavents  or  Bavent  Combs. 

MANOR  OF  COMBS. 

This  was  the  manor  of  the  Saxon  freeman  Woolnough,  after  him  of 
Count  Brien  the  Norman,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  was 
held  by  Robert  de  Burgh,  Count  of  Moretaigne,  in  Normandy,  brother  to 
Odo,  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  and  likewise  half-brother  to  the  Conqueror.  He 
was  created  Earl  of  Cornwall  soon  after  the  Conquest,  and  is  conspicuous 
in  the  Bayeux  tapestry,  but  William  of  Malmesbury,  gives  him  the 

'Dom.  ii.  291,  2916.  JDom.  ii.  2916. 


THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 

character  of  being  dull  and  indolent — "  crassi  et  hebetis  ingenii  hominem." 
He  married  Matilda,  youngest  daughter  of  Roger  de  Montgomery,  Earl  of 
Shrewsbury.  He  died  in  1091,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
William,  Earl  of  Moretaigne.  He  took  part  in  a  rebellion  against  King 
Hen.  I.,  and  being  taken  was  kept  prisoner  for  life  and  deprived  of  all  his 
possessions  in  England. 

The  manor  was  next  held  by  Ralph  Avenel,  a  Norman. 

In  1206  Bartholomew  de  Glanville  held  the  manor,  for  he  granted  the 
same  to  Sir  Robert  de  Creke  and  Agnes  his  wfe,  daughter  of  William  de 
Glanville.  Possibly  the  whole  lordship  did  not  pass,'  but  2  carucates  of 
land  in  Combs  certainly  were  settled  on  Agnes  and  her  heirs.  In  1209  the 
Countess  Gundreda  sued  the  said  Robert  de  Creke  for  a  reasonable  dower 
in  a  free  tenement,  &c.,  late  of  Roger  de  Glanville's,  her  husband,  in  Middleton, 
Yokesford,  and  Bacton.  Agnes  had  a  son  Bartholomew,2  who  in  the  time 
of  King  Hen.  III.  gave  lands  to  the  monastery  of  St.  Osyth,  in  Essex,  for 
the  soul  of  Hervey  de  Glanville,  his  mother's  grandfather. 

He  also  gave  to  the  prioress  of  Campsey  155.  yearly  rent  in  Combs, 
and  Margery  de  Crek  gave  a  certain  tenement  to  the  prioress  of  Flixton 
with  a  water  mill  in  Combs  which  Margery  held  of  the  King  in  chief.3 
Amongst  the  Stowe  Charters  in  the  British  Museum  is  a  grant  in  1275  by 
this  Margery  de  Crek,  described  as  a  widow,  to  the  priory  of  Flixton  of  a 
messuage  and  lands  in  Combs,  with  the  advowson  of  the  church,  except  a 
yearly  rent  payment  of  22s.4 

Bartholomew  de  Creke  is  said  in  the  Testa  de  Nevill  (300)  to  have  held 
the  manor  of  Ralph  Avenel,  but  his  rent  of  22/t.  and  \  mark  escheated  to  the 
King.'  He  died  about  1232.  He  (Bartholomew  de  Creke)  married  Margery, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Geoffrey  de  Anos  or  Hanes,  of  Hillington,  lord  of 
Uphall  and  Netherall  Manors,  co.  Norfolk,  and  had  issue  by  her  three  sons 
and  one  daughter,  namely,  Robert,  Geoffrey,  John,  and  Sarah. 

The  manor,  on  the  death  of  Bartholomew  de  Creke,  passed  to  his  widow 
in  dower,  and  on  her  death  in  1252*  went  to  the  eldest  son,  Robert  de 
Cieke,7  who  died  without  issue  about  1288.*  Geoffrey  de  Creke  the  2nd 
and  John  the  3rd  son  also  died  without  issue,9  and  Sarah  married  Roger 
Fitz  Peter  Fitz  Osbert,  and  eventually  succeeded  to  this  estate.  Amongst 
the  Bodleian  Charters  is  a  grant  by  Richard  de  Boyland  and  Matilda  his 
wife  to  Roger  Fitz  Peter  fitz  Roger  Fitz  Osbert  and  Sarah  his  wife  of  a 
rent  of  285.  $\d.  arising  from  lands,  &c.,  in  Combs  and  elsewhere.10 

Sarah  dying  without  surviving  issue  in  1292  (Margaret  her  only  daughter 
having  died  in  her  lifetime),  Roger  Fitz  Peter  fitz  Osbert  held  the  lordship 
by  the  curtesy  of  England,  and  there  is  an  authority  in  1303  for  him  to 
retain  this  manor  on  resettlement  of  the  Manors  of  Watheand  Somerleyton." 
Roger  died  in  1306  without  issue,1  J  and  the  descendants  and  heirs  of  Margaret, 
one  of  the  sisters  of  Bartholomew  de  Creke  and  aunt  to  Sarah,  and  the 
descendants  of  Isabel,  sister  to  Margaret,  were  found  to  be  the  coheirs  of 
Sarah  and  inherited  this  lordship. 

'See  Close  Rolls,  2  Hen.  III.  pt.  ii.  13.  "I.P.M.,  17  Edw.  I.  16. 

*T.  de  N.  283.  "He  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in 

'H.R.  ii.  192.  1285  (Chart.  Rolls,  13  Edw.  I.  54) 

4  Stowe  Ch.  361.  see  Harl.  58  1. 37 ;  I.P.M.,  22  Edw.  I. 

'1324-5,  R.P.  i.  419.  IOC.  1280  Bodl.  Suff.  Ch.  1286. 

'I.P.M.,  36  Hen.  III.  55-  "  I-Q-D.  31  Edw.  I.  File  44,  20. 

7T.  de  N.  295.  "I.P.M.,  Extent,  34  Edw.  I.  58. 


COMBS.  151 

Margaret  the  eldest  married  Sir  John  de  Thorpe,  and  in  1324  Alice, 
widow  of  John  de  Thorpe,  grandson  of  Sir  John,'  who  had  died  i6th  May, 
1323,*  had  the  King's  writ  directed  to  John  de  Blomvill  for  dower  to  be 
assigned  to  the  said  Margaret  out  of  certain  knights'  fees  which  she  inherited 
with  her  sister  Isabel.  The  assignment  of  dower  may  be  seen  on  the 
Close  Rolls  for  I324-3  There  is  also  on  the  Close  Rolls  this  same  year  an 
order  to  deliver  in  dower  to  this  Alice  the  advowson  of  Combs  church,  to 
which  John  de  Thorpe,  her  late  husband,  was  wont  to  present  on  alternative 
occasions.4 

It  will  be  well  first  to  trace  this  moiety,  which  may  be  called  the  Thorpe 
moiety,  of  the  manor.  On  John  de  Thorpe's  death  he  was  succeeded  by 
his  son,  Robert  de  Thorpe.  He  married  Beatrice,  daughter  of  Sir  Edmund 
de  Hengrave,  and  died  in  1330,  and  an  extent  of  the  moiety  of  the  manor  will 
be  found  in  his  inquis.  p.m.5 

There  is  an  order  amongst  the  Originalia  in  1331  to  retain  in  the  King's 
hand  a  moiety  of  Combs  Manor,  of  which  Robert  de  Thorpe  died  seised,  as 
John  de  Thorpe  his  son  was  aged  14  years  only,6  and  the  same  year  we  find 
on  the  Patent  Rolls  a  grant  to  Ralph  Sefoul  of  the  custody  during  the 
minority  oi  John,  son  and  heir,  of  two  parts  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor  late 
of  Robert,  son  of  John  de  Thorpe,  tenant  in  chief.7  John  de  Thorpe  died 
in  1339,"  leaving  Edmund  his  brother  and  heir,9  and  on  the  Close  Rolls 
for  1340  we  find  an  order  to  pay  to  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  arrears 
of  £11.  35.  ^d.  rent  and  155.  of  a  certain  yearly  scutage,  which  John,  son 
of  Robert  de  Thorpe,  was  wont  to  render  to  the  King  for  a  moiety  of  the 
manor,  and  which  the  King  had  granted  to  the  Earl  in  tail  male,  and  John 
being  dead  the  moiety  was  in  the  King's  hands.10  The  moiety  is  mentioned 
in  the  Estreats  (Edmund  de  Thorpe)  in  1346."  Margaret's  sister  and  coheir 
Isabel  had  married  the  Lord  John  Valoins,  and  had  a  son  Robert,  whose  son 
Robert,  Lord  Valoins,  left  two  daughters  and  coheirs — Roesia,  who  married 
Sir  Edmund  de  Pakenham,  and  Cecily,  the  wife  of  Sir  Robert  de  Ufford,  Knt., 
and  between  the  heirs  of  the  two  sisters  of  Bartholomew  and  aunts  of 
Sarah  de  Creke  was  this  lordship  divided.  We  meet  in  1310  with  authority 
for  Edmund  de  Pakenham  and  Roesia  his  wife  to  grant  their  fourth  part 
of  this  manor  to  Robert  de  Ufford  and  Cecily  his  wife  and  their  heirs  in 
exchange.'2 

Sir  Robert  de  Ufford  was  summoned  to  Parliament  as  a  baron  in  1308, 
and  on  his  death  in  1316  Cecily  held  a  moiety  of  the  manor,  for  Sir  Robert 
de  Ufford  and  Cicely  his  wife  had  acquired  from  Sir  Edmund  de  Pakenham 
and  Roesia  his  wife  their  right  in  the  manor  and  advowson,  as  we  have 
already  stated,  in  exchange  for  a  moiety  of  Uphall  Manor,  at  North  Creak, 
in  Norfolk.'3  Cecily  de  Ufford  held  until  her  death  in  1325,  '4  when  her  interest 
passed  to  her  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  de  Ufford,  2nd  Baron,  K.G.,  who 
served  in  the  wars  of  Saxony  in  the  reign  of  Edw.  II.,  and  in  the  beginning 
of  the  reign  of  Edw.  III.  obtained  a  grant  for  life  of  the  town  and  castle  of 

'See  Thorpe  Hall  Manor,  Horham,  Hoxne,  8I.P.M.,  14  Edw.  III. 

and  Booking  Manor,  Helmingham  »See   I. P.M.,   "John,   son   of  Robert  de 
in  Bosmere  and  Claydon  Hundred.  Thorp,"  23  Edw.  III.  164. 

2 1.P.M.,  17  Edw.  II.  61 ;   see  R.P.  i.  420.  "Close  Rolls,  14  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  14. 

3Qose  Rolls,  18  Edw.  II.  77^.  "20  Edw.  III.  (2nd  nos.)  25. 

« Close  Rolls,  18  Edw.  II.  7.  "I.Q.D.,  4  Edw.  II.  File  85,  12. 

sI.P.M.,  4  Edw.  III.  34.  '3  Pat.  Rolls,  4  Edw.  II.  pt.  ii.  22. 

6O.  5  Edw.  III.  R'lis  2-4.  '*  I. P.M.,  19  Edw.  II.  74. 

'Pat.  Rolls,  5  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  2. 


152  THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 

Orford.  On  the  i6th  March,  1336,  he  was  created  Earl  of  Suffolk  in  right 
of  his  grandmother,  Sara  de  Vesey,  the  heiress  of  the  Glanvilles.  He 
distinguished  himself  in  the  wars  of  Edw.  III.1 

Davy  states  that  the  manor  on  the  death  of  Sir  Robert  de  Ufford,  the 
ist  Baron,  and  Cecily  his  wife,  passed  to  Sir  Edmund  de  Ufford,  their  3rd 
son,  and  was  held  by  him  till  his  death  about  1374.  This  statement  is  not 
quite  accurate,  for  not  only  does  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Cecily  de  Ufford,  but 
also  the  Originalia  Rolls  in  1325,  show  that  Cecily  de  Ufford  the  deceased 
held  a  moiety  of  Combs  Manor  in  socage  at  fee  farm  of  £11.  35.  4^.  and  155. 
for  a  scutage,  but  that  Robert  de  Ufford  was  her  heir,  and  there  is  an  order 
as  to  security  for  relief.1  Further,  three  years  later,  in  1328,  we  find  an 
entry  on  the  Patent  Rolls  of  a  grant  to  Queen  Isabella  for  life  of  £15  yearly 
out  of  the  fee  farm  of  £23.  i6s.  Sd.  payable  by  Robert  de  Ufford  and  Robert 
de  Thorpe  for  Combs  Manor  in  recompense  for  the  fee  farm  of  £15  released 
with  her  consent  to  Mary  de  Janeto  Paulo,  Countess  of  Pembroke,  and  a 
further  grant  to  her  for  life  of  the  residue  of  the  said  farm.3  Also  in  1338 
is  an  order  on  the  Close  Rolls  to  discharge  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk, 
from  the  future  payment  of  a  rent  of  £11.  i8s.  ^d.  (sic)  which  he  was  bound 
to  render  to  the  Exchequer  for  a  moiety  of  the  manor.4  This  Ufford  moiety 
did  come  to  Edmund  de  Ufford  ultimately,  for  in  1342  we  find  the  licence  on 
the  Patent  Rolls  for  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  to  enfeoff  Edmund  de 
Ufford,  his  brother,  Peter  de  Ty,  and  Adam  de  Scakelthorp  of  £11.  i8s.  $d.  of 
rent  in  Combs,  and  a  moiety  of  the  manor  said  to  be  held  in  chief.5  On  the 
Patent  Rolls  in  1351  is  a  licence  for  Edmund  de  Thorpe  to  enfeoff  Edmund 
de  Ufford  "  le  frere  "  and  Adam  de  "  Shakelthorp,  "  tenants  in  fee  of  the  King 
in  chief,  of  one  moiety  of  the  manor,  and  £11.  i8s.  4^.  of  rent  in  Combes, 
of  the  other  moiety  of  the  manor,  and  the  advowson  of  the  church,  and  for 
them  to  grant  to  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  the  whole  Manor  of 
Combs,  and  the  said  rent  and  advowson  with  the  exception  of  2  acres  of 
land  in  the  manor.  The  Earl  was  to  hold  for  life  with  remainder  to  Walter 
his  son  in  tail  male,  with  remainder  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  Earl.9  Sir 
Edmund  de  Ufford  died  in  13757  when  the  manor  passed  to  William  de 
Ufford,  his  nephew,  he  being  the  son  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Ufford,  ist  Earl 
of  Suffolk,  who  was  the  eldest  brother  of  Sir  Edmund  ;  and  on  the 
Originalia  Rolls  is  an  order  that  fealty  be  taken  and  seisin  given  to  this 
William  de  Ufford,  2nd  Earl  of  Suffolk,  "  son  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Ufford, 
late  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  brother  of  Edmund  de  Ufford  deceased,"  of  the 
manor  and  advowson  of  the  church,  which  they  held  of  the  King  in  free 
socage.8 

William  de  Ufford,  2nd  Earl  of  Sufiolk,  died  in  1382,  when  the  manor 
passed  like  that  of  Parham,  in  Plomesgate  Hundred,  to  his  nephew,  Robert 
de  Willoughby,  son  of  his  sister  Cecily,  and  the  3rd  Lord  Willoughby,  and 
on  his  death  in  1396  the  share  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Willoughby, 
Lord  Eresby. 

Amongst  the  Harleian  Charters  is  a  writing  by  which  William  Philippe, 
Thomas  de  WYoxham,  knights,  Robert  de  Asshefeld,  and  Henry  Sergeaunt 
constituted  Henry  Lesingham,  John  Bernard,  of  Ipswich,  and  John 
Burghard  to  deliver  seisin  of  this  manor  and  the  Manor  of  Bawdsey  to  the 

'See  Manor  of  Bawdsey,  in  WilfordHun-  }Pat.  Rolls,  16  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  20. 

dred.  6Pat.  Rolls,  25  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  23. 

'0.  19  Edw.  II.  3.  H.P.M.,  49  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  55. 

3 Pat.  Rolls,  2  Edw.  III.  pt.  i,  2.  "0.  49  Edw.  III.  4. 
*  Close  Rolls,  12  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  35. 


COMBS.  153 

said  William  Willoughby,  Lord  Eresby,  together  with  the  advowson  of 
the  church  of  Combs.  The  deed  is  dated  at  Bawdsey  die.  Dom.  prox. 
post  fest.  S.  Valentine,  i  Hen.  IV.  [1400].  On  William  Willoughby's 
(Lord  Eresby)  death  in  1410  the  manor  went  to  his  widow  Joan,  afterwards 
wife  of  Edward,  Duke  of  York,  and  subsequently  of  Sir  Henry  Bromflete, 
Knt. 

Amongst  the  Harleian  Charters  in  the  British  Museum  is  an  indenture 
dated  ist  Jan.  9  Hen.  VI.  [1430],  by  which  Sir  William  Tyrwhite,  William 
Pastone,  John  Kyme,  John  Wyles,  Richard  Yerdeburgh,  and  John  Preston 
grant  to  Sir  William  Oldhalle  and  Margaret  his  wife,  sister  of  Robert,  Lord 
Willoughby,  for  her  life  for  good  service  rendered  to  the  said  Robert,  an 
annual  rent  of  £40  out  of  the  Manors  of  Roughtone,  Walcote,  Westhall, 
Chadgrave,  and  Whiteacre,  in  Norfolk,  and  a  like  rent  of  £40  out  of  the 
Manors  of  Ufford,  Bawdsey,  Wykes  Ufford,  Bradfield,  and  this  Manor  of 
Combs/  The  year  previous  to  this  Robert  Willoughby  had  granted  to 
the  above  grantors  and  to  Thomas  Ward  and  others  the  Manors  of  Walcote, 
Westhall,  Roughtone,  and  Chadgrave,  in  Norfolk,  and  lands  in  Parham, 
Bradefeld,  Ufford,  Orford,  Combes,  Baudeseye,  and  Wykes  Ufford,  in 
Suffolk,  and  the  appointment  by  which  Sir  Robert  de  Willoughby  con- 
stituted Henry  Lesyngham,  Adam  Fraunceys,  William  Nesebytt,and  William 
Wryght  to  deliver  seisin  pursuant  to  such  grant,  will  be  found  amongst 
the  Harleian  Charters  in  the  British  Museum." 

Both  Sir  Henry  Bromflete  and  Joan,  Duchess  of  York,  his  wife,  were 
living  in  1434,  for  we  find  by  an  indenture  dated  24th  Jan.  that  year  they 
demised  to  Sir  William  Tirwhit,  John  Kyme,  Richard  Yerburghe,  John 
Willis,  Robert  Firman,  and  Henry  Lesyngham  the  Manors  of  Walcote, 
Westhale,  Rughtone  and  Chategrave  [Roughton  and  Chedgrave],  in  the 
County  of  Norfolk,  and  the  manors  of  Beadfeld  (sic),  Combes,  Bawdsey, 
and  Wikes  Ufford,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  for  the  term  of  the  natural 
life  of  the  said  Duchess.3 

On  Joan  Bromflete's  death  the  manor  passed  to  her  son  and 
heir,  Robert  de  Willoughby,  Lord  Willoughby  de  Eresby,  who  died  in  1452, 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  nephew,  Robert  Willoughby,  of  Parham. 
We  find,  however,  amongst  the  Harleian  Charters  in  the  British  Museum, 
a  deed  dated  2Oth  August,  35  Hen.  VI.  [1456]  confirming  the  manor  to 
William  de  Willoughby.4  However,  it  does  seem  subsequently  to  have 
gone  to  Sir  Robert,  who  died  seised  in  1465, 5  when  the  manor  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Willoughby,  who  died  under  age  in  I4&7,6 
when  it  devolved  on  his  brother  and  heir,  Christopher  Willoughby,  and  on 
his  death  in  1498  passed  to  his  widow  Maria  for  life,  and  on  her  death  i6th 
May,  15157  vested  in  William,  Lord  Willoughby,  son  and  heir  of  Christopher, 
and  by  an  indenture  dated  i8th  June,  8  Hen.  VIII.  [1516],  Sir  Edmund 
Jenney  in  execution  of  the  last  will  of  Sir  Christopher  Willoughby,  Lord 
Willoughby  de  Eresby,  transferred  to  the  said  William,  Lord  Willoughby, 
this  manor  with  the  Manors  of  Ufford,  Sogenhoe,  Kettleburgh,  Wynderbyle, 
Woodbridge,  Bredfield,  Orford,  and  Wykes  Ufford.8 

Under  the  will  of  William,  Lord  Willoughby,  in  1526,  the  manor  went 
to  his  widow  Mary  for  life,  and  subsequently  to  his  daughter  Katherine. 

'Harl.  57  A.  i.  'I.P.M.,  5  Edw.  IV.  35. 

'Harl.  58  B.  17.  'I.P.M.,  7  Edw.  IV.  37. 

3  Harl.  47  C.  44.  'I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  VIII.  29. 

«Harl.  Ch.  43  E.  46.  'Harl.  52  B.  10. 


154  THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 

She  married  ist  Charles  Brandon,  Duke  of  Suffolk  (being  his  4th  wife), 
who  inherited  in  her  right,  and  2ndly  Richard  Bertie,  and  their  inheritance 
passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  the  Hon.  Peregrine  Bertie,  Lord  Willoughby 
de  Eresby,  who  being  born  in  foreign  parts  was  forced  to  obtain  an  Act  of 
Parliament  for  his  naturalization.  On  his  death  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Robert,  Lord  Willoughby. 

A  moiety  of  the  manor  continued  in  the  Thorpe  family  for  several 
generations.  In  1323  John,  grandson  of  the  above  named  Sir  John  de 
Thorpe,  and  Margaret  his  wife  (?)  held  the  same  of  the  King  in  capite,  in 
socage,  by  the  fee  of  £11.  35.  4^.,  and  by  a  certain  annual  rentage  of  205. 
for  all  services.  In  1330  Robert  de  Thorp,  his  eldest  son  and  heir, 
died  seised  of  the  same.1 

John  de  Thorp,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  succeeded,  who  in  1338  paid 
rent  to  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  for  the  moiety  of  his  manor  in 
this  parish.  In  1340  he  granted  to  the  abbess  and  nuns  of  St.  Clare,  in 
the  Minories  of  London,  and  her  successors,  an  annuity  of  20  marks  per 
annum  out  of  the  lands  in  Combs  and  Helmingham  ;  he  deceased  the  same 
year  without  issue. 

Edmund  de  Thorp  his  brother  inherited,  who  in  1349,  settled  100 
marks  annuity  on  Robert  de  Thirning,  rector  of  this  parish,  and  other 
trustees  ;  and  in  1358  he  enfeoffed  his  manors,  &c.,  to  raise  100  marks 
per  annum  for  21  years  to  discharge  his  debts,  and  raise  portions  for  his 
daughters. 

As  to  the  other  moiety,  this  remained  with  the  Uffords  and  their 
descendants.* 

The  manor  subsequently  became  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  Gresham, 
who  with  others  sold  it  in  1570  to  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,3  from  whom  it  passed 
to  Nathaniel  Bacon,  who  with  his  wife  were  in  1579  called  upon  to  show 
title  to  the  manor.4  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon  had  licence  to  alienate  to  Thomas 
Dandy,5  a  grandson  of  Edmund  Dandy,  of  Ipswich  and  Cretingham,  in 
Loes  Hundred.  He  resided  at  Combs  Hall,  and  was  lord  of  the  manor 
and  patron  of  the  living.  He  married  Martha,  daughter  of  John  Poley,  of 
Badley,  by  whom  he  had  issue  four  sons  and  five  daughters,  and  dying 
I4th  Aug.  1607,'  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Edmund  Dandy. 
Edmund  was  a  minor  at  the  time  of  his  father's  decease,  and  the  first  court 
of  the  manor  after  Thomas's  death  was  held  26th  April,  6  Jas.  I.  by  Martha 
his  wife  as  the  guardian  of  the  person  and  land  of  her  son.  Edmund 
Dandy  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Ralph  Shelton,  Knt.,  and  upon  her 
decease  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Robert  Reeve,  of  Thwaite.  Thomas,  a 
son  by  his  ist  wife,  had  a  son,  Thomas  Dandy,  living  in  1656,  who  in  1667 
sold  the  manor  to  William  Bridgman.  He  was  the  son  of  the  Bishop  of 
Chester  and  nephew  of  Sir  Orlando  Bridgman,  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal 
in  the  reign  of  Chas.  II.,  Clerk  of  the  Council  in  the  reigns  of  Chas.  II.  and 
William  and  Mary.  On  William's  death  the  manor  and  property  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Orlando  Bridgman,  who  rebuilt  the  hall.  Orlando  Bridgman 
died  in  1731,  and  the  manor  was  purchased  by  Ambrose  Crowley,7  son  of 

'See  Manor  of  Thorpe  Hall,  Horham,  in  '  Memoranda,  21  Eliz.  Pas.  Rec.  Rot.  54. 

Hoxnc  Hundred.  5See    Manor    of    Wattisham,  in    Cosford 

'Blomefield  mentions  that  the  manor  was  Hundred. 

one  of  those  of  which  Sir  Michael  de  'There  is  a  brass  to  him  in  the  church  of 

la  Pole,  Lord  Chancellor  of  Eng-  Combs  measuring  23in.  by  61lin. 

land,  died  seised  in  1414  (?  I4th  7See  Manor  of  Barking  Hall,  in  Bosmere 

Sept.  1415).  and  Claydon  Hundred. 

'Fine,  Easter,  12  Eliz. 


COMBS.  155 

John  Crowley,  of  Greenwich,  in  Kent,  and  on  his  death,  22nd  May,  1754, 
aged  36,  without  issue,  passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  John  Crowley,  and 
from  this  time  to  the  present  has  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor 
of  Badley,  in  Bosmere  and  Claydon  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  the 
present  Earl  of  Ashburnham. 

In  the  Public  Record  Office  is  a  parliamentary  petition  of  Robert,  son 
of  John  de  Thorpe,  respecting  this  manor,1  and  there  is  a  bequest  of 
goods,  &c.,  in  Combs  Manor  by  M.  de  Crek  in  1282. 2  Amongst  the  Star 
Chamber  Proceedings  in  1529  is  an  action  as  to  Combs  Manor  by  Thomas 
Wolsey,  Cardinal  Archbishop  of  York,  and  others  against  Sir  Christopher 
Willoughby  and  others.3 

A  survey  of  the  manor  taken  the  6th  July,  1533,  is  in  the  Public  Record 
Office,4  and  a  grant  for  life  was  made  in  1540-1  to  Lady  Anne  of  Cleves 
out  of  the  Augmentation  Office  of  a  rent  of  £23.  6s.  8d.  out  of  the  manor.5 

Combs  Manor  is  one  of  those  said  to  have  been  forfeited  by  the  de  la 
Poles,  and  is  specified  as  one  of  the  manors  restored  to  Sir  Edmund  de  la 
Pole  under  the  terms  of  a  deed  with  King  Hen.  VII.  dated  26th  Feb.  1492, 
set  out  at  length  on  the  Rolls  of  Parliament  in  1495,  when  the  deed  was 
confirmed.6  We  find  also  amongst  the  Harleian  Charters  a  deed  dated 
2ist  Feb.  1508,  whereby  King  Hen.  VII.  granted  the  Manors  of  Combs 
and  Swannes,  formerly  held  by  Edmund  de  la  Pole,  to  Sir  George  Nevylle, 
Lord  of  Bergavenny.7 

MANOR   OF   BAVENTS. 

In  the  time  of  Edward  I.  this  manor  was  held  by  the  family  of  Bavent. 
Adam  de  Bavent  married  the  daughter  and  heir  of  William  de  Westoneston 
or  Wiston,  and  had  issue  a  son  Adam,  who  was  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Clapkin 
and  of  other  manors  in  Sussex  temp.  Edw.  I.  In  1285  he  was  lord  of  this 
manor  and  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  in  Combs,8  and  from  him  no  doubt 
this  manor  derived  its  name.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Peter  Escudamore,  son  of  Maud,  wife  of  Geoffrey  Escudamore,  one  of  the 
aunts  of  John,  the  last  Lord  Gifford,  of  Brimsfield,  and  had  issue  Roger 
Bavent.  He  married  Lettice,  and  in  1328  enfeoffed  his  son  Roger  and 
Hawise  his  wife  of  the  manor. 

Banks  says  of  this  family  that  the  several  pedigrees  are  so  variant 
from  each  other  that  to  endeavour  to  reconcile  them  with  the  records 
would  be  an  almost  indefinite  task,  unless  for  anyone  who  in  the  character 
of  heir-general  may  conceive  a  baronial  claim  to  be  derivable  under,  and 
by  virtue  of  the  writs  of  summons  he  cites.9 

Shortly  afterwards  Robert  Hovel  held  it  for  life  with  remainder  to 
Sir  Roger  de  Bavent,  Knt.,  who  granted  it  to  the  King  in  1344. 

On  the  Patent  Rolls  this  year  is  an  appointment  to  receive  seisin  in 

the  King's  name  of  the  reversion  of  the  manor  then  held  for  life  by  Robert 

'  Howel,"  and  all  other  lands  of  Roger  Bavent,  Knt.,  he  having  granted 

same  to  the  King  in  fee.'"     However,  four  years  later,  in  1348,  we  find  the 

'No.  8100  D.K.R.  34  App.  p.  145.  6R.P.  vi.  474. 

2Campb.  iii.  i.  7Harl.  51  H.  18. 

'Star  C.P.  21  Hen.  VIII.  Bundle  19,  241.  " Chart.  Rolls,  13  Edw.  I.  28. 

4Exch.  ist  Rep.  on  Public  Records,  1800,  9Banks's    Baronia    Anglica  Concentrata, 

p.  188.  vol.  i.  p.  118. 

3  State  Papers,  1540-1,  1500.  'Pat.  Rolls,  18  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  30. 


156  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

manor  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Roger  Bavent,  his  son,  and  Hawise 
his  wife,1  and  in  1352  an  order  on  the  Originalia  Rolls  that  the  manor 
In  Id  by  Roger  Bavent  should  be  freed  to  William  Wodcrowe,  parson  of 
\\Vston  church,  and  William  de  Carleton.1 

We  also  find  in  the  inquis.  quod  damnum  this  same  year  a  statement 
that  John  Dengayne  occupied  the  manor  which  Roger  Bavent  held  for  life.3 
The  following  year  a  commission  was  issued  to  Robert  de  Hadham  and 
Robert  de  Assh  to  find  by  inquisition  who  had  occupied  to  that  time  the 
manor  "  which  Roger  Bavent  held  for  life,  by  grant  of  the  King,  and  lately 
surrendered  into  the  King's  hands,"  and  the  keeping  of  which  the  King 
on  the  I4th  May,  1351,  committed  during  pleasure  to  William  Wroderowe, 
parson  of  the  church  of  Weston,  and  William  de  Carleton,  citizen  of  London, 
and  by  what  title  and  in  what  manner,  also  who  had  taken  the  profits  and 
what  was  the  yearly  value  of  the  manor.4  Later  the  same  year  a  commission 
was  issued  to  the  same  parties  to  make  inquisition  touching  the  alleged 
withdrawal  of  a  large  number  of  services  due  to  this  manor.5 

Eleanor,  widow  of  Sir  Roger  de  Bavent,  who  remarried  John  Dengaine, 
held  the  manor  for  life.  But  we  find  that  in  1362  Hawise,  relict  of  Sir 
Roger  de  Bavent,  released  to  the  prioress  of  Dartford,  in  Kent,  who  in 
1371  released  to  the  King,  who  in  1372  regranted  to  the  prioress. 

The  Manor  of  Combs,  probably  meaning  this  manor,  is  mentioned  in 
the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  Broughton,6  who  died  24th  Jan.  1517,  when  it 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Broughton.7  The  manor  was  granted  in 
1543  by  the  Crown  to  Sir  Richard  Gresham,  and  particulars  of  the  farm  of 
the  manor  for  this  grant  are  still  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office.8 
On  the  death  of  Sir  Richard  Gresham,  2ist  Feb.  1548,  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Gresham,9  who  gave  the  manor  in  marriage 
with  his  illegitimate  daughter  Anne  to  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon. 

They  do  not  appear  to  have  kept  it  long,  for  in  1587  we  find  a  William 
Gresham  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  alienating  it  to  John  Barker,  of  Ipswich. 
On  John  Barker's  death  in  1609  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Robert  Barker,  of  Trimley.  This  is  the  statement  we  usually  find,  but  it 
should  be  mentioned  that  the  fine  under  which  it  is  natural  to  infer  the 
manor  passed  from  the  Gresham  to  the  Barker  family  was  levied  in  1588 
directly  by  Robert  Barker  against  the  said  William  Gresham.10  Robert 
Barker  died  in  1618,  when  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  Thomas  Barker,  youngest 
son  of  Sir  Robert." 

In  1692  the  manor  was  vested  in  John  Beaumont,  who  held  courts 
from  25th  Jan.  1692,  to  nth  June,  1699,  and  it  subsequently  vested  in 
John  Wenyeve,  of  Brettenham,  who  held  courts  for  the  manor  23rd  Sept. 

'I.P.M.,  22  Edw.  III.  21.  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Richard  Gresham, 

1 0.  26  Ed.  III.  5.  and  in   another  place   that    Anne 

J  I.Q.D.  26  Edw.  III.  9.  was   the   natural   daughter  of   Sir 

«Pat.  Rolls,  27  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  27^.  Robert  Gresham. 

s Pat.  Rolls,  27  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  ^^d.  '"Fine,  Hil.  aoEliz. 

•See  Cowling   Manor  and   Denston   Hall  "See  Manors  of  Oflton  Monks  and  Ring- 
Manor,  in  Risbridge  Hundred.  shall,    in    Bosmere    and    Claydon 
'I.P.M.,  10  Hen.  VIII.  148.  Hundred 
•35  Hen.  VIII.  D.K.R.  9  App.  ii.  p.  217. 
•I.P.M.,  3    Edw.  VI.  77.      Davy  in    one 
place  stated  that  Thomas  was  the 


COMBS.  157 

1701,  and  2Oth  Oct.  1702,  and  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  George  Wenyeve1 
(son  of  Edward),  M.P.  for  Sudbury  in  1685,  who  held  his  first  court  ist  Sept. 
1703,  and  died  26th  May,  1706,  when  the  lordship  had  vested  in  his  son 
and  heir,  John  Wenyeve,  for  he  held  the  court  23rd  Sept.  1706. 

The  manor  in  the  early  part    of  the  last  century  became  vested  in 
Henry  Offord,  and  on  his  death  was  offered  for  sale  in  September,  1848.' 

The  manor  now  belongs  to  Thomas  Daniels,  of  Thrigby,  in  Norfolk. 


'See    Manor  of   Brettenham,  in   Cosford         2 Ipswich  Journal,  26th  Aug.  1848. 
Hundred. 


158  THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 

GREETING  ST.  PETER'S. 

\T  must  be  remembered  that  in  1086  the  parish  of  Greeting 
All  Saints  was  in  Stow  Hundred,  but  at  present  only  St. 
Peter's  Greeting  is  included  for  civil  purposes  and  All  Saints 
is  in  Bosmere.  The  church  division,  however,  remains. 
Consequently  the  entries  for  the  Domesday  Survey  here 
given  included  Greeting  All  Saints  as  well  as  St.  Peter's. 

Three  manors  were  held  here  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday 
Survey.  One  was  the  lordship  of  Geoffrey  de  Magnaville.  It  consisted  of  2 
carucates  of  land  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  King  and  Earl.  And 
Geoffrey  had  the  estate  as  a  manor  by  gift  of  the  King.  Under  him  it  was 
held  by  William  de  Boville,  but  did  not  belong  to  the  fee  of  Ansaga,  the 
predecessor  of  Geoffrey. 

Belonging  to  the  estate  were  6  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne 
and  half  a  ploughteam  belonging  to  the  men  (which  last  did  not  exist  at 
the  time  of  the  Survey),  5  acres  of  meadow,  a  fourth  share  of  a  mill,  a  half- 
share  of  another  mill,  2  horses  at  th.e  hall,  5  beasts,  8  hogs,  and  20  sheep, 
which  had  increased  to  30  at  the  time  of  the  Survey.  The  value  was.  405. 

This  estate,  but  apparently  not  as  a  manor,  was  held  in  the  time  of 
the  Confessor  by  Witgar,  a  freeman  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely,  by  commen- 
dation only.' 

Geoffrey  de  Magnaville  had  also  two  other  holdings  here.  The  first 
was  of  9  acres  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  King  and  Earl,  and  half  a 
ploughteam  valued  at  2s.  formerly  held  by  five  freemen  under  the  said 
Witgar  by  commendation  only.  The  second  consisted  of  16  acres,  i  bordar, 
and  half  a  ploughteam  and  an  acre  of  meadow,  valued  at  ^6d.,  held  in  Saxon 
times  by  a  freeman  under  Edric,  the  predecessor  of  Robert  Malet,  by  com- 
mendation only  ;  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by  William  de  Boville 
under  the  said  Geoffrey.2 

Two  other  holdings  here  belonged  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  Walter 
de  Saint  Valery.  The  first  consisted  of  ij  carucates  of  land,  2  villeins,  9 
bordars,  2j  ploughteams  in  demesne,  i  ploughteam  belonging  to  the  men 
(which  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  become  reduced  to  half  a  team),  wood 
sufficient  for  the  support  of  40  hogs,  all  of  which  had  gone  at  the  time  of 
the  Survey,  i  mill,  6  acres  of  meadow,  halt  a  church  with  10  acres  of  free  land, 
5  beasts,  9  sheep,  and  12  hogs,  valued  at  roos.  It  was  held  by  Aluric,  a 
freeman  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor  under  Edric,  the  predecessor  of  Robert 
Malet,  by  commendation  only.  The  Survey  adds  that  'Robert,  i.e., 
Robert  Malet,  held  here  but  was  afterwards  disseised."  Walter's  second 
holding  consisted  of  loj  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam,  valued  at  35.,  formerly 
held  by  Walter,  a  freeman  under  Tooley  by  commendation.3 

The  second  manor  was  the  lordship  of  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  and  held 
of  him  by  William  de  Boville.  It  consisted  of  i  carucate  of  land  in  the 
King's  soc,  5  bordars,  i  serf,  I  ploughteam  in  demesne  and  half  a  plough- 
team  belonging  to  the  men,  a  third  share  of  a  mill,  4  acres  of  meadow,  4 
beasts,  8  hogs,  and  8  sheep  (which  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  increased 
to  20).  The  value  was  205.  It  was  one  league  long  and  half  a  league 
broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  30^. 

'Dom.  ii.  411.  3  Dom.  ii.  4326. 

»Dom.  ii.  411. 


GREETING  ST.  PETER'S.  159 

This  manor  was  held  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor  by  Aluric,  son  of 
Broun,  a  freeman  under  Wisgar  by  commendation  only. 

There  were  also  five  freemen  under  Aluric  by  commendation  only 
with  1 8  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam,  valued  as  2s.  The  Survey  states 
that  these  were  delivered  with  the  manor.  The  soc  and  sac  belonged  to 
the  King  and  Earl.' 

Another  holding  in  Greeting  was  that  of  Robert  Malet,  and  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  consisted  of  i  carucate  of  land  in  the  soc  of  the  King  and 
Earl,  6  bordars,  i£  ploughteams,  half  a  ploughteam  belonging  to  the  men,  3 
acres  of  meadow,  a  fourth  share  of  a  mill,  and  2  horses.  By  the  time  of 
the  Survey  the  details  had  somewhat  altered,  for  the  one  ploughteam 
and  a  half  had  come  down  to  half  a  team,  and  then  risen  to  2  teams,  the 
horses  had  disappeared,  but  there  were  additionally  4  beasts,  14  hogs, 
and  43  sheep. 

This  estate  was  held  by  Robert  de  Glanville  under  Robert  Malet,  and 
had  belonged  in  the  Confessor's  time  to  Lewin,  a  freeman  under  Edric, 
the  predecessor  of  Robert  Malet,  by  commendation  only,  and  there  were 
six  freemen  under  the  said  Lewin  by  commendation  only,  with  12^  acres, 
and  half  a  ploughteam  among  them.  And  in  the  same  township  was  i  socman 
under  Edric,  with  20  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam.  In  Saxon  times  and 
later  the  entire  value  was  2Os.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  305. ' 

Another  holding  here  in  Saxon  times  was  that  of  seven  freemen, 
five  were  under  Alfleta  by  commendation  only,  and  two  under  com- 
mendation to  the  King  with  soc  and  sac  over  all  of  them  in  the  Hundred. 

They  held  30  acres  and  2  ploughteams,  valued  at  2os.  Roger  de  Poictou 
was  the  Domesday  tenant  in  chief  of  this  estate,  and  he  also  held  here  a 
socman  with  3  acres  of  forfeited  land.3 

Another  holding  was  that  of  the  Abbot  of  Bernai,  and  consisted  of 
20  acres  (formerly  held  by  a  freeman),  half  a  church  with  10  acres,  i  villein, 
2  bordars,  i  ploughteam  among  them  all,  and  2  acres  of  meadow  valued 
for  rent  in  Greeting  in  another  Hundred. 

The  abbot  also  held  here  a  freeman  with  5  acres  valued  in  like  manner. 
The  King  gave  this  holding  out  of  Hardwin's  fee.4  Amongst  the  lands  of 
Robert,  Earl  of  Moretaigne,  we  find  i  carucate,  2  villeins,  i  ploughteam 
in  demesne  and  half  a  ploughteam  belonging  to  the  men,  4  acres  of 
meadow,  7  beasts,  and,  12  hogs,  valued  at  2os.  This  in  the  Confessor's 
time  had  been  held  by  Woolnough,  a  freeman  under  King  Edward,  Brien's 
predecessor,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  was  held  by  Saint  Mary  of 
Gresten,  of  Earl  Robert,  with  soc  and  sac.5 

MANOR   OF   GREETING   ST.    PETER'S. 

This  was  the  estate  held  in  Saxon  times  by  Witgar,  a  freeman  of  the 
Abbot  of  Ely.  Geoffrey  de  Magnaville  was  the  Domesday  tenant  in  chief, 
William  de  Boville  holding  under  him.  The  manor  passed  from  Geoffrey 
to  his  son  and  heir  William.  The  lordship  was  held  by  John  de  Boville 
in  1275,  and  we  learn  from  the  Hundred  and  Quo  Warranto  Rolls  that  he 
claimed  warren,  view  of  frankpledge,  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer  in  West 
Greeting.6 

1  Dom.  ii.  374.  4Dom.  ii.  389. 

'Dom.  ii.  304,  3046.  5Dom.  ii.  2916. 

5  Dom.  ii.  3506.  «H.R.  ii.  191 ;  Q.W.  731. 


i6o  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

William  de  Bovillo,  probably  the  nephew  of  John,  held  the  lordship 
in  1302,  from  whom  it  passed  to  his  son,  Sir  William  de  Boville.1  In  1306 
it  is  said  that  a  fine  was  levied  by  Joan,  daughter  of  W'illiam  de  Boville, 
against  William  de  Boville  of  the  manor  and  advowson  of  the  church.' 
From  William  de  Boville  the  manor  seems  to  have  passed  in  his  lifetime 
(probably  by  settlement  on  her  marriage)  to  his  daughter  Mary,  married  to 
Thomas  Latimer,  who  held  in  1316.  Three  years  later  Sir  William  de 
Boville  recovered  the  manor  from  Thomas  le  Latimer,  and  from  Sir  William 
it  passed  on  his  death  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  Boville,  from  which  time 
to  the  death  ot  John  Carboncl,  1431-2,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course 
as  that  ot  Badingham,  in  Hoxne  Hundred.  It  is  specifically  mentioned  in 
the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Sir  Robert  Carbonel,  who  died  i4th  Sept.  1397,*  and  of 
Sir  Richard  Carbonel  who  died  in  1429.* 

The  manor  then  vested  in  Sir  John  Wingfield,  who  died  in  i48i,5 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Wingfield.  Shortly 
afterwards  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  George  Fastolf,  of  Ipswich,  for  he 
conveyed  it  in  1509  to  W'alter  Champion,  citizen  of  London,  Thomas  Young, 
LL.D.,  and  others,  probably  as  trustees,  for  we  find  that  the  Wingfields 
sold  the  manor  to  William  Ferneley,  a  mercer  of  London,  in  the  early 
part  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of 
Robert  (?  Edmond)  Daundy,  of  Ipswich.  A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor 
in  1541  by  William  Ferneley  and  others  against  Sir  Anthony  Wingfield.6 

This  William  Ferneley  was  a  man  of  note  in  his  day,  and  his  daughters 
made  remarkably  good  matches.  Jane,  one  of  the  daughters,  married 
Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  Lord  Keeper  ;  another,  Anne,  married  William  Read, 
merchant  of  London,  and  afterwards  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  Knt,  founder 
of  the  Royal  Exchange.7  On  William  Ferneley's  death,  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  of  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  is 
an  action  by  this  Thomas  Ferneley  against  Richard  King  and  others  to 
recover  lands  of  this  manor  forfeited  to  the  plaintiff  as  lord,  for  being  let 
for  a  longer  term  than  allowed  by  the  custom  of  the  manor.8 

Thomas  Ferneley  married  ist  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Robert  Holdich, 
of  Ranworth,  in  Norfolk,  and  2ndly  Jane  Cooke,  of  London,  and  on  his 
death  i6th  Oct.  1591,  the  manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir,  John  Ferneley. 
He  married  Temperance,  daughter  of  Sir  Miles  Corbet,  Knt.,  of  Sproston 
in  Norfolk,  and  died  in  1621,  when  the  manor  vested  in  his  son  and  heir, 
Miles  Ferneley.  Miles  Ferneley  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Bendish,  of  Bumstead,  Essex,  Bart,  and  in  1633  sold  the  manor  to  his 
brother,  Edmund  Ferneley.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry 
Sheldon,  and  his  estate  was  reckoned  to  be  worth  about  £200  a  year.  From 

1  See  Manors  of  Badin^liam  Hall,  in  Hoxne,          7  Sir  Thomas  had  a  son  Richard,  who  seems 

and   Letheringham,  in   Loes   Hun-  to  have  died  in  his  father's  lifetime, 

dred.  as  it  is  stated  in  Ward's  Lives  of  the 

"Feet  of  Fines,  34  Edw.  I.  39.  Gresham  Professors,  that  Sir  Thomas 

JI.P.M.,  21  Rich.  II.  14.  left    no    child    except    a    natural 

4 1. P.M.,  10  Hen.  VI.  n.  daughter  (by  a  woman  at  Bruges, 

5 1. P.M.,  21  Edw.  IV.  59.  in  Flanders)  named  Anne,  who  was 

'Fine,  Trin.  33  Hen.  VIII.  married  to  Nathaniel  Bacon,   2nd 

son  of  the  Lord  Keeper,  Sir  Nicholas 
Bacon.     Sir  Thomas  Gresham  died 
from  apoplexy  2ist  Nov.  1579. 
"C.P.  i.  321- 


GREETING    ST.   PETER'S.  161 

Edmund  Ferneley,  who  died  in  1664,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir  Edmund.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Waterhouse,  rector 
of  West  Greeting,  and  died  3rd  Oct.  1684,  when  the  manor  devolved  on  his 
son  and  heir,  John  Ferneley,  who  married  Isabella,  daughter  of  John  Cuton, 
of  Bramford,  and  died  in  Sept.  1723,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  daughter 
Isabella,  married  ist  to  William  Glover,  of  Frostenden,  and  subsequently 
to  John  Daniel. 

The  manor  was  offered  for  sale  at  the  Swan,  Needham  Market,  3ist 
Jan.  1759,  "  with  the  extensive  Royalty  of  a  fine  River,"  the  annual  quit 
rents  then  amounting  to  £310.'  It  is  noted  that  there  was  one  fine  of  £50. 

In  1764  the  manor  belonged  to  one  Bragrove,  and  in  1798  to  Thomas 
Bragrove,  in  1838  being  vested  in  Sir  William  Beauchamp  Proctor,  Bart., 
of  Langley  Park,  in  Norfolk,  in  right  of  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Thomas  Godfrey,  and  niece  and  heir  of  Thomas  Bragrove. 

The  manor  in  1885  belonged  to  Edward  Thompson  Smith,  and  in  1896 
to  J.  Smith,  of  Colchester. 

Arms  of  FERNELEY  :  Or,  on  a  bend  Vert,  three  bucks'  heads  cabossed 
Arg.  attired  of  the  field. 

MANOR  OF  BRASIN'S  OR  BRASIER'S  HALL  al.  THORNEY  MUMPLIERS. 

This  manor  was  held  by  John  Moumplers  in  the  I4th  century.  He 
died  about  1395,  when  it  passed  to  Thomas  Moumplers.  The  manor 
subsequently  vested  in  Richard  Felaw,  who  left  it  to  his  wife  Agnes  for  lite, 
with  remainder  to  their  children,  with  remainder  to  James  Hobart,  who 
conveyed  it  in  1501  to  Agnes,  late  wife  of  William  Timperley,  formerly 
wife  of  Richard  Felaw.  Later  we  find  the  manor  in  Sir  James  Hobart, 
who  sold  it  in  1515  to  Humphrey  Wingfield,  from  whom  it  seems  to  have 
passed  to  Robert  Broke,  who  died  in  1578,  from  which  time  to  the  time  of 
Sir  Robert  Broke,  of  Nacton,  created  a  baronet  in  1661,  the  manor  passed  in 
the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Nacton,  in  Colneis  Hundred. 

In  1835  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Edward  Beck,  and  in  1837  m 
Mrs.  Beck. 


1  Ipswich  Journal,  I3th  Jan.  1759. 
W 


1 62  THE   MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 

DAGWORTH. 

HERE  was  no  manor  here  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  but 
among  the  lands  of  Hugh  de  Montfort  were  four  holdings. 
The  first  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land  within  the  juris- 
diction of  the  King  and  Earl,  17  bordars,  5  ploughteams 
(which  had  become  4  by  the  time  of  the  Survey),  wood 
sufficient  to  support  12  hogs,  and  8  acres  of  meadow,  valued 
at  455.  It  was  held  in  demesne  under  Hugh  by  seven 

freemen  whom  Goodmund,  the  predecessor  of  Hugh  de  Montfort,  had  held 

by  commendation  only. 

The  second  holding  of  Hugh  de  Montfort  in  this  place  consisted  of  i 
carucate  and  4  bordars,  3  ploughteams  (which  at  the  time  of  the  Survey 
had  come  down  to  2),  and  5  acres  of  meadow.  The  value  was  305.,  which 
was  reduced  to  2OS.  by  the  time  of  the  Survey.  Also  half  a  church  living 
with  25  acres  of  free  land.  Roger  de  Oberville  held  in  demesne  6  socmen 
belonging  to  Thorney,  the  King's  Royal  manor,  with  all  customs.  These 
six  socmen  were  claimed  by  Hugh  de  Montfort,  he  having  received  livery 
of  seisin  of  them.  The  township  was  I  league  long  and  half  a  league 
broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  30^.  whoever  was  the  tenant. 

The  third  holding  consisted  of  ij  carucates  delivered  to  Hugh  de 
Montfort  and  half  a  carucate  in  exchange  as  mentioned  in  the  Survey.  The 
soc  belonged  to  the  King  and  Earl.  There  were  also  n  bordars,  3  serfs, 
2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  2  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men  (which 
by  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  been  reduced  to  i),  wood  sufficient  to  support 
60  hogs,  9  acres  of  meadow,  i  mill,  13  beasts  (reduced  by  the  time  of  the 
Survey  to  10),  12  hogs,  16  sheep,  and  40  goats.  There  was  a  church  with 
30  acres  of  land  and  ij  acres  of  meadow.  The  value  of  the  holding  was  6os. 
and  it  was  held  under  the  Confessor  by  Breme,  a  freeman,  who  was  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Hastings.  In  the  same  manor  was  Bremer,  a  freeman  by 
commendation  only,  having  n£  acres,  i  bordar,  and  half  a  ploughteam,  which 
had  disappeared  by  the  time  of  the  Survey.  The  value  was  35.  and  it  was 
held  by  William,  son  of  Gross,  of  Hugh  de  Montfort. 

Hugh  de  Montfort's  third  holding  was  a  half  freeman  having  20  acres, 
valued  at  35.' 

The  last  holding  specified  in  the  Survey  in  this  place  was  that  of  Walter 
the  Deacon,  consisting  of  60  acres,  i  bordar,  and  i£  ploughteams  (reduced 
to  2  oxen  by  the  time  of  the  Survey),  wood  sufficient  to  support  10  hogs, 
and  3  acres  of  meadow.  It  was  held  by  a  freeman  named  William,  of  whom 
Theodric,  of  Bacton  (Walter's  predecessor)  had  half  commendation  only, 
and  Goodmund,  the  predecessor  of  Hugh  de  Montfort,  had  the  other  half.1 

MANOR  OF  DAGWORTH  AND  SORELLS  IN  DAGWORTH. 

In  the  Confessor's  time  the  land  composing  this  manor  was  held  by 
Breme,  a  freeman  of  the  King,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Hastings. 
At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  land  was  held  by  William,  son  of  Gross, 
under  Hugh  de  Montfort.  The  place  was  anciently  held  by  a  distinguished 
family  who  originated  and  assumed  their  name  from  the  township.  Walter 
de  Aggeworth  or  Dagworth  and  Aveline  his  wife  held  lands  here  in  the  time 
of  King  John,  and  in  1216  this  Walter  was  dead,  and  Robert  his  son  and 

'  Dom.  ii.  4086,  4096.  a  Dom.  ii.  427. 


DAGWORTH.  163 

Aveline  his  mother  held  the  manor.  Harvey  de  Dagworth  succeeded, 
and  to  him  his  son,  Osbert  de  Dagworth,  who  in  1253  had  a  grant  of  free 
warren  here.' 

He  is  said  to  have  held  of  Henry  de  Essex  as  of  the  Honor  of  Raleigh/ 
There  is  an  inquis.  p.m.  on  Osbert  de  "  Daggord,"  in  1262  which  includes 
the  Manor  of  "  Daggord,"  probably  this  manor.  It  is,  however,  there 
stated  to  have  been  held  of  Baldwin  Filiol  and  his  heirs,  and  John,  son  of 
Richard  Filiol,  who  was  heir  of  the  said  Baldwin.  It  is  further  stated  that 
Isabel  de  Daggord  held  Daggord  Manor  in  dower,  and  died  on  Friday  after 
the  Exaltation  of  the  Holy  Cross,  46  Hen.  III.,  and  because  the  heir  of  the 
said  Osbert  was  within  age  and  in  the  wardship  of  the  said  John  Filiol, 
the  Manor  of  Daggord  of  right  pertained  to  the  said  John  only  because  he 
was  intermediate  between  the  King  and  the  heir.  It  appears  that 
Richard  de  Dagworth  being  within  age,  the  King,  because  of  some 
offence  done  by  Baldwin  Filiol,  gave  the  marriage  and  wardship  to  Sir 
William  de  Huntingfeld,  who  married  the  said  Isabel  his  daughter  to  the 
said  Richard,  and  afterwards  the  said  Baldwin  made  peace  with  the  King, 
and  the  said  William  made  peace  with  him  for  having  the  wardship.  Thus 
the  said  Isabel  was  dowered  after  the  death  of  Richard  her  husband  ot 
Daggord  Manor,  and  died  seised  thereof.  After  the  death  of  the  said 
Richard,  the  steward  of  the  Earl  of  Cornwall  intruded  upon  the  manor 
for  three  or  four  days,  but  Richard,  father  of  John  Filiol,  forthwith  ejected 
his  men,  and  sold  the  wardship  and  marriage  of  the  said  Osbert,  son  of  the 
said  Richard,  to  the  said  Isabel,  who  sold  them  to  the  Archbishop  of  York, 
and  he  had  the  marriage  of  the  said  Osbert.  John  Filiol  however  is  stated 
to  have  had  the  wardship  of  the  heir  of  the  said  Osbert  de  Daggord.3 

On  Osbert's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  Dag- 
worth, who  claimed  here  gallows  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer,  and  warren.4 
From  him  the  manor  passed  about  1272  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  de 
Dagworth,  a  minor,  who  was  in  the  King's  wardship,  and  in  1307  his  mother 
Maud  died  seised  of  the  office  of  Usher  of  the  Exchequer  in  her  own  right 
and  left  it  to  Sir  John  Dagworth,  her  son  and  heir.  The  office  had  belonged 
to  Simon  de  Scaccario,  who  left  three  sisters  and  coheirs — Maud,  married  to 
John  de  Dagworth ;  Lora,  to  William  Peyforer ;  and  Beatrix,  to  John  Peverel. 
Sir  John  de  Dagworth  the  son  inherited  Lora's  share,  and  purchased  that 
of  Beatrix  and  John  Peverel,  and  sold  the  whole  to  John  of  Gaunt  by  the 
King's  licence.  Sir  John  Dagworth  was  a  knight  of  the  shire  in  1322. 
He  married  Alice,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Alice  de  Beaumont,  and  died  in 
1331,'  seised  in  his  demesne  as  of  the  fee  of  the  Crown  of  one  messuage 
and  a  garden,  a  coppice,  and  303  acres  of  arable  land  in  Dagworth  by  the 
service  of  three  long  arrows  when  demanded,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Nicholas  de  Dagworth.  This  Nicholas  was  seised  of  the  office 
of  Marshal  to  the  Itinerant  Justices,  and  in  1334  gave  for  his  relief  to  the 
King  for  certain  lands  and  tenements  here  three  fletched  arrows,  feathered 
with  eagles'  feathers  which  John  his  father  held  of  the  King  in  capite  by 
the  same  service  to  be  paid  annually.  He  was  also  Usher  of  the  Exchequer, 
and  in  high  esteem  with  King  Rich.  II.,  as  he  had  been  with  his  predecessor 
on  the  throne.6 

We  learn  from  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1335  that  he  obtained  licence  to 
enfeoff  Henry  de    Elyngham   and  John  de  Hadisco  of  this  manor,  then 

'Chart.  Rolls,  37  and  38  Hen.  III.,  pt.  i.  I.         4H.R.  ii.  191  ;  Q.W.  723. 
2T.  de  N.  291.  5I.P.M.,  6  Edw.  III.  35. 

3I.P.M.,  46  Hen.  III.  File  26  (16).  "Page,    Hist,    of   Suff.    p.    531. 


164  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

stated  to  be  held  in  chief,  and  for  them  to  regrant  to  the  said  Nicholas  de 
Daggeworth  and  Margaret  his  wife  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies,  with 
remainder  to  his  own  right  heirs,'  and  there  is  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor 
the  same  year  between  Nicholas  de  Dagworth  (Daggeworth)  and 
Margaret  his  wife  against  this  Henry  de  Elyngham,  chaplain,  and  John 
de  Hadisco,  chaplain,  for  effectuating  the  settlement. 

Nicholas  de  Dagworth  died  in  1351,'  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Sir  John  de  Dagworth,  and  on  the  Originalia  Rolls  in  1353  we  find 
a  licence  enabling  him  to  give  this  manor  and  the  Manor  of  Thrandeston, 
in  Hartismere  Hundred,  to  Thomas,  Bishop  of  Durham,  and  Robert  de 
\Vatford,4  and  for  them  to  grant  the  same  to  the  said  Sir  John  and  Thomasia 
his  wife  in  tail  with  remainder  to  his  right  heirs.5 

On  Sir  John's  death  in  I3636  the  manor  passed  to  his  daughter 
Thomasine,  married  to  William,  Lord  Furnival.  It  does  not  appear  that 
Sir  Nicholas  de  Dagworth,  who  died  in  1401,  and  is  mentioned  both  by 
Blomefield  and  Page,  ever  had  the  manor,  though  both  these  writers  state 
that  Thomasine  was  his  sister  and  heir. 

Banks,  in  his  "  Baronia  Anglica  Concentrata,"7  and  Cockayne,  in  his 
"  Complete  Peerage,"  make  Thomasine,  who  married  William,  Lord 
Furnival,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  de  Dagworth8  by  Eleanor  or  Alianor, 
daughter  of  Humphrey  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford,  and  widow  of  James 
Butler,  Earl  of  Ormond,  which  Thomasine  was  sister  of  Sir  Nicholas  de 
Dagworth.  who  married  Eleanor  or  Alianore,  daughter  of  Walter,  sister  and 
coheir  of  Sir  John  Rosall,  ol  Shropshire,  and  died  in  1401  without  issue,  and 
of  Eleanor,  married  to  Walter,  Lord  Fitz  Walter. 

Thomasine  de  Dagworth  and  William,  Lord  Furnival,  had  an  only 
daughter  Joan,  to  whom  the  manor  passed  in  1382.'  Joan  married  Thomas 
Nevil,  brother  of  Ralph,  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  and  had  two  daughters 
and  coheirs — Maud,  married  to  John  Talbot,  afterwards  Earl  of  Shrewsbury, 
and  Joan,  married  to  William  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk.  Mr.  Hollingsworth 
says  of  this  John  Talbot :  "  John  Talbot  was  one  of  the  bravest  of  the  brave 
in  the  French  wars.  His  heart  never  knew  fear  nor  ever  neglected  a 
courtesy.  The  Lady  Maud,  however,  could  not  have  been  attracted  by  his 
personal  appearance,  for  it  is  said  of  him  by  one  who,  surprised  at  his  fame, 
was  yet  more  surprised  at  his  person  : 

"  This  is  a  child,  a  silly  dwarf, 

It  cannot  be,  this  weak  and  writhled  shrimp 
Should  strike  such  terror  to  his  enemies." 

—Shakespeare's  First  Part  of  Hen.  VI.,  Act  2. 
He  says  of  himself  :— 

No,  no  ;  I  am  but  shadow  of  myself." 

"  His  great  talents  were  in  command,  his  courage  and  qualities  were  mental, 
and  the  physical  force  of  others  wielded  by  a  soul  that  would  not  know  fear, 

'Pat.    Rolls,    9    Edw.    III.    pt.    i.    38;  6I.P.M.,  37  Edw.  III.  i.,  in  which  he  is 

O.g  Edw.  III.  38;  I.Q.D.,  8  Edw.  stated  to   hold    the  manor  of  the 

III.    70;     N.R.    File,    229,12.  King  in  chief  by  the  service  of  one 

=  Feet  of  Fines,  9  Edw.  III.  14.  ^           arrow  a  year. 

Jl.P.M.,  25  Edw.  III.  33.  'Vol.  i.  p.  176. 

<O.  27  Edw.  III.  24  ;  I.P.M.,  27  Edw.  III.  "Summoned    to    Parliament    21    and    22 

(2nd  nos.)  17  ;    31  Edw.  III.  (2nd  Edw.  III.  who  died  1339. 

nos.)   46;    37   Edw.    III.    20.  'See  I.P.M.,  6  Rich.  II.  41. 

s  Pat.  Rolls,  27  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  15. 


DAGWORTH.  165 

was  in  him  what  it  has  been  in  another  of  our  great  warripr  statesmen, 
Wellington,  the  impulsive  power  of  one  heroic  mind  over  the  minds  and 
bodies  of  others."1 

John  Talbot  was  in  1413  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland,  where  he  took 
Donald  McMorrough,  a  great  rebel,  and  brought  him  to  the  Tower  of 
London.  On  the  2Oth  May,  1442,  he  was  created  Earl  of  Shrewsbury, 
being  at  that  time  Governor  of  Anjou  and  Maine,  in  France.  He  had 
been  installed  Knight  of  the  Garter  in  1424,  and  was  general  of  the  English 
army  in  France  in  1428.  In  1443  he  was  ambassador  in  France,  and  in 
1445  was  again1  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland.  The  ijth  July,  1446,  he  was 
created  Earl  of  Wexford  and  Earl  of  Waterford,  and  had  a  grant  of  the 
Barony  of  Dungarvan,  together  with  the  stewardship  of  Ireland  to  him 
and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body.  In  1452  he  was  made  Admiral  of  the 
English  Fleet,  next  year  Lieutenant  of  Aquitaine,  where  he  took  the 
garrison  town  of  Bordeaux,  upon  which  several  other  cities  submitted, 
but  marching  to  relieve  Castillon  he  was  killed  by  a  cannon  ball,  and 
his  army  routed  2Oth  July,  1453- 

The  Earl's  son,  Sir  John,  Viscount  Lisle,  was  slain  with  his  father. 
Upon  this  battle  the  whole  Duchy  of  Aquitaine,  containing  four  arch- 
bishoprics, twenty-four  bishoprics,  fifteen  earldoms,  two  hundred  and  two 
baronies,  one  thousand  captainaires,  and  bailiwics  revolted  to  the  French, 
after  it  had  been  in  the  possession  of  the  English  for  three  hundred  years. 
The  Earl,  who  was  a  Marshal  of  France,  was  buried  at  Rotten,  together 
with  his  eldest  son,  as  appears  from  an  inscription,  which  translated  runs 
thus  :  "  Here  lieth  the  right  noble  knight  John  Talbot,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury, 
Earl  of  Wexford,  Waterford  and  Valence,  Lord  Talbot  of  Goodrich  and 
Orchenfield,  Lord  Strange  of  Blackmere,  Lord  Verdon  of  Acton,  Lord 
Cromwell  of  Wingfield,  Lord  Lovetot  of  Worsop,  Lord  Furnival  of  Sheffield, 
Lord  Faulconbridge,  knight  of  the  noble  order  of  St.  George,  St.  Michael, 
and  the  Golden  Fleece,  great  marshal  to  King  Henry  VI.  of  his  realm  of 
France  who  died  in  the  battle  of  Bourdeaux  1453."  His  remains  were 
afterwards  brought  over  to  England  and  interred  at  Whitchurch,  in  Shrop- 
shire, where  on  a  monument  was  placed  the  following  inscription  :— 

Orate  pro  anima  prsenobilis  domini 
Johannis  Talbot,  quondam  comitis  Salopiae, 
Domini  Furnival,  domini  Verdon,  domini 
Strange  de  Blackmere,  et  mareschalli  Franciae, 
Qui  obiit  in  bello  apud  Burdews,  vii  Julii  MCCCCLIII. 

Probably  the  manor  was  allotted  on  partition  between  the  daughters 
of  Thomas  Nevil  to  Joan,  the  wife  of  William  de  la  Pole,  for  though  in  1433 
Thomas  Mistertone  seems  to  have  been  seised  of  the  manor,  which  he 
apparently  devised  to  his  wife  Margaret,  yet  it  is  certain  that  in  1450 
William  de  la  Pole,  Duke  of  Suffolk,  died  seised  of  it,1  when  it  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  John  de  la  Pole,  2nd  Duke  of  Suffolk,3  who  died  in  1492. 

The  elder  son  and  heir  apparent  of  John,  Duke  of  Suffolk,  namely, 
John,  Earl  of  Lincoln,  had  been  attainted  of  high  treason,  and  his  lands 
forfeited  ;  but  by  an  agreement  made  26th  Feb.  1492,  between  Hen.  VII.  of 
the  one  part  and  Edmund  de  la  Pole,  Knt.,  the  2nd  son  of  John,  late  Duke 
of  Suffolk,  certain  manors  were  restored  to  Edmund,  who  was  to  bear  the 

1  Rollings  worth,  Hist  of  Stowmarket,  p.  97.         3  See  manor  saved  to  him  1487,  R.P.  vi. 
'I.P.M.,  28  Hen.  VI.  25.  400. 


166  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

title  of  Earl  instead  of  Duke,  and  certain  manors  were  to  remain  in  the 
Crown.  This  arrangement  was  confirmed  in  1495  on  the  petition  of  Sir 
Edmund  de  la  Pole,  and  under  it  the  Manor  of  Dagworth  Sorells  vested  in 
the  Crown. 

The  manor  was  granted  by  King  Hen.  VIII.  to  Charles  Brandon, 
Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  regranted  it  to  the  Crown  by  way  of  exchange  in  1538,' 
and  in  1546  was  granted  by  the  Crown  to  Sir  Thomas  Darcy,  and  in  1549 
was  by  the  Crown  given  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich. 

Davy  says  this  Lord  Darcy  had  licence  to  alienate  to  Edward  Gilbert, 
but  in  1588  he  makes  it  again  to  be  in  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  where,  he  says, 
it  still  is.  Page,  however,  says,  after  referring  to  the  ownership  of  the 
De  la  Poles  :  "  It  (the  manor)  subsequently  became  vested  in  the  Bishop 
of  Norwich  ;  of  whom  the  family  of  Alexander  leased  Dagworth  Hall  and 
Manor  ;  and  James  Alexander,  gent.,  bought  of  the  Long  Parliament  the 
fee  simple  of  this  estate,  when  the  Bishop's  lands  were  sold,  and  the  tenant 
had  the  first  offer.  His  estate  was  about  £300  per  annum,  which  he  devised 
to  his  children.  His  wife  was  daughter  of  Captain  Flack,  of  West  Greeting, 
who  held  some  interest  in  this  estate  ;  and  their  sons  sold  the  whole  to 
John  Clerke,  gent.,  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds.  Dagworth  Hall  is  now  the 
estate  of  the  Rev.  George  John  Haggit,  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds."3 

We  find  from  certain  Exchequer  Depositions  taken  at  Stowmarket  in 
1618  that  a  suit  was  then  pending  between  Robert  Salmon  and  John 
Draper  respecting  the  manor  said  to  have  been  then  late  in  the  possession 
of  Robert  Dawes,  and  as  to  his  (Robert's)  debts,  and  touching  an  extent 
acknowledged  by  plaintiff  to  Robert  Dawes.  Reference  is  also  made  to  a 
conveyance  of  the  manor  to  Robert  Flick  and  James  Alexander,  and  a 
distraint  for  rents  out  of  the  manor  payable  to  the  Bishop  of  Noiwich. 
There  is  amongst  the  MSS.  in  the  Cambridge  University  Library  a  Survey 
of  the  manor  made  in  i64i.3  The  sale  referred  to  by  Page  as  made  to 
Alexander,  was  to  James  Alexander  in  1647,  and  particulars  of  the  transac- 
tion will  also  be  found  amongst  the  MSS.  in  the  Cambridge  University 
Library.4 

Poor  Mr.  Hollingsworth  is  quite  pathetic  over  the  old  hall  of  Dagworth. 
He  says  :  "  In  King  John's  reign,  during  one  of  his  itineraries,  he  spent 
(in  March,  1216)  the  nth  at  Dagworth,  coming  there  from  Cambridge  on  the 
loth,  and  being  at  Framlingham  on  the  i2th  and  I3th,  at  Ipswich  on  this  last 
day,  and  at  Colchester  on  the  I4th.  The  whole  court  rode  very  frequently 
at  a  brisk  gallop  during  these  journeys,  and  sometimes  travelled  50  miles 
in  the  day.  What  would  be  now  thought  of  the  court  with  50  ladies 
and  gentlemen  on  horseback,  and  50  attendants  sweeping  at  a  gallop 
through  the  quiet  streets  and  along  the  winding  country  roads  of  our 
counties  ?  .  .  The  ancient  hall,  which  long  maintained  its  venerable 
existence  amid  these  bright  meadows,  has  yielded  at  last  to  the  innovations 
of  the  age  and  not  to  the  hand  of  time.  The  greater  part  of  it  was  pulled 
down  after  having  served  as  a  farmhouse."1 

The  manor  is  now  vested  in  George  Gudgeon. 

Arms  of  DAGWORTH  :   Ermine  on  a  fesse,  Gules,  three  bezants. 

'S.P.  30  Hen.  VIII.  ii.   1182  (i8«).  4Ib. 

'  Page,    Hist,   of  Suff.   p.   531.  '  Hollingsworth,  Hist,  of  Stowmarket,  p  97. 

'C.imb.  Mm.  ii.  19  (2314). 


FINBOROUGH.  167 

FIN  BOROUGH. 

HERE  was  one  manor  in  this  place  in  Saxon  times,  held  by 
Leveson,  a  freeman  under  Goodmund,  the  predecessor  of 
Hugh  de  Montfort,  by  commendation  only,  and  consisted 
of  2  carucates  of  land,  4  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne, 
wood  sufficient  to  support  12  hogs,  16  acres  of  meadow,  i 
mill,  i  rouncy,  8  beasts,  20  hogs,  and  30  sheep.  There 
was  a  church  living  with  30  acres  of  free  land,  and  i  acre  of 
meadow.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  it  was  held  by  Roger  de  Oburville, 
and  some  of  the  derails  had  altered.  The  bordars  were  then  3,  the  rouncy 
had  disappeared,  the  hogs  had  come  down  to  6,  while  the  sheep  had  increased 
to  100.  The  value  in  Saxon  times  was  £4,  which  after  having  fallen  to  £2, 
by  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  gone  up  to  6os.  It  was  one  league  long 
and  8  quarentenes  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  22^. 

In  the  same  manor  was  i  carucate  of  land  within  the  soc  of  the  King 
and  Earl,  3  ploughteams  (which  were  reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey), 
and  3^  acres  of  meadow.  It  had  been  held  by  18  freemen  under  the  said 
Leveson  by  commendation  only.  Roger  had  them  in  exchange  as  men- 
tioned in  the  Survey. 

Another  holding  consisted  of  65^  acres  of  land,  i  bordar,  3  plough- 
teams  among  them  (reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and  3  acres  of 
meadow.  It  had  been  held  by  6  socmen  belonging  to  Thorney,  the  Con- 
fessor's manor,  with  commendation,  sac,  soc,  and  summage.  They  were 
held  by  Roger  in  exchange  as  mentioned  in  the  Survey. 

Another  holding  among  these  lands  of  Roger  de  Oburville  was  of  80 
acres  within  the  soc  of  the  King  and  Earl,  and  i£  ploughteams  which 
gradually  disappeared. 

It  had  been  formerly  held  by  two  freemen  under  Goodmund,  Hugh's 
predecessor,  by  commendation  only.  Roger  de  Oburville  held  these  also  in 
like  manner. 

Another  holding  of  Oburville's  was  of  4  acres  formerly  held  by  a  freeman 
under  commendation  under  the  predecessor  of  Eustace,  and  another  of  4 
acres  formerly  held  by  a  freeman  under  Leuestan  de  Losa  by  commendation 
only. 

Another  estate  consisted  of  20  acres,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  i  acre  of 
meadow,  which  had  formerly  been  held  by  a  freeman  under  the  King  by 
commendation,  the  sac  and  soc  being  in  the  Hundred. 

Roger  de  Oburville  also  had  another  small  estate  of  30  acres,  i  villein, 
i  ploughteam  (which  had  disappeared  by  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and  2 
acres  of  meadow.  It  had  been  held  by  a  freeman  under  Wisgar,  the  pre- 
decessor of  Richard,  the  soc  being  in  the  Hundred.  Oburville's  last  holding 
in  this  place  was  of  16  acres,  and  i  ploughteam  (which  gradually  disappeared). 
It  had  been  held  by  4  freemen,  the  soc  being  in  the  Hundred.  In  Saxon 
times  and  later  all  these  freemen  were  valued  at  £4,  but  by  the  time  of  the 
Survey  at  405.  only.' 

Among  the  lands  of  Earl  Ralph  kept  by  Goodrich  the  steward  in  the 
King's  hand  was  a  small  holding  of  25  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam.  It  had 
formerly  been  held  by  two  freemen  under  commendation  to  Edith,  within 
the  soc  of  the  Hundred,  and  belonging  to  Norton.  The  rental  value  was 
included  in  that  of  Norton/ 

At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Earl  Eustace  had  two  estates  in  this  place. 
The  first  consisted  of  z\  carucates  of  land  in  the  soc  of  th/e  King  and  Earl, 

'Dom.  ii.  4036.  aDom.  ii.  285. 


i68  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

9  bordars,  6  serfs,  3  plought  earns  in  demesne,  18  acres  of  meadow,  i  beast, 
and  8  hogs.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  serfs  had  disappeared,  the 
plought  i>u  i  us  were  reduced  by  i,  but  the  beasts  were  increased  to  2. 

Tht  value  originally  was  505.,  but  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  value 
was  double.  It  had  been  held  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor  by  Ingelric, 
the  predecessor  of  Earl  Eustace. 

The  second  holding  consisted  of  30  acres  of  land  in  the  King's  soc  and 
i  ploughteam,  formerly  held  by  seven  freemen  under  the  said  Ingelric  by 
commendation.  Their  rental  value  was  included  in  the  iocs,  above.' 

Among  the  lands  of  the  Abbot  of  Ely  were  34  acres  of  land  held  by  3 
socmen  valued  at  45.  This  property  was  held  of  the  abbot  by  Roger  de 
Oburville. 

In  the  same  township  were  7  acres  belonging  to  Berking  demesne, 
the  sac  and  soc  belonging  to  the  abbot.1 

Amongst  the  encroachments  against  the  King  we  find  the  following 
entry  relating  to  Finborough  :  "In  Finborough  is  a  freeman  of  whom 
the  predecessor  of  Roger  had  half  commendation — Eustace  the  other  half 
of  the  commendation— and  later  the  Earl  of  Moretaigne  held  over  him. 
But  Roger  held  over  him  when  he  left  the  land,  Roger  the  engineer  under 
him.  Now  Roger  Bigot  holds  him  in  hand  for  the  King,  until  proof  of 
right  be  made.  And  he  has  15  acres  of  land.  Then  half  a  ploughteam, 
now  none  at  all.  Valued  at  3s."; 

The  Anglo-Saxon  ode  or  song  on  the  Battle  of  Brunanburgh  preserved 
in  the  Chronicle  edited  by  Bishop  Gibson,  is  well  known.  It  has  been 
translated  and  commented  on  by  more  than  one  antiquary.  The  Fragment, 
although  little  inferior  to  that  well-known  composition,  and  preserving 
the  memory  of  a  contest  recorded  in  no  other  historical  document,  has 
failed  to  attract  the  notice  it  deserves.  It  was  published  by  the  scholar 
Hickes,  who  discovered  it  on  a  single  leaf,  bound  up  with  a  MS.  volume  of 
Homilies,  preserved  in  the  Archiepiscopal  Library  of  Lambeth,  who  printed 
it  without  a  translation  in  the  first  volume  of  his  "  Thesaurus  Linguarum 
Septentrionalium."  Unfortunately  the  poem  is  imperfect  both  at  the 
beginning  and  end.  It  appears  to  have  been  written  in  commemoration 
of  the  successful  defence  of  the  town  or  fortress  of  Finborough,  garrisoned 
by  a  Saxon  force  under  the  command  of  a  leader  named  Hengist  against 
the  attack  of  some  enemy.  The  first  assault  upon  the  fortress,  which 
probably  occupied  the  site  of  Finborough  Hall,  appears  to  have  taken  place 
by  night,  and  the  subsequent  siege  to  have  lasted  five  days  ;  at  the  expira- 
tion of  which,  the  chieftain  of  the  besieging  party,  being  wounded,  they 
were  constrained  to  retreat  without  effecting  their  purpose.  We  are 
unable  to  say  by  whom  the  rendering  has  been  made,  as  the  extract  is  taken 
from  a  book  in  the  writer's  possession  containing  scraps  from  various 
sources,  and  evidently  collected  about  1838,  but  the  transcriber  introduces 
his  version  in  the  following  words  :  "  The  style  in  which  the  Event  is  detailed 
resembles  that  of  the  Ode  rather  than  of  regular  Epic  Composition,  a 
remark  which  will  equally  apply  to  many  of  the  more  poetical  parts  of  the 
reputed  Caedmon.  The  Commander  of  the  besieging  army  is  represented 
as  addressing  and  receiving  an  answer  from  the  Leader  stationed  at  the 

'Dom.  ii.  303.  3Dom.  ii.  4486. 

2Dom.  ii.  382*. 


FINBOROUGH.  169 

principal  gate  of  the  fortification,  in  a  manner  which  may  faintly  remind  the 
reader  of  some  of  the  dialogues  which  Homer  has  occasionally  put  into  the 
mouths  of  his  contending  heroes.  I  have  only  a  few  words  to  add  concerning 
the  version  of  this  curious  Relique.  In  this,  I  have  retained  the  whole  matter 
of  the  original  witBout  addition  or  transposition.  The  most  remarkable 
expressions,  I  have  endeavoured,  where  they  admitted  of  it  to  translate 
literally.  In  other  cases,  the  extreme  conciseness  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
has  rendered  it  almost  impossible  for  me  to  present  any  intelligible  copy  of 
it  without  using  considerable  amplification.  If,  on  the  one  hand,  the 
style  has,  by  this  liberty,  been  rendered  more  perspicuous  and  agreeable  to 
our  received  notions  of  poetic  diction,  I  fear  that,  on  the  other,  it  has  lost 
much  of  the  fire  and  vigour  which  result  from  the  abruptness  and  com- 
pression of  the  original-  one  of  the  long-neglected  monuments  of  the  genius 
and  language  of  our  forefathers. 


THE  FIGHTE  OF  FINBURGHE. 

I. 

'The  sun  had  climb'd  the  eastern  sky- 
But  not  by  day  the  Youthful  Band 

May  hear  their  Leader's  battle  cry, 
Nor  yet  on  Finburghe's  fatal  strand, 

"The  Warrior's  winged  serpent  fly  : 
Pauses  from  blood  the  foeman's  hand, 

Nor  strives  he  yet  to  fire  yon  HALL'S  proud  canopy. 

II. 

Sweetly  sung  the  birds  of  night, 

The  wakeful  cricket  chirrup' d  loud, 
And  now  the  moon,  serenely  bright, 

Was  seen  beneath  the  wandering  cloud. 
Then  rous'd  him  swift  our  deadly  foe, 
To  deeds  of  slaughter  and  of  woe, 
Now  beneath  the  jav'lin's  stroke 

The  buckler's  massy  circle  rung. 
Anon  the  chains  of  slumber  broke 

Our  Chieftain  great  and  good, 
He,  whose  high  praise  fills  ev'ry  tongue, 

First  in  valour  as  in  blood, 
The  matchless  Hengist  to  the  battle  woke. 

'The  exact  meaning  of  the  first  clause  2The  metaphor  by  which   the  arrow  is 

is  somewhat  obscure.     Its  general  described  in  this  line,  may  remind 

purport,    however,    appears   to   be  the   classical   reader   of   a   similar 

either  that  no  warlike  demonstra-  expression  in  the  splendid  passage 

tions  were  made  during  the  day-  which  jEschylus  has  put  into  the 

time ;    or  that    the   enemy,  while  mouth  of  Apollo  in  his  Eumenides, : 

preparing  for,  and  marching  to  its  vr»       *  \    o  ~              "    >            «    "^ 

nocturnal     attack     (the     sun     not  M,  *«  X<tfo^  ITI^V  a/>y*rr.,v  o*iv. 

having  appeared  in  the  east)  pro- 
ceeded at  first  silently  and  without 
violence. 


i;o  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

III. 

Uprose  in  that  eventful  tide 

Full  many  a  warrior  brave, 
And  don'd  his  armour's  golden  pride, 

And  girt  his  glittering  glaive. 
At  the  high  HALL'S  portals  wide, 
Foremost  of  the  noble  Band, 
Sigvart  and  Mha  proudly  stand. 
Where  other  pass  the  foe  might  find, 
Ordlaf  watch'd  with  Guthlaf  joined. 
Garulf  next  with  fiery  speed 
Rous'd  Guthere  from  the  slumberer's  bed. 
No  care  of  dress  their  steps  delay' d, 
Each  grasp' d  in  haste  his  shining  blade, 
And  fierce  the  brother  warriors  flew 
To  guard  the  HALL'S  high  avenue. 
He  that  prides  him  in  the  fight 
Had  joy'd  to  see  that  gallant  sight. 

IV. 

And  now  in  accents  loud 

Our  foeman's  Chieftain,  bold  and  proud, 

Sought  what  Thane  or  Battle  Lord 

At  the  high  Gate  kept  watch  and  ward. 

"  Sigvart  is  here  "  (the  champion  cried) 

"  Sigvart  oft  in  battle  tried, 

"  Known  to  all  the  warrior  train 

"  Where  spreads  the  Saxon  wide  domain. 

"  Now,  Chieftain,  turn  thee  to  the  fight, 

"  Or  yield  thee  to  the  Saxon  might." 


V. 

Soon  the  tented  Halls  among 

Loud  the  din  of  slaughter  rung, 

Closer  now  each  hostile  band 

Grasp' d  the  shield  with  eager  hand, 

And  many  a  Chief  is  doom'd  to  feel 

Through  helm  and  head  the  griding  steel. 

First  in  that  disastrous  Plain 

Guthlaf  s  valliant  son  was  slain, 

Where  Garulf  lies  untimely  dead 

Many  a  fated  hero  bled. 

There  to  seek  his  destin'd  food, 

The  dark  and  willow- pinion' d  raven  stood  : 

And  far  around  that  Field  of  blood 

The  sword's  dread  radiance  beam'd  to  heaven. 

It  seem'd  as  though  that  morn  had  given 

All  FINBURGHE    to  the  rav'ning  flame. 

Ne'er  heard  I  yet  of  fight  might  claim 

A  nobler  or  a  sadder  name. 


FINBOROUGH. 


171 


VI. 

At  the  high  HALL  a  chosen  band, 

Leaders  brave  that  shine  afar, 
Full  sixty  sons  of  victory  stand 

In  all  the  golden  pomp  of  war  ; 
Little  think  they  to  forego 
The  Hall  of  Mead  for  that  proud  foe. 
Five  live-long  days  the  battle's  sound 
Was  heard  by  FINBURGHE'S  EARTH-RAIS'D  MOUND. 
Yet  undiminish'd  and  unquell'd 
That  hero  Band  the  Portal  held, 
Till  bleeding  from  the  Saxon  blade 
Our  foeman's  Lord  his  fear  betray 'd, 

And  told  in  accents  of  despair, 
How  broken  helm  and  corslet  reft 

Defenceless  to  the  stroke  had  left 
His  head  and  bosom  bare. 
Then  sought  the  vanquish' d  Foe  relief, 
And  safety  for  their  wounded  Chief. 

MANOR  OF  GREAT  FINBOROUGH  OR  FINBOROUGH   MAGNA. 

We  do  not  know  much  of  this  manor  in  early  days,  but  we  find  that 
Robert  Musgrose  died  seised  of  it  in  1254,'  leaving  John  Musgrose  his  son 
and  heir,  then  aged  21  or  22.  From  a  presentation  made  in  1258  by  the 
Hundreds  of  Suffolk  it  appears  that  Gilbert  le  Poor,  steward  of  the  Earl  of 
Gloucester,  soon  after  the  battle  of  Evesham  was  seised  of  the  manor,  and 
afterwards  transferred  it  to  John  Hovell,  parson  of  Wyverstone,  and  that  it 
was  afterwards  delivered  into  the  King's  hands,  who  gave  it  to  John  Giffard, 
brother  of  Osbert  Giffard,  to  hold  in  farm  of  the  Dictum  of  Kenilworth.2 

We  meet  with  a  fine  levied  in  1389  of  Finborough  Magna  Manor  by 
Sir  Thomas  Mortymer,  William  Ford,  clerk,  and  William  Skreyve  against 
Sir  Stephen  Lescrop  and  Marjory  his  wife.3  A  William  Skreyve  was  lord 
of  Finborough,  and  in  1459  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  Nicholas  Benman/ 
who  had  for  her  ist  husband  John  L'Estrange,  and  for  her  2nd  John  Twyer, 
is  said  to  have  died  seised,  when  the  manor  passed  to  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  John  L'Estrange.  This  Alice  had  been  married  to  William  Skreyve  as 
her  3rd  husband.  It  is  not  possible  that  he  was  the  William  Skreyve  mentioned 
in  the  fine  in  1389,  but  it  is  possible  that  he  was  the  son  or  grandson,  and  that 
Alice  his  wife  took  the  manor  under  a  gift  from  him.  In  1475  Sir  Robert 
Chamberlayne,  Knt.,  had  a  grant  of  the  manor  from  the  Crown,  but  under 
what  circumstances  does  not  appear,  and  in  1497  Simon  Digby  had  likewise 
a  grant. 

He  was  the  2nd  son  of  Sir  Everard  Digby,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Towton  in  1440.  Sir  Everard  was  eldest  son  of  Sir  Simon  Digby,  of 


'Extent  I.P.M.,  38  Hen.  III.  39,  New 
Ref.  File,  16  (6). 

*Q.W.  Rolls,  i.  54  Hen.  III.  2. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  13  Rich.  II.  iz. 

4Blomefield  says:  "by  Maud  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heir  of  John  Pike 
and  Eleanor  his  wife,  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  William  de  Rushbrook, 


by  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Walter  Wells,  lord  of  Rayne,  in 
Essex,  by  Isabel  his  wife,  sister  of 
Edmund  de  Kemscop,  lord  of 
Samford  and  of  Felstead,  in  Essex, 
who  died  19  Edw.  II.  and  was 
descended  of  the  noble  family  of 
Lord  Wells,  in  Lincolnshire. 


172  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Tilton,  co.  Leicester,  and  Drystock,  co.  Rutland,  by  Joan  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Sir  James  Sellers,  which  Sir  Simon  was  the  son  of  Robert  Digby  by 
Catharine  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Simon  Pakeman,  which  Robert 
was  the  son  of  John  Digby  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Walter  de 
Oleville,  which  John  was  the  son  of  John  Digby,  the  son  of  Sir  John  Digby, 
in  the  time  of  Hen.  III.,  and  of  Arabella  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Harcourt,  of  Stanton  Harcourt,  and  widow  of  Sir  Fulke  Pembrugge,  Knt., 
which  Sir  John  was  eldest  son  of  Robert  Digby  and  Ida  his  widow,  daughter 
of  John  de  Fitz  Herbert,  which  Robert  was  the  eldest  son  of  Robert  Tilton, 
who  becoming  owner  of  an  estate  at  Digby  and  residing  there  assumed 
that  surname,  which  Robert  was  the  and  son  of  William  Tilton,  of  Tilton, 
the  son  of  Sir  Everard  Tilton  and  Amicia  Bretton  his  wife,  the  said  Sir 
Everard  being  the  son  of  Almans,  who  held  lands  and  resided  at  Tilton,  in 
Leicestershire,  in  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror. 

Simon  Digby,  to  whom  the  grant  of  this  manor  was  made,  had  been 
knighted  by  King  Edw.  IV.  in  1477.  Upon  the  landing  of  the  Earl  of 
Richmond  he  with  his  brothers  joined  and  fought  for  the  Earl  in  the  decisive 
battle  of  Bosworth,  and  in  reward  for  his  services  was  in  1485  made  steward 
of  the  lordship  of  Uppingham,  Preston,  Barrowden,  Esenden,  and  Gretham, 
in  the  County  of  Rutland,  with  all  the  other  lands  in  that  county  then  late 
the  estate  of  George,  Duke  of  Clarence,  to  hold  for  life  ;  and  also  steward 
and  receiver  of  the  Manor  of  Bedall,  in  Yorkshire.  In  1486  he  was  a 
commander  at  the  battle  of  Stoke,  and  in  consideration  of  services  there 
rendered  the  King  in  1487  gave  to  him  and  his  heirs  male  the  Manor  of 
Ravysbury,  in  Surrey,  and  in  1488  appointed  him  comptroller  of  the  petty 
customs  in  the  Port  of  London,  and  confirmed  to  him  the  forestership  of 
Thornewoods.  In  1495  the  King  by  letters  patent  dated"  at  Westminster 
23rd  Dec.  granted  to  him  and  his  heirs  male  the  lordship  of  Coleshill,  in 
Warwickshire,  upon  the  forfeiture  of  Sir  Simon  Montfort,  and  this  then 
became  the  principal  residence  of  the  Digby  family.  He  held  many  posts 
of  importance,  and  died  27th  Feb.  1519-20,'  being  buried  in  the  chancel  ot 
Coleshill  church.  By  his  wife  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Walleys, 
of  East  Ruddon,  co.  Devon,  h,e  left  a  son  and  heir,  Reginald  Digby,  to  whom 
this  manor  passed.  Reginald  Digby  was  sheriff  of  the  County  of 
Leicester  in  1534  and  1544,  and  married  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  of 
John  D'Anvers,  of  Calthorpe,  co.  Oxford,  and  dying  25th  April,  1549,  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Digby,  of  Coleshill,  who  married 
Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  George  Throgmorton,  of  Loughton,  co.  Warwick, 
Knt.  (by  his  wife  Catherine,  daughter  of  Nicholas,  Lord  Vaux,  of  Harrowden) 
and  dying  15th  Nov.  1558,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  George 
Digby,  who  was  knighted  in  1586  by  Robert,  Earl  of  Leicester,  for  his 
bravery  at  the  siege  of  Zutphen.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Sir 
Arthur  Heveningham,  of  Ketteringham,  co.  Norfolk,  knight-banneret. 
George  Digby  sold  the  manor  to  Henry  Gilbert,  who  also  had  a  grant  or 
confirmation  of  it  from  Queen  Elizabeth. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VIII.  we  find  proceedings  in  the  Star  Chamber 
as  to  a  messuage  and  lands  held  of  this  manor  by  this  Henry  Gilbert 
(Gylberd)  against  Robert  Jower,  Henry  Jower,  Thomas  Smyth,  Grace 
Crosse,  and  Joan  Crosse,1  and  amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the 
time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  is  an  action  by  Robert  Jower  and  Elizabeth  his 

'I.P.M.,  12  Hen.  VIII.  61.  'Star  C.P.    Hen.  VIII.  Bundle  24,  352; 

Ib.  Edw.  VI.  Bundle  8,  12. 


FTNBOROUGH.  173 

wife  against  this  Henry  Gilbert  and  Robert  Smith  to  obtain  admittance 
to  a  copyhold  messuage  and  lands  held  of  the  defendant  Gilbert  of  his  Manor 
of  Finborough.1 

Henry  Gilbert  or  Gyleberde  seems  to  have  acquired  the  manor  from 
George  Digby  in  1572.' 

He  was  a  goldsmith  of  London,  and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Howe,  of  Stowmarket,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  Sir  John  Gilbert,  who 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  lordship  of  this  manor  in  1594.  He  rebuilt 
Finborough  Hall,  and  married  twice — ist  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Robert 
Gosnold,  of  Ottley,  and  2ndly  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Arthur  Heven- 
ingham,  of  Heveningham,  and  left  three  daughters  and  coheirs.  The  eldest 
married  Sir  William  Forthe,  of  Butley  Abbey,  Knt.,  and  after  his  decease 
took  as  a  2nd  husband  Gresham  Parkin  (?  Perkins),  and  finally  as  a  3rd 
husband  William  Tyrrell,  of  Bury  Abbey.  She  is  interred  in  the  church 
of  Stowmarket.  The  youngest  daughter  was  married  to  Sir  John  Poley, 
of  Stowmarket,  Knt. ;  Elizabeth,  2nd  daughter,  married  Sir  Roger  North, 
of  Mildenhall,  son  of  Sir  Henry  North,  son  of  Robert,  Lord  North,3  and 
the  manor  passed  to  him  with  Finborough  Hall,  where  Sir  Roger  North 
resided  in  the  time  of  King  James  and  King  Chas.  I. 

Elizabeth  died  in  1612,  and  Sir  Roger  North  took  for  a  2nd  wife 
Thomasine,  2nd  daughter  of  Thomas  Clench,  of  Holbrook.  He  had  no 
issue  by  his  2nd  wife,  but  by  his  ist  had  two  sons,  Henry  and  Dudley  North, 
and  a  daughter  Mary.  Sir  Roger  North  died  in  1651,  and  his  2nd  wife 
i8th  Feb.  1655.  Henry  North  the  son,  afterwards  Sir  Henry  North,  Bart., 
(so  created  in  1660),  succeeded,  and  in  1656  by  deed  dated  igth  November 
that  year  with  his  son  Henry  sold  this  estate  to  William  Wollaston,  son 
of  Henry,  of  Shenton,  co.  Leicester,  for  £10,000. 

The  property  as  described  in  this  deed  is  :  "  All  those  the  manors  of 
Finborough  al.  Finborough  and  Cantelupes  al.  Cantelewes,  Finborough 
Magna  al.  Ardens  al.  Arders  al.  Addens  with  the  appurtenances  in  Great 
Finborough,  Little  Finborough,  Buxhall,  Combs,  Hitcham,  and  Onehouse, 
in  the  County  of  Suffolk  ;  and  all  that  capital  messuage  or  mansion  house 
called  Finborough  Hall,  with  the  yards,  &c."  Also  various  farms  of  117 
acres,  104  acres,  155  acres,  90  acres,  43  acres,  13  acres,  and  16  acres.  A 
fine  was  levied  in  Easter  term  1657. 

William  Wollaston  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Humphrey  Whitgrave, 
of  Bridgeford,  and  died  loth  Dec.  1666,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir  William,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  Francis 
Cave,  of  Ingersby,  and  died  igth  Aug.  1688,  leaving  the  manor  by  will 
dated  2oth  April,  1688,  to  his  cousin,  the  Rev.  William  Wollaston,  for 
life,  with  remainder  to  his  ist  and  other  sons  in  tail  male,  with  remainder 
to  Thomas  Wollaston,  of  London,  for  life,  with  remainder  to  his  sons  in 
tail  male,  with  an  ultimate  remainder  to  testator's  own  right  heirs.  This 
William  Wollaston  was  the  2nd  son  of  William  Wollaston.  of  Great  Blox- 
wit.h,  co.  Stafford,  son  of  Thomas,  the  brother  of  William  Wollaston,  father 
of  the  testator.  The  Rev.  William  Wollaston  was  the  author  of  that 
well-known  work,  "  The  Religion  of  Nature  Delineated,"  issued  anony- 
mously in  1724,  but  privately  printed  in  1722,  and  of  which  upwards  of 

'C.P.  ii.  100.  'See   Badmondisfield   Manor,   Wickham- 

2  Fine,  Trin.  14  Eliz. ;  Hil.  16  Eliz. ;  Mich.  brook,  in  Risbridge  Hundred  ;  also 

17-18  Eliz.  Burl's  Manor,  Laxfield,  in  Hoxne 

Hundred. 


174  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

10,000  copies  were  sold  within  a  few  years  after  its  publication,  though  it 
exposed  the  author  to  the  censure  of  many  zealous  Christians,  many  of 
whom  considered  him  as  belonging  to  Dr.  Clarke's  4th  class  of  deists.  He 
upheld  "  the  intellectual  theory  of  morality.'"  He  resided  at  Finborough 
Hall,  and  married  2nd  Nov.  1689,  Catherine,  daughter  and  heir  of  Nicholas 
Charlton,  citizen  and  draper  of  London.  He  died  2gth  Oct.  1726,*  being 
buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Finborough.  The  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Charlton  VVollaston,  who  died  a  bachelor  6th  Aug.  1729,  aged  39, 
when  it  passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  William  Wollaston,  M.P.  for  Ipswich. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Fanquier,  and  by  deeds  dated  6th  and  7th  Jan. 
1740,  barred  the  estate  tail,  recoveries  being  suffered  in  Hilary  term,  1740. 
William  Wollaston  died  2Oth  June,  1757, 3  aged  64,  when  the  manor  vested 
in  his  son  and  heir,  William  Wollaston,  who  was  Colonel  of  the  Eastern 
Battalion  of  Suffolk  Militia,  and  represented  the  borough  of  Ipswich  in 
Parliament  in  three  successive  sessions,  viz.,  in  1768,  1774,  and  1780.  He 
married  Blanche,  sister  of  Sir  Thomas  Hyde  Page,  and  died  gth  Nov.  1797, 
aged  66.  Three  years,  however,  before  his  death  he  retired  to  Bath, 
where  he  lived  in  the  Upper  Crescent,  and  he  sold  the  manor  and  estate  to 
Roger  Pettiward,  of  Putney,  in  Surrey,  the  son  of  Roger  Mortlock,  D.D., 
who  had  assumed  the  name  of  Pettiward  in  1749,  and  died  in  1780.*  Roger 
Pettiward  was  originally  a  partner  in  the  well-known  firm  of  Wright  and 
Gill,  wholesale  stationers,  but  was  not  for  many  years  in  business. 
Immediately  after  his  purchase  of  the  Finborough  estate  Roger  Pettiward 
began  thte  erection  of  the  present  mansion  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  F. 
Sandys.  It  is  of  Woolpit  brick,  and  in  the  centre  of  the  front  is  a  projecting 
bow,  adorned  with  a  pediment,  supported  by  four  columns,  likewise  of 
brick,  formed  in  moulds  made  expressly  for  th'e  purpose.  The  park  com- 
prises about  200  acres,  and  gently  slopes  from  the  mansion  into  a  valley 
which  nearly  forms  a  circle  from  west  to  south,  and  is  watered  by  a  rivulet 
which  takes  its  rise  in  Rattlesden  and  divides  Finborough  from  Buxhall, 
when  after  a  winding  course  it  joins  the  Gipping  below  Stowmarket.  Beyond 
the  rivulet  the  park  again  rises  to  the  north,  and  is  skirted  by  a  wood 
diversified  by  clumps  of  trees  of  considerable  age. 

Finborough  Hall  in  recent  years  has  been  much  improved  by  the  late 
proprietor.  Roger  Pettiward5  was  a  man  of  considerable  ability  and 
highly  esteemed  by  his  contemporaries.  In  1788  he  was  elected  a  Fellow 
of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  and  in  1791  attempted  to  sell  this  lordship 
and  that  of  Stowmarket  as  well  as  Finborough  Hall  by  private  contract.8 
He  does  not,  however,  appear  to  have  effected  a  sale.  He  was  in  1811 
elected  to  serve  the  office  of  Sheriff  of  the  County,  and  in  1831-2  elected 
Master  of  the  Stationers'  Company.  He  married  ist  May,  1800,  Jane 
Seymour,  daughter  of  Francis  (?  Thomas)  Colman,  of  Hillesdon,  co.  Devon, 
and  died,  according  to  Davy,  3pth  July,  1833,  "  at  Trafford  Park,  co. 
Lancaster,  aged  78,"  but  according  to  other  accounts  "  died  I4th  Nov. 
1833,  at  the  Angel  Inn,  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  on  his  way  to  London, 
aged  68,  and  was  interred  in  the  family  vault  at  Putney,  Surrey,"  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  widow,  who  resided  at  Finborough  Hall,  and 
remarried  at  Finborough  25th  June,  1835,  Sir  William  Hotham,  K.C.B., 

'D.N.B.  Ixii.  310.  'Accounts    of    Almshouses    at     Putney 

'Will  8th  July,  1714.  kept  by  John  Pettiward,  1683-1708, 

'Will  26th  Feb.  1754,  Codicil  i8th  Feb.  will  be  found  in  the  British  Museum. 

1755-  (Add-   MSS-  347I8-34720). 

4  See  Manor  of  Onehouse,  in  this  Hundred.          *  Ipswich  Journal,   23rd   April,    1791. 


I 


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Admiral  of  the  Blue.  On  Lady  Hotham's  death  the  manor  passed  to  her 
ist  husband's  great-nephew,  Robert  John  Bussell,  only  son  of  Robert 
Bussell,  of  Bath,  by  Frances,  only  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Eyre,  of 
Landford,  co.  Wilts.,  who  had  married  J5th  Nov.  1786,  Frances,  elder 
sister  of  the  said  Roger  Pettiward.  He  was  born  in  1819,  and  assumed  by 
Royal  licence  22nd  Jan.  1856,  the  surname  and  arms  of  Pettiward  under 
the  will  of  his  great-uncle,  Roger  Pettiward,  and  was  High  Sheriff  for  the 
County  in  1867-8,  and  sometime  major  in  the  West  Suffolk  Militia.  He 
married  in  1855  Lady  Frances  Catherine  Nelson,  daughter  of  Thomas, 
2nd  Earl  Nelson,  and  had  by  her,  who  died  in  1877,  nme  daughters. 

Robert  John  Pettiward  died  in  February,  1908,  when  the  manor  being 
entailed  on  the  next  male  heir  vested  in  Charles  Terry,  son  of  the  Rev.  — 
Terry,  who  has  taken  the  surname  of  Pettiward. 

Arms  of  DIGBY  :  Azure,  a  fleur-de-lis,  Argent.  Of  GILBERT  :  Azure, 
a  chevron  engrailed,  Ermine,  between  three  eagles  displayed,  Or.  Of 
NORTH  :  Azure,  a  lion  passant,  Or,  between  three  fleurs-de-lis,  Argent. 
Of  WOLLASTON  :  Argent,  three  mullets,  Sable,  pierced  of  the  field.  Of 
PETTIWARD  :  Arg.  a  cross  ragulee,  Sa.  charged  with  five  etoiles 
of  the  first. 

MANOR  OF  FINBOROUGH  al.  ARDEN'S  al.  ARDER'S  al.  ADDER'S. 

This  was  the  holding  of  Leveson  in  Saxon  times  and  of  Roger  de 
Auberville  or  Oberville  or  Othurvill  at  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey. 

Roger  held  18  lordships  in  the  counties  of  Essex  and  Suffolk,  and  his 
brother  William  held  Barley  in  Herts  by  grant  of  the  Conqueror.  These 
Aubervilles  were  Barons  by  tenure.  To  Roger  succeeded  Hugh  de  Auber- 
ville (the  son  and  heir  of  William),  who  was  the  founder  of  Butley  priory. 
The  lordship  is  said  subsequently  to  have  vested  in  Ranulph  de  Glanville, 
the  well-known  Justiciar  of  England,  and  descended  in  shares  to  his 
daughters.  His  daughter,  Maud  de  Glanville,  married  William  de  Auber- 
ville, who  was  the  son  and  heir  of  the  Hugh  above-mentioned,  and  in  1236  gave 
a  moiety  of  the  manor  and  of  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Great  Fin- 
borough  to  the  priory.  The  other  moiety  was  given  to  the  priory  by 
Thomas  de  Ardern,  the  grandson  of  Amabel,  another  of  the  daughters  of 
Ralph  de  Glanville.  Were  it  not  for  one  moiety  of  the  manor  having  been 
vested  in  Amabel,  one  would  suspect  the  holding  of  Ralph  de  Glanville 
to  be  fictitious.  It  does  not  seem  at  all  probable  that  the  manor  was 
vested  in  Hugh  de  Auberville,  who  died  in  1212,  and  then  passed  to  the 
father  of  the  wife  whom  Hugh's  son  married. 

With  the  priory  the  manor  remained  until  the  Dissolution,  and  passed 
to  the  Crown  under  a  fine  levied  by  the  King  in  1538.'  It  was  in  1540 
granted  by  the  Crown  to  Anne  of  Cleves.  In  1563  the  manor  was  held  by 
Walter  Fyshe,  and  on  the  Memoranda  Rolls  this  year  we  find  an  acquittance 
to  him  in  respect  of  the  issues  of  the  manor  to  the  death  of  Lady  Anne 
of  Cleves.* 

In  1569  Walter  Fyshe  appears  to  have  sold  the  manor  to  Edmund 
Withepole,3  who  in  1575  sold  it  to  Henry  Gilbert.4 

'Fine,  Easter,  30  Hen.  VIII.  3Fine,  Hil.  n  Eliz.  Edmund  Withepole  v. 

2M.  5  Eliz.  Pas.  Rec.  Rot.  92.  Walter  Fyshe  and  others;  Fine,  Hil. 

12    Eliz.  Edmund   Wythypoles   v. 

Z.  Wyseman  and  others. 
4  Fine,  Trin.  17  Eliz. 


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THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


In  the  middle  of  the  iyth  century  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Henry 
North,  who  sold  it  in  1656  to  William  \Yollaston,  from  which  time  it  has 
di-volved  with  the  main  manor. 

The  following  advertisement  appeared  in  a  catalogue  in  1893  :  "  Court 
Rolls.  The  Original  Rolls  of  the  Manor  of  Finsborowe-cum-Cantelawe 
and  Adders  Hall,  in  the  County  ot  Suffolk,  nicely  written  on  four  skins  of 
parchment,  13$  inches  wide  and  33  inches  long  1665  to  1682,  inclusive, 
the  whole  in  perfect  state  for  305.'" 


MANOR  OF  CANTILUPE'S  al.  CANTELOWES  al.  CANTELO'S. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Emma  de  Cantelon  or  Cantelupe  who  also 
held  the  Manor  of  Cockerells  Hall,  in  Buxhall,  in  the  time  of  Rich.  T.  Hugh 
de  Cantelupe  held  one  fee  in  Finborough  and  Buxhall  of  the  Honor  of 
Boulogne  in  1210-1212,  according  to  the  Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer  (132  B). 
Another  entry  in  this  same  Red  Book  is  that  Emma  de  Cantilupe  held 
lands  in  Finborough  and  Buxhall  of  the  Honor  of  Boulogne  which  the  heirs 
of  Adam  Kokerel  held  1210-12." 

Hugh  de  Cantilupe  forfeited  the  manor  for  felony,  when  it  vested  in 
the  Crown,  and  was  granted  by  Hen.  III.  in  1227  to  Ralph  Fitz-Nicholas,3 
who  had  view  of  frankpledge  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer  here.4  He 
died  in  1273,'  and  was  succeeded  by  a  younger  son,  Ralph  Pipard,  of 
Rotherfield  Pipard,  co.  Oxford. 

Ralph  Pipard  had  summons  to  Parliament  as  a  baron  from  the  25th 
to  the  3Oth  Edw.  I.  In  the  year  1297  he  had  summons  to  Carlisle  equis  et 
armis,  and  in  the  writ  was  styled  a  baron  ;  the  earls  and  barons  then  sum- 
moned being  distinguished  by  their  respective  ranks.  Three  years  later 
he  was  one  of  the  barons  who  in  the  Parliament  at  Lincoln  subscribed 
the  letter  to  the  Pope,  being  then  designated  "  Radulphus  Pypard  Dominus 
de  Lanford."  In  1302  he  was  made  Governor  of  Bolesover  and  Hareston 
Castles,  co.  Derby.  He  died  about  1309,'  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
and  heir,  Sir  John  Pipard,  then  aged  30,  who  about  1309  sold  the  manor 
to  Edmund  le  Botiller  sometime  called  Earl  of  Carrick. 

On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1309  is  a  pardon  to  Edmund  le  Botiller  for  having 
acquired  in  fee  without  licence  this  manor  from  John  Pypard,  and  licence 
is  granted  him  to  regrant  to  the  grantor  for  life  with  reversion  to  himself 
and  his  heirs.7 

Edmund  le  Botiller  was  the  son  of  Theobald  le  Botiller  or  Butler  by 
Joan  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Fitz  John,  who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren 
here  in  1315.*  He  was  appointed  under  the  style  of  Lord  Keeper,  Chief 
Governor  of  Ireland  in  1312,  in  1314  Chief  Governor  under  the  title  of 
Lord  Justice.  He  married  in  1302  Joan,  daughter  of  John  Fitz  Thomas 
Fitz  Gerald,  ist  Earl  of  Kildare,  and  died  i3th  Sept.  1321,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  James  Butler  or  le  Botiller,  2nd  Earl  of  Carrick. 
He  married  Eleanor,  2nd  daughter  of  Humphrey  de  Boh'un,  4th  Earl  of 
Hereford  and  Essex,  by  Lady  Elizabeth  Plantagenet,  daughter  of  King 
Edw.  I.,  and  was  created  by  Edw.  III.  the  2nd  Nov.  1328,  Earl  of  Ormond. 


'E.A.N.  &  Q.  vol.  v.  p.  159. 

'  Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer,  150. 

'H.R.  ii.  191. 

«Q.W.7«. 


5I.P.M.,  i  Edw.  I.  19. 
6I.P.M.,3Edw.  11.25. 
7 Pat.  Rolls,  3  Edw.  II.  22  ;  Add.  Ch.  10644. 
•Chart.  Rolls,  9  Edw.  II.  13. 


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177 


He  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1328,'  and  died  6th  Jan  1337-8, 2  and 
the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Eleanor.  On  the  Close  Rolls  in  1338  is  an 
order  to  deliver  the  manor  to  Eleanor,  late  wife  of  James  le  Botiller,  Earl 
of  Ormond,  because  they  held  jointly  for  themselves  and  the  heirs  of  their 
bodies  by  a  fine  levied,  and  the  manor  was  held  in  chief  by  knights'  service.3 
The  widow  remarried  Thomas  de  Dagworth,  Lord  Dagworth,  and  died 
in  1363, 4  when  the  manor  passed  to  her  elder  son  James,  2nd  Earl  of  Ormond, 
called  the  Noble  Earl  by  reason  of  his  being  greatgrandson  of  Edw.  I.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Darcy,  of  Flatten,  co.  Meath, 
Lord  Justice  of  Ireland  in  1359,  and  1360  was  himself  appointed  Lord 
Justice.  He  held  this  lordship  of  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster,  son 
of  King  Edw.  III. 

In  1361  Lionel,  Duke  of  Clarence, 3rd  son  of  King  Edward  III.,  being 
made  Lord  Lieutenant,  he  attended  him  thither,  having  for  himself  45. 
per  day  for  retinue,  2s.  each  for  2  knights,  I2d.  each  for  27  esquires,  6d.  each 
for  20  hoblers  armed  and  4^.  each  for  20  hoblers  unarmed,  and  in  1364 
was  appointed  deputy  to  the  said  Duke. 

He  died  I3th  Oct.  1382, 5  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Elizabeth 
in  dower,  and  on  her  death  in  1389°  vested  in  her  son  and  heir,  James 
Boteler  or  Butler,  3rd  Earl  of  Ormond.  He  purchased  in  1391  the  castle 
of  Kilkenny  from  the  heirs  of  Sir  Hugh  le  Despenser,  Earl  of  Gloucester, 
a  fine  strong  edifice  erected  in  the  beginning  of  the  I3th  century  by  William, 
Earl  Marshal,  and  which  he  made  his  chief  place  of  abode.  He  was  three 
times  Chief  Governor  of  Ireland,  and  married  Anne,  daughter  of  John  de 
Welles,  Lord  Welles,  by  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  de  Mowbray,  Lord 
Mowbray,  and  dying  7th  April,  1405,'  was  succeeded  by  his  elder  son 
James,  4th  Earl,  usually  called  the  "  White  Earl,"  and  esteemed  for  his 
learning.  He  it  was  who  prevailed  upon  King  Hen.  V.  to  create  a  King 
of  Arms  for  Ireland  by  the  title  of  "  Ireland  King  of  Arms,"  altered  by  King 
Hen.  VIII.  to  "  Ulster  King  of  Arms." 

He  was  Lord  Justice  of  Ireland  in  1407  and  1440,  and  married  ist 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Beauchamp,  Lord  of  Bergavenny,  by  Joane, 
daughter  -of  Richard  Fitz  Alan,  of  Arundel,  and  2ndly  Joan,  widow 
of  Jenico  Grey,  daughter  of  Gerald  Fitz  Gerald,  5th  Earl  of  Kildare,  by 
Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Rochfort,  and  on  his  death  22nd 
August,  1452,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  by  lu's  ist  wife,  James 
Butler,  5th  Earl  of  Ormond,  generally  known  as  "  Sir  James  Ormond." 

He  had  been  elevated  to  the  peerage  of  England  in  his  father's  lifetime 
by  letters  patent  dated  8th  July,  1449,  as  Earl  of  Wiltshire.  He  was 
Governor  of  Calais  in  1450,  and  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  House  of 
Lancaster.  He  was  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland  from  1453  to  1456,  and 
in  1455  Lord  Treasurer  of  England.  In  1454,  with  the  Earl  of  Salisbury 
and  some  other  great  lords,  he  undertook  the  guarding  of  the  seas  from  the 
3rd  April  for  the  space  of  three  years,  receiving  the  tonnage  and  poundage 
to  support  the  charge  thereof.  He  was  with  King  Henry  in  the  first  battle 
of  St.  Albans,  where  the  Yorkists  prevailing,  he  fled  and  cast  his  harness 
into  a  ditch.  Nevertheless,  in  1459  he  Had  the  place  of  Lord  Treasurer 


1  Chart.  Rolls,  2  Edw.  III.  13. 
'Extent,  I.P.M.,  12  Edw.  III.  43. 
'Close  Rolls,  12  Edw.  III.  pt.  i.  18. 
4I.P.M.,  37  Edw.  III.  24. 


5  Will  dated  3ist  Aug.  1379,  and  proved  at 
Canterbury  28th  April  1386 ;  I. P.M., 
8  Rich.  II.  15. 

6I.P.M.,  13  Rich.  11.5. 

'I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  IV.  19. 


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THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


again  conferred  upon  him,  and  in  1460,  by  reason  of  his  constant  assistance 
to  the  King  in  those  turbulent  times,  obtained  a  grant  of  the  Keepership 
of  the  Forest  or  Park  of  Pederton,  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  then  in  the 
Crown  by  the  forfeiture  of  Richard,  Duke  of  York  ;  as  also  of  Craneborne- 
Chase,  lying  in  th.e  counties  of  Wilts,  and  Dorset. 

Dugdale  says  :  "  After  which  (the  same  year)  coming  with  the  Lords 
Scales  and  Hungerford  to  Newbery  (a  Lordship  belonging  to  the  Duke  of 
York,  and  there  making  Inquisition  for  those  who  had  adhered  to  that 
Duke),  he  caused  some  to  be  hang'd,  drawn  and  quartered  ;  and  plundered 
the  rest.  Thence  went  to  Southampton  ;  where,  under  colour  to  surprize 
the  Earl  of  Warwick,  he  arm'd  five  great  Carricks  of  Genoa,  and  mann'd 
them  with  Soldiers  ;  taking  up  Victual  at  the  King's  price,  without  paying 
any  money.  And  so,  carrying  a  great  part  of  his  Treasure  with  him,  sailed 
into  the  Netherlands. 

"  Howbeit,  after  this,  before  the  end  of  that  year,  he  returned,  and 
was  in  the  Battel  of  Wakefield ;  where  the  Duke  of  York  being  slain,  the 
Lancastrians  obtained  a  very  great  victory.  But  soon  after  that,  being  in 
the  Battel  at  Mortimers  Crosse  (1461)  against  the  Earl  of  March,  where  the 
Victory  fell  to  the  other  side,  he  fled.  So  Likewise  upon  the  loss  of  the 
day  at  Towton-field,  which  hapned  within  a  short  space  after  (29  March, 
1461).  But  was  taken  by  Richard  Salkeld  Esq.  ;  and  thereupon  beheaded 
at  Newcastle,  upon  the  first  of  May  [1461].'" 

The  beheading  is  not  so  clear,  for  it  appears  from  other  sources  that 
the  Earl  was  living  as  late  as  1475.  He  married  twice — 1st  Avicia,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Sir  Richard  Stafford,  step-daughter  of  John,  Earl  of  Arundel, 
by  Maud,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Robert  Lovell.  She  died  without 
issue  the  3rd  June,  1437. 2  He  married  2ndly  Eleanor,  eldest  daughter  of 
Edmund  Beaufort,  Duke  of  Somerset,  and  sister  and  coheir  of  Henry  and 
Edmund  Beaufort,  Dukes  of  Somerset,  but  died  without  issue,  and  being 
attainted  by  Parliament  4th  November,  1461,  all  his  manors  became 
forfeited.  His  next  heir  was  his  brother  John,  who  was  also  attainted 
for  Lancastrian  principles,  but  was  subsequently  restored  in  blood  by 
King  Edw.  IV.  soon  after  1472,  and  in  1476  the  attainder  by  the  Irish 
Parliament  was  repealed,  whereby  he  became  the  6th  Earl  of  Ormond. 

The  manor  seems,  however,  to  have  passed  from  the  family,  and  was 
vested  in  Alice,  wife  of  John  L'Estrange,  on  her  death  in  1459, 3  and  then  in 
her  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  William  Skreyve,  and  in  1474  Sir  John 
Skreyve,  who  died  without  issue,  was  owner  of  the  manor.*  We  do  not 
find  anything  authoritative  until  1475,  when  Sir  Robert  Chamberlayne  had 
a  grant  of  the  manor  from  the  Crown  to  hold  to  him  and  the  heirs  male  of 
his  body  by  fealty  only.' 

There  is,  however,  another  grant  in  1495  from  the  Crown  in  favour  of 
Simon  Digby,  from  which  time  the  manor  has  devolved  in  a  similar  course 
with  the  main  manor,  and  is  now  vested  in  Charles  Pettiward,  of  Finborough 
Hall. 

The  sale  from  George  Digby  to  Henry  Gilbert  was  made  in  1574.' 

Account  of  knights'  fees  in  this  manor  will  be  found  in  the  Harleian 
MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.7 


235- 


1  Dugdale  Baronage,  p. 
"I.P.M.,  36  Hen.  VI. 
M.P.M.,  38  and  39  Hen.  VI.  41. 
4 1.P.M.,  14  Edw.  IV.  42. 


5  Pat.  Rolls,  15  Edw.  IV.  pt.  ii.  17. 
''  Fine,  Mil.  16  Eliz. 
7Harl.  370 


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A  Commission  touching  temporal  and  spiritual  possessions  of  Finborough 
Manor  and  rectory  13  Jas.  I.  will  be  found  on  the  Memoranda  Rolls,1  and 
amongst  the  Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  is  a  particular  of  the  manors 
of  "Alders  and  Canteleous,"  with  lists  of  tenants,  rents,  apparently  in 
the  latter  half  of  the  lyth  century,  "  offered  for  sale  at  £14,000.'" 

Arms  of  BOTILLER  or  BUTLER  :  Or,  a  chief  indented,  Az.  a  label  of  five 
points,  Arg. 

BOYTON  HALL  MANOR. 

This  is  in  both  Combs  and  Finborough.  We  find  in  1294  William  de 
Boyton  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here,3  and  in  1302  by  an  inquisition 
ad  quod  damnum  the  jury  presented  that  it  would  not  be  to  the  King's 
prejudice  if  Sir  William  de  Boyton  granted  i  messuage,  50  acres  of  land  &c., 
in  Old  Newton,  held  in  chief  of  the  King  to  William,  his  son  and  heir  then 
of  age.  Sir  William  the  father  died  this  same  year,  and  from  his  inquisition 
post  mortem  the  extent  of  his  lands  in  Combs  and  Finborough  appears  to 
have  been  i  messuage,  140  acres  of  land,  15  of  wood,  2  of  meadow,  and  4 
of  pasture.4  The  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  de  Boyton, 
who  was  living  in  1314.  He  seems  to  have  died  about  1325,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Osbert  de  Boyton,  who  died  seised  of 
the  manor  in  1345, 5  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  Boyton. 

In  1481  the  manor  appears  to  have  passed  to  the  Timperley  family 
under  a  fine  levied  that  year  by  John  Timperley  against  John  Ive  and 
Alice  his  wife  and  John  Colby  and  Isabella  his  wife,  daughter  of  John 
Ive  and  Alice.6  The  fine  included  lands  in  Finborough  Magna,  Combs, 
Onehouse,  Stowmarket,  Hitcham,  Buxhall,  and  Felsham. 

From  this  John  Timperley  to  the  death  of  Thomas  Timperley  in  1655 
the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Hintlesham,  in 
Samford  Hundred. 

The  25th  Sept.  1794,  the  manor  was  offered  for  sale  by  public  auction 
at  the  White  Hart  Inn,  Stowmarket,  under  the  description  of  "  a  capital 
messuage  or  farm  all  freehold  called  Boyton  Hall,  otherwise  the  Manor  of 
Boyton  Hall,  situate  in  Great  Finborough  and  Combs,  containing  2953. 
2r.  26p.7 

In  1804  the  manor  was  in  Mary  Roper,  and  in  1808  in  Thomas  Clark, 
though  probably  the  last  was  but  a  lessee.  The  manor  was  offered  for  sale 
2gth  July,  i83p,8  and  again  at  the  Auction  Mart,  London,  ist  June,  1838. 
The  property  in  this  last  sale  was  described  as  "  The  Manor  of  Boyton 
with  the  fines  and  quit  rents  and  the  capital  and  most  desirable  freehold 
estate  called  Boyton  Hall,  containing  together  about  300  acres  of  fine 
arable  and  pasture  land,  and  a  portion  of  which  is  a  fine  hop  garden,  now 
in  the  occupation  of  a  respectable  tenant  at  the  low  rent  of  £345  p. a."9 

MANOR  OF  LITTLE  FINBOROUGH. 

The  lordship  of  the  parish  of  Finborough  Parva  was  vested  in  the  time 
of  Hen.  III.  in  Hugh  de  Cantilupe,  and  was  granted  on  his  forfeiture  by 
the  King  to  Ralph,  son  of  Nicholas,  being  then  of  the  yearly  value  of  x".10 

'M.  Trin.  Rec.  Rot.  279.  6  Feet  of  Fines,  20  Edw.  IV.  16. 

Rawl.  D.  1481.  7 Ipswich  Journal,  6th  Sept.  1794. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  22  Edw.  I.  51  ;  Add.  Ch.         8 Ipswich  Journal,  loth  July,  1830. 
6337.  9Ipswich  Journal,  i^th  April,  1838. 

*I.P.M.,  30  Edw.  I.  106.  ">T.  de  N.  300. 

'I.P.M.,  19  Edw.  III.  18. 


i8o  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

In  the  middle  of  the  I3th  century  it  was  vested  in  Robert  de  Insula,  who 
was  living  in  1264,'  and  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Warm  de 
Insula  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  from  them  in  1298*  to  Robert  de  Insula 
their  son.  On  the  Close  Rolls  in  1297  we  nnd  an  order  not  to  intermeddle 
further  with  this  manor,  as  the  King  learned  by  inquisition  that  Alice, 
late  wife  of  Warm  de  Insula,  was  cnfeoffed  thereof  jointly  with  the  said 
Warin  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  the  said  Warin,  and  that  Alice  peace- 
fully continued  seisin  thereof  from  the  time  of  the  fepffment  until  Warin's 
death,  and  after  his  death  until  the  manor  was  taken  into  the  King's  hands 
by  the  escheator.1 

In  1340  a  line  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  Robert,  son  of  Robert  de 
Insula,  and  Thomas  his  brother  against  Sir  Robert  de  Insula.4  Robert  de 
Insula  the  son  died  in  1342. 

The  manor,  with  the  advowson,  seems  to  have  gone  to  the  priory  at 
Bricett,  which  with  the  other  alien  priories  was  suppressed  by  the  Parliament 
of  Leicester  in  the  2nd  year  of  King  Hen.  V.,  and  the  impropriation  and 
this  manor  were  granted  by  King  Hen.  VI.  in  1426  to  King's  College, 
Cambridge,  to  whom  the  living  still  belongs,  though  probably  the  manor  has 
long  since  ceased  to  exist.  In  1658,  however,  it  seems  to  have  been  held  by 
William  Keble,  rector  of  Ringshall,  son  of  Gibles  Keble,  of  Old  Newton, 
and  of  Anne  his  wife,  sister  and  coheir  of  Jeffrey  Went,  ot  Woodbridge.J 


1  He  had  view  of  frank  pledge  here  (H.R.  «  Feet  of  Fines,  14  Edw.  III.  6. 

ii.  192).   See  Manor  of  Nedging,  in  *  Will.  P.C.  C.  132,  Nabbs  1659,  cited  from 
Cosford  Hundred.  Muskett's    Manorial     Families    of 

'I. P.M.,  26  Edw.  I.  29.  Suffolk,  vol.  ii.  279. 

3  Close  Rolls,  25  Edw.  I.  20. 


GIPPING.  181 


GIPPING. 

T  is  a  hamlet  of  Old  Newton,  and  no  doubt  in  the  time  of 
William  the  Conqueror  was  included  in  the  description  of 
land  in  that  parish.  We  find,  however,  one  small  holding 
under  the  head  Rodeham,  which  was,  no  doubt,  Rokeyard 
Hall,  in  Gipping.  It  was  an  estate  of  10  acres  held  by 
the  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Hundred,  and  half  a  ploughteam,  valued  at  2s.  Roger  Bigot  held  it 
of  the  Bishop,  and  Ralph  de  Savigny  under  him,  it  having  been  held 
in  the  time  of  the  Confessor  by  a  freeman  by  commendation  under  Saxo, 
who  held  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely.'  This  Saxo  had  very  large  possessions 
before  the  Conquest  in  Stonham  and  Debenham,  where,  Mr.  Hollingsworth, 
the  historian  of  Stowmarket,  thinks  he  probably  resided.  The  same 
gentleman  mentions  that  one  of  the  principal  roads  in  Stowupland  leading 
from  Stowmarket  towards  Stonham,  formerly  a  broad  green  way  and 
bordered  with  trees,  is  still  called,  and  is  described  in  all  the  old  deeds  as 
Saxham  Street — that  is,  Saxoham — Saxo's  name  Street.  He  conjectures 
that  this  roadway  was  made  by  the  great  landholder  from  his  seat  (or  ham) 
in  Stonham  to  Stow,  and  bore  his  name.3 


MANOR  OF  GIPPING. 

In  13*6  this  manor  was  held  by  Arnold  de  Mountensey,  and  from  him 
in  1374  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Mountensey.  In  the  time  of 
Hen.  VI.  the  manor  passed  to  the  Tyrell  family,  a  family  the  chief  of  which 
in  a  direct  line  for  more  than  six  centuries  enjoyed  the  honour  of  knighthood. 

The  Gipping  family  descended  from  Sir  Walter  Tyrell,  a  Norman 
knight,  who  soon  after  his  arrival  in  England  became  tenant  of  the  Manor 
of  Langham,  in  Essex,  which  he  held  at  the  Domesday  Survey  under 
Richard  de  Tonbrigg. 

The  earliest  member  of  the  family  having  the  lordship  of  Gipping  was 
William,  2nd  son  of  Sir  John  Tyrell,  of  Heron,  Knt.,  Treasurer  of  the  House- 
hold of  King  Hen.  VI.,  who  was  I2th  in  direct  descent  from  the  Sir  Walter 
Tyrell  whose  arrow  slew  King  William  Rufus. 

'Dom.  ii.  374.  2Hist.  of  Stowmarket,  p.  61. 


i8a  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

The  following  is  the  descent :  - 

Sir    Waller   Tyrell.  Knt  ,      »         Adelaide,  daughter  of  Richard  de  Clare, 
lord  of  Poix,  and  third  of  hit  by  his  wife  Kohes*.  dau.  of  Walter  Giffard 

name  who  occur  as  lords.  the  elder . 

and  with  his  wife  "  Adelice" 
founded  the  Abbey  of  St. 
Pierre  de  Selincoart.  He 
probably  died  about  1139 


I  \ 

Hugh  Tyrell.        Sir  Henry  Tyrell  I.  Hen.  I. 
theCrc&aler. 

Sir  Richard  Tyrell 

Sir  Edmund  Tyrell.  Knt.,  t.  Hen.  II. 
Sir  Jeffrey  Tyrell,  Knt. 
Sir  Lionel  Tyrell,  Knt. 
Sir  Edward  Tyrell,  Knt.  «•  Matilda  Ann,  dau.  of  B.  Burgate. 


Sir  Hugh  Tyrell,  =     Joan,  dau.  and  coheir  of  James  Flambert. 

of  Great  Thorndon,  Essex, 
Governor  of  Carisbrook 
Castle  in  1377. 


Sir  James  Tyrell,  =  Margaret,  dau.  and  heir  of  Sir  William  Feron, 
of  Heron,  Knt.  of  Essei,  Knt. 

Sir  Walter  Tyrell,  Knt,    =  Joan,  dau.  and  coheir  of  Sir  Emma  —  Rich.  Enefield. 

William  Swinford. 

Alice,  dau.  of  —  Adeleigh  =  Sir  Thomas  Tyrell  =  Eleanor  or  Elizabeth,  dau.  and  coheir  of  John  Flambert. 

Sir  John  Tyrell,      =  Alice,  dau.  and  coheir  of  Sir  William  de  Coggesball. 
Treasurer  of  the  House 
to  Hen.  VI. 

William  Tyrell,  of  Gipping. 

William  Tyrell,  the  first  Tyrell  lord  of  Gipping,  was  High  Sheriff  of 
Suffolk  and  Norfolk  in  1446,  and  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert 
Darcy,  of  Maiden,  in  Essex. 

Sir  James  Tyrell,  Knt.,  was  William's  eldest  son  and  successor.  He 
was  Captain  of  Guisnes,  in  France.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Arundel,  Knt.,  of  Lanherne,  in  Cornwall,  by  the  daughter  of  Lord 
Morley.  Sir  James  Tyrell  was  Master  of  the  Horse  to  Rich.  III.  after  his 
first  coronation,  and  is  noted  for  the  part  he  is  supposed  to  have  taken  in 
the  murder  of  the  two  princes  in  the  Tower. 

"  Speedily  after  his  coronation,"  says  Sir  Thomas  More,  "  the  King 
made  a  progress  through  part  of  his  dominions  ;  taking  his  way  to  Gloucester 
he  resolved  upon  fulfilling  the  thing  which  he  before  intended,  whereupon 
he  sent  one  John  Grene,  whom  he  specially  trusted,  with  a  command  to  Sir 
Robert  Brakenbury,  the  constable  of  the  Tower  with  a  letter  that  he  should 
in  any  wise  put  the  two  children  to  death.  This  John  Grene  did  the  errand 
to  Brakenbury,  kneeling  before  our  Lady,  in  the  Tower  ;  but  Sir  Robert 
plainly  answered  that  he  never  would  put  them  to  death,  to  die  himself 
therefore.  With  which  answer  Grene  returned  to  the  King  who  took  such 
displeasure,  that  the  same  night  he  said  to  a  secret  page  of  his,  '  Ah,  whom 
shall  a  man  trust,  those  that  I  have  brought  up  myself,  even  these  fail  me  ? ' 


GIPPING.  183 

'  Sir,'  quoth  the  page,  '  there  lieth  one  on  your  pallet  without  (meaning  Sir 
James  Tyrell)  who  I  dare  say  will  do  your  grace's  pleasure  ;  the  thing  were 
right  hard  which  he  would  refuse.'  This  man  (Sir  James  Tyrell)  had 
an  high  heart  and  sore  longe  upwards  nott  rising  yet  so  fast  as  he  had  before. 
Upon  the  page's  words  King  Richard  arose,  and  calling  up  Tyrell  secretly 
spake  his  mind  in  this  mischievous  matter." 

Stowe,  in  his  Annals,  says  of  this  Tyrell :  "He  was  a  man  of  right 
goodleye  personage  and  for  nature's  gifts  worthie  to  have  served  a  much 
better  Prince  if  he  had  well  served  God  and  by  grace  obtained  as  much 
truth  and  goodwill  as  he  had  strength  and  wit." 

Stowe  gives  further  details  :  '  Upon  this  page's  words,  King  Richard 
arose  (for  this  communication  had  been  sitting  at  the  draught,  a  convenient 
carpet  for  such  a  council)  and  came  out  into  a  pallet  chamber  on  which  he 
found  in  bed  Sir  James  and  Sir  Thomas  Tirell,  of  person  alike  and  brethren 
of  blood,  but  nothing  of  him  in  conditions.  Then  saide  the  King  merrily 
to  them  '  What  Sirs,  bee  ye  in  bedde  so  soone  '  and  calling  by  Sir  James, 
brake  to  him  secretly  his  mind  in  this  mischievous  matter  in  which  he  found 
him  nothing  strange."  The  next  day  James  was  sent  with  a  letter  to 
Brakenbury  desiring  the  governor  to  deliver  up  the  keys  and  command 
of  the  Tower  for  one  night  to  Tyrell,  with  which  request  Brakenbury 
complied. 

Sir  James  Tyrell  took  with  him  two  ruffians —Miles  Forrest,  "a  fellow 
flashed  in  murder  aforetime,"  and  John  Dighton,  "a  bigge broad, square, 
strong  knave." 

William  Slaughter  or  Slater  seems  merely  to  have  been  one  of  the 
keepers,  and  to  have  had  no  further  share  in  the  business  than  in  pointing 
out  the  princes'  apartment. 

1  Then,"  says  Stowe,  "  all  the  other  being  removed  from  them,  this 
Miles  Forrest  and  John  Dighton  about  midnight  (the  seely  children  lying 
in  their  beds)  came  into  the  chamber  and  sodainely  lapping  them  up 
among  the  clothes,  so  to  be  wrapped  them  and  entangled  them,  keeping 
downe  by  force  the  feather  bed  and  pillows  hard  unto  their  mouths,  that 
within  a  while,  smothered  and  stifled  their  breath  failing  they  gave  up  to 
God  their  innocent  soules  into  the  joyes  of  heaven,  leaving  to  the  tormentors 
their  bodies  dead  in  the  bed.  Which  after  that  the  wretches  perceived, 
first  by  the  struggling  with  the  paines  of  death,  and  after  long  lying  still 
to  be  thoroughly  dead,  they  laid  their  bodies  naked  out  upon  the  bed  and 
fetched  Sir  James  to  see  them,  which  upon  the  sight  of  them,  caused  those 
murderers  to  bury  them  at  the  stake  foot,  meetely  deep  in  the  ground  under 
a  great  heape  of  stones." 

It  is  said  that  King  Richard,  displeased  at  the  place  of  his  nephews' 
interment,  gave  orders  to  have  the  bodies  removed  into  consecrated  ground, 
which  was  supposed  to  have  been  performed  by  the  chaplain  of  the  Tower, 
but  as  that  person  died  soon  after,  the  place  of  their  burial  remained  un- 
known. In  the  reign  of  Chas.  II.  [1674]  m  consequence  of  an  order  to  clear 
the  White  Tower  for  the  reception  of  a  large  quantity  of  records  from  the 
Six  Clerk's  office,  a  new  pair  of  stairs  was  ordered  to  be  made,  and  the 
labourers  digging  at  the  foot  of  the  old  stairs,  the  very  spot  which  was 
mentioned  as  the  precise  place  of  the  first  interment  of  the  princes,  found, 
covered  over  with  a  heap  of  stones,  the  bones  of  two  persons,  exactly 
corresponding  in  size  with  the  ages  of  Edward  and  his  brother.  They  were 


184  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

concluded  at  the  time  to  be  certainly  the  remains  of  the  young  princes, 
and  were  solemnly  interred  in  Westminster  Abbey,  and  a  monument  with 
a  suitable  inscription  placed  over  them. 

Many  writers  have  endeavoured  to  throw  doubt  on  the  murder,  but 
it  is  said  that  in  the  time  of  Hen.  VII.  both  Tyrell  and  Dighton  confessed 
the  fact.  The  veracity  of  the  particulars  has  been  questioned  on  the 
ground  that  the  writ  is  purported  to  be  signed  by  the  King  in  London  when 
he  is  represented  to  have  been  in  Gloucester  ;  but,  of  course,  the  presence 
of  the  King  was  immaterial.  The  first  defender  of  Richard  against  the 
charge  was  Buck,  who  wrote  in  the  time  of  Chas.  I.,  and  the  historian  Carte, 
in  his  elaborate  work,  seems  to  have  palliated  most  of  King  Richard's 
crimes.  He  says  :  "  The  story  of  the  murder  in  the  Tower  will  hardly 
bear  an  impartial  examination."  Certainly  he  makes  a  good  point  on 
Sir  James  Tyrell's  position.  He  says  :  "  Sir  James  Tyrell  was  undoubtedly 
a  very  brave  man,  and  of  great  abilities,  descended  of  an  ancient  and 
honourable  fame,  and  had  a  good  estate  of  his  own,  besides  what  he  enjoyed 
in  right  of  his  wife  Anne,  who  was  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Arundel, 
of  Lanherne,  in  Cornwall.  He  was  before  this  pretended  commission  so 
much  in  favour  with  his  master  that  he  had  entrusted  him  with  the  custody 
of  the  Archbishop  of  York,'  when  arrested  on  June  I3th,  in  the  Council 
Chamber  ;  and  if  Richard  should  be  supposed  to  act  so  inconsistently  with 
his  own  character  as  to  unbosom  his  grief  to  a  page,  Sir  James  stood 
in  little  need  of  the  page's  recommendation.  The  story  says,  however, 
that  he  executed  the  order,  and  confessed  the  fact ;  but  if  this  were  so, 
how  came  he  to  be  employed  by  Hen.  VII.  —  to  have  clauses  of  exception 
in  his  favour,  added  to  acts  of  resumption  -to  be  made  the  governor  of 
Guisnes— and  to  be  sent  ambassador  to  the  Emperor  Maximilian  ?  Was 
it  for  the  honour,  either  of  the  first  of  these  princes  to  be  represented  by  a 
regicide,  or  of  the  latter  to  treat  with  an  assassin  ?  Dighton  is  likewise 
said  to  have  made  the  same  confession  ;  yet  he  was  not  either  punished 
or  prosecuted,  but  left  with  Forrest  and  Slaughter  to  God  Almighty's 
judgments,  which,  in  defect  of  Hen.  VII. 's  justice,  writers,  picking  up 
every  idle  tale,  have  taken  care  to  inflict.  It  was  Henry's  interest  to  bring 
the  affair  to  light ;  his  title  to  the  Crown  depended  on  the  death  of  the 
young  princes  ;  yet  he  never  thought  fit  either  to  examine  into  a  point  of 
so  much  consequence,  or  to  prove  it  upon  Richard  ;  and  it  is  owing  entirely 
to  his  neglect  that  it  was  at  that  time  and  remains  still  a  mystery."1 

Horace  Walpole's  "  Historic  Doubts  "  are  ingenious,  but  the  masterly 
refutation  of  Hume  is  a  truly  magnificent  piece  of  reasoning.  Another 
defence  of  King  Richard  is  to  be  found  in  a  dissertation  by  Laing  inserted 
in  Dr.  Henry's  "  History  of  England,"  but  his  arguments  have  been 
demolished  by  Dr.  Lingard. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  of  the  murder,  but  the  details  as  given  by  Sir 
Thomas  More,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  Sir  James  Tyrell  (and  we  are  not 
concerned  with  much  more  than  these)  are  most  certainly  inaccurate. 
It  wholly  misrepresents  Sir  James's  position.  Gairdner,  the  historian, 
points  out  that  he  was  not  only  a  knight  long  before  this  affair,  but  had  in 
the  preceding  reign  been  a  commissioner  for  executing  the  office  of  Lord 
High  Constable  -that  a  year  before  the  murder  he  was  created  by  King 

'Pol.  Vergil  N.  537.    See  Rolls  of  Parl.         "Hist,  of  England,  vol.  ii.  820. 
4  Hen.  VII.  n.  12. 


GIPPING. 


185 


Richard  himself  a  knight  banneret  for  his  distinguished  services  during  the 
Scotch  campaign,  and  was  at  the  time  also  Master  of  the  Horse. 

Sir  James  is  supposed  to  have  acted  under  the  instructions  of  the  King 
in  carrying  off  and  conveying  to  the  north  the  widow  of  the  Earl  of  Warwick, 
when  she  left  Beaulieu  Sanctuary  as  far  back  as  1473.'  As  to  the  confession 
of  Tyrell  and  Dighton  this  is  not  of  any  weight,  and  Tyrell  was  subsequently 
executed  for  a  wholly  different  offence.  Let  it  be  remembered,  too,  that  the 
murder  was  not  laid  to  the  charge  of  Rich.  III.  in  the  Act  of  Parliament 
that  attainted  him. 

Sir  Thomas  Tyrell,  brother  to  this  Sir  James,  is  mentioned  as  Master  of 
the  Horse  to  the  King.  He  probably  held  the  appointment  in  succession 
to  his  brother,  and  not  the  other  way  about,  as  Mr.  Hollingsworth  endeavours 
to  show. 

Mr.  Hollingsworth  mentions  that  there  is  a  room  in  Beauchamp's 
Tower  in  the  Tower  of  London,  which  was  formerly  used  as  a  prison  for 
State  criminals.  It  is  now  a  guard-room,  and  on  its  conversion  to  this 
employment  in  1796  a  number  of  inscriptions  were  discovered,  made  by 
the  unhappy  prisoners  with  nails  in  the  walls.  Amongst  these  is  one  of  a 
William  Tyrell  (supposed  to  be  of  this  family)  in  Italian. 

It  may  thus  be  translated  : — 

Since  fortune  hath  chosen  that  my  hope 
Should  go  to  the  wind  to  complain  ;  I  wish 
The  time  were  destroyed  ;    my  planet  being  ever 
Sorrowful  and  discontented. 

The  chapel  at  Gipping  was  built  originally,  it  is  supposed,  by  the 
fraternity  of  St.  Osythe,  at  Stowmarket,  for  the  abbot  in  1340  possessed  its 
patronage,  and  received  as  rector  its  fees  and  offerings.  But  the  present 
building  is  a  more  recent  erection,  and  was  no  doubt  erected  or  rebuilt  by 
Sir  James  Tyrell,  of  Tower  fame,  about  1490.*  Mr.  Hollingsworth  says  : 
"  If  Sir  James  was  not  beheaded  (as  some  historians  assert)  then  it  is  likely 
the  chapel  may  have  been  intended  as  a  mark  of  humility  and  repentance. 
To  favour  this  supposition  there  is  a  legend  in  carved  stone  over  the  door 
into  a  room  (which  cannot  have  been  intended  as  a  vestry)  or  cell  for 
private  devotions,  'Pray  for  Sir  James  Tirell  and  Dame  Anne  his  wife." 
The  historian  of  Stow  seems  to  be  labouring  under  a  delusion  as  to  the 
beheading  of  Sir  James  Tyrell,  rather  inferring  that  if  the  execution  took 


1  Paston  Letters,  iii.  92,  93.  See  Gairdner's 
Hist,  of  Rich.  III. 

3  The  chapel  is  a  small  but  handsome  build- 
ing in  the  architecture  of  the  age, 
and  possesses  many  curious  mono- 
grams, rebuses  and  mottoes,  with  the 
arms  of  the  family  by  intermarriage 
and  single,  carved  in  stone  around 
the  walls.  It  originally  had  a 
beautiful  painted  eastern  window, 
and  much  of  the  glass  remains, 
although  it  is  mutilated,  having 
been  broken  by  the  Puritan  Dissen- 
ters, and  then  patched  together 
again  without  any  reference  to  legs, 
arms  or  heads.  The  crest  of  the 


family  (a  peacock's  tail  in  the 
mouth  of  a  bear)  in  a  large  com- 
partment remains,  and  three  good 
figures  are  almost  perfect,  which 
appear  to  have  been  Dame  Anne,  a 
son  of  Sir  James,  and  an  abbot, 
perhaps  that  of  St.  Osythe,  as 
passing  over  to  him  the  patronage  of 
the  chapel  at  its  re-edification. 
The  family  have  always  been  buried 
in  Stowmarket  church,  and  the 
chapel  and  north  aisle  contain  their 
remains  for  more  than  400  years. 
(Hollingsworth's  Hist,  of  Stow- 
market, p.  105). 


i86  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

place  it  had  some  connection  with  the  tragic  occurrence  in  the  Tower.  But 
there  is  no  reasonable  doubt  as  to  the  execution  of  Sir  James  Tyrell,  though 
it  had  no  connection  whatever  with  the  murder  of  the  young  princes. 
Sir  James  was  accused  of  aiding  and  abetting  Edmund  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of 
Suffolk,  and  his  brother  Richard  in  their  flight  from  the  kingdom  into 
Flanders,  and  was  taken,  and  with  Sir  John  Windham  executed  for  so-called 
treason,  on  Tower  Hill  6th  May,  1502,  nearly  20  years  after  the  Tower 
tragedy. 

On  the  I3th  April,  1504,  Sir  James  TyrelTs  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas 
Tyrell,  had  a  special  pardon,  and  igth  April,  1507,  had  restitution  in  blood 
to  all  his  estates.  He  married  in  1529  Margaret,  daughter  of  Christopher, 
Lord  Willoughby,  of  Eresby.  He  made  his  will  i2th  June,  1551,  and  dying 
the  same  year,1  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Tyrell,  who 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Munday,  Knt.,  and  Mayor  of 
London  in  1522,  and  died  in  1573.  He  was  buried  in  the  family  chapel  in 
the  parish  church  amongst  the  bones  of  his  ancestors  23rd  July,  1573. 
His  tomb  was  covered  with  an  effigy  in  brass,  but  the  Puritans  destroyed 
it  in  1645,  "  and  found  doubtless,"  says  Mr.  Hollingsworth,*  "  much  pleasure 
in  thus  barbarously  maintaining  their  testimony  against  Rome  by  violating 
the  sanctity  of  a  dead  man's  tomb  who  had  been  a  sincere  believer  in  the 
persecuting  creed  of  that  church  of  error."  Hollingsworth,  quoting  from 
the  Churchwardens'  Accounts,  says  :  "  He  was  not  unpopular  in  the  town, 
for  the  stone  laid  over  his  grave  and  its  brasses  were  paid  for  by  both 
parishes,  and  the  parishioners  in  this  manner  gave  a  public  testimony  of 
their  respectful  regard  for  his  memory."  On  his  death  the  manor  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Tyrell,  who  married  ist  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Sulyard,  of  Wetherden,  Knt.  He  married  2ndly  Mary,  Lady  Corbett, 
widow  of  Sir  Richard,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Drury,  of  Hawsted,  and  in 
1589  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  against  him  by  Sir  Thomas  Cornwallis 
and  others,  no  doubt  on  some  settlement  of  the  property  being  effected.3 
Sir  John  Tyrell  died  without  issue  in  1590,  .when  the  manor  devolved  on 
his  brother,  Thomas  Tyrell,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Gray,  of 
Gosfield,  in  Essex.  A  fine  of  the  manor  was  levied  against  him  in  1590  by 
George  Broke  and  others.4  He  died  in  1606,'  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son  and  heir,  Thomas  Tyrell,  who  married  Ann,  daughter  and  heir  of 
William  Keable,  of  Stowmarket,  and  on  his  death  in  April,  1637,  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Tyrell,  who  married  Harriet,  daughter 
of  William  Yelverton. 

Thomas  Tyrell,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas,  seems  to  have  got  into 
difficulties,  and  his  father  had  to  find  for  him  a  sum  of  £1,060,  for  which 
the  son  gave  his  father  a  bond  ;  ultimately  Edmund  Tyrell,  of  Heigham, 
near  Norwich,  found  the  money  necessary  for  Thomas  the  son  to  pay  off 
the  father's  debt  and  other  debts  which  the  son  had  incurred,  and  Thomas 
the  son  conveyed  Gipping  to  Edmund  Tyrell  in  fee  by  an  indenture  dated 
the  I2th  June,  1676.  The  parcels  of  these  deeds  are:  "All  that 
the  Manor  of  Gippinge  w'h  all  and  singular  its  rights  membes  and 
appurtenances  And  all  that  Capital  Messuage  or  Mansion-house 
called  Gippinge-Hall  situate  in  Gippinge  aforesaid  and  alsoe  all 
and  singular  the  Messuages  Lands  tenem15  houses  edifices  buildings 

'I.P.M.,  4  and  5   Edw.   VI.   D.K.R.  10,          'Fine,  Easter,  31  Eliz. 
App.  ii.  p.  129.  4  Fine,  Easter,  32  Eliz. 

JP.  124.  3Inquis.  p.m.  24  Sept.  4  Jac.  I. 


GIPPING.  187 

barns  stables  dovehouses  orchards  gardens  meadows  pasture  crofts 
feedings  comons  wasts  waters  fishings  ponds  marshes  woods  undrwoods 
rents  revertions  services  royaltys  profits  comoditys  and  hereditam'5 
whatsoever  to  the  said  Manner  or  Manorhouse  belonginge  or  in 
anywise  appertaininge  And  alsoe  all  those  two  inclosures  of  land  or  pasture 
called  the  Paysy  Feilds  in  Gipping  aforesaid  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon 
of  the  said  Thomas  Tyrell  the  father  or  his  Assignes  together  alsoe  with 
one  pightle  sometime  pcell  thereof  now  called  the  Orchard  Pightle  now  in 
the  tenure  or  occupation  of  Thomas  Clerke  or  his  Assignes  And  alsoe  all 
that  messuage  or  tenm'5  in  the  occupacon  of  Samuell  Blague  together 
wth  the  Close  and  yards  adjoyninge  to  the  same  messuage  or  tenm'  in  the 
occupacon  of  Thomas  Clerke  and  sometime  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon  of 
Edward  Roper  And  alsoe  all  that  close  or  closes  of  land  or  pasture  now  or 
heretofore  called  Brookes  als  Whiney  Close  together  wtb  the  severall 
inclosures  and  peeces  of  meadow  now  called  Brookes  Meadow  and  peece 
taken  out  of  the  Whiney  Close  together  wth  the  meadow  called  Cookes 
meadow  neere  adjoininge  And  alsoe  all  that  messuage  or  tenm'  farme  and 
lands  meadows  and  pastures  in  the  farme  tenure  and  occupacon  of  Thomas 
Mills  or  his  Assignes  together  wth  the  Wood  therein  included  called  Greenes 
Wood  And  alsoe  all  that  messuage  or  tenm'  and  lands  called  Catts  scituate 
and  lijnge  in  Mendlesham  in  the  County  of  Suff.  now  in  the  occupacon  of 
Thomas  Hunt  or  his  assignes  neere  adjoyninge  to  the  said  farme  in  the  occu- 
pacon of  the  said  Thomas  Mills  And  alsoe  all  that  messuage  or  tenm' 
farme  and  lands  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon  of  John  Roper  heretofore 
Pallants  Farme  And  alsoe  all  that  messuage  or  tenm'  farme  tenm'5  lands 
meadowes  pastures  feedings  and  hereditam15  in  Gippinge  and  Old  Newton 
in  the  County  of  Suff.  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon  of  John  Jarrald  or 
his  assignes  And  alsoe  all  and  singular  that  messuage  or  tenm'  farme 
lands  meadows  pastures  feedings  and  hereditam"  in  Gippinge  aforesaid 
now  in  the  tenure  farme  and  occupacon  of  the  said  Thomas  Clerke  or  his 
Assignes  And  alsoe  all  that  messuage  or  tenm'  wherein  William  Janings 
now  doth  dwell  together  wth  the  yard  thereunto  belonginge  and  the  lands 
pastures  and  feedings  called  the  Little  Greene  And  alsoe  all  and  singular 
those  closes  lands  meadows  pastures  tenm'5  and  hereditam"  called  Greate 
Marecroft  Trundledge  and  Trundledge  Wood  in  Gippinge  aforesaid  together 
w'h  the  Woods  or  Groves  called  Smithfeild  Wood  in  Newton  aforesaid 
and  Samford  Wood  in  Gippinge  aforesaid  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon 
of  the  said  Thomas  Tyrell  the  father  or  his  Assignes  And  all  and  singular 
those  woods  comonly  called  Suiting  and  Cockshott  in  Gippinge  aforesaid 
now  alsoe  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon  of  the  said  Thomas  Tyrell  the  father 
And  alsoe  all  and  singular  other  the  messuages  or  tenm'5  farmes  lands 
tenrnen'*  meadows  pastures  feedings  woods  undrwoods  and  heredita- 
m's  whatsoever  of  him  the  said  Thomas  Tyrell  the  sonne  pty  to  these 
presents  scituate  lyinge  and  beinge  in  Gippinge  aforesaid  Mendlesham  and 
Newton  or  in  any  of  them  or  in  any  other  towne  or  townes  hamblet  or 
hamblets  pish  or  pishes  there  neere  adjoyninge." 

Thomas  Tyrell  the  son  had  married  Keziah,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Harvey,  of  Hengrave,in  1650,  and  died  in  his  father's  lifetime,  leaving  two 
daughters  only,  Susan  and  Keziah.  After  their  father  and  grandfather's 
death1  by  indenture  dated  24th  March,  1678,  these  two  daughters  and 
coheirs,  then  residing  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  in  consideration  of  the  full 
satisfaction  by  their  uncle,  Edmund  Tyrell,  of  all  sums  due  to  them  under 

1  Thomas  Tyrell,  the  grandfather,  was  buried  23rd  Oct.  1678. 


i88  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

any  settlement  of  their  father  and  grandfather,  released  the  Manor  of 
dipping  to  the  said  Edmund  Tyrell. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  inventory  of  the  goods  at  Gipping  of 
Thomas  Tyrell,  who  died  in  1678,  and  is  interesting  as  a  specimen  of  these 
documents  in  former  times  :  - 

AN   INVENTARY 

of  all  and  singuler  the  Goods  and  Chattells  Rights  and  Credits  of  Thomas 
Tyrell  late  of  the  hamblet  of  Gipping  in  the  County  of  Suff.  Esqr.  deceased 
as  they  were  vallued  and  appraised  the  Nine  and  twentieth  day  of  October 
Anno  Dni  1678  by  us  whose  names  are  subscribed  followeth  viz. 

In  the  Parlor 

Imprimis  three  tables  and  Eleaven  cushion  Stooles,  One  Couch 

and  Nine  cushion  chaires       . .         . .         . .  . .  . .  v"  xv1 

Item  twelve  small  pictures            . .         . .         . .  . .  . .  xij1 

Item  foure  large  Pictures  . .         . .         . .         . .  . .  . .  iiii 

Item  severall  Bookcs           . .         . .         . .         . .  . .  . .  ij''  x' 

Item  carpets  cushions  and  curtaines       . .         . .  . .  . .  ij'' 

Item  Brasse   Obirons  Tongs  five  pan  Doggs  and  some  small 

things      . .         . .          . .         . .         . .         . .  . .  . .  ij'' 

In  his  Closet  next  the  Parlor 
Item  a  chaire  a  Table  and  other  things  . .         . .         . .          i" 

In  the  old  hall 
Twoe  Tables  Formes  and  a  Brasse  candlestick  . .         . .          i" 

In  the  kitchen 

Item  all  the  Pewter  . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .        v'1 

Item  twoe  Iron  Potts  a  Jack  and  severall  Spitts       . .         . .      ij''  x1 

Item  a  Gunn  a  Case  of  Pistolls  and  a  sword  . .          . .        ij'' 

Item  Cobirons  Doggs  Trammells  Poles  Tongs  five  pan  and  other 
Irons  for  the  fire  and  Bellowes  and  severall  other  things  and 
Lumber   . .         . .         . .          . .         . .          . .         . .         . .       i"  x' 

Item  kettles  Stellets   Frying   panns  Dripping  pans  and  some 

Utensells  used  about  the  Cookery   . .          . .         . .         . .      iiij'* 

In  a  Room  neare  the  kitchen 

Item  a  Cupboard  twoe  warming  pans  six  greate  Brasse  Candle- 
sticks and  other  Candlesticks  and  Lumber..         ..         ..       iij" 

In  the  Butteries 

Item  seaven  hoggsheads  and  foure  vessells       . .         . .         . .      ij''  x1 

Item  a  Table  a  Napkin  Prcsse,  Glasses  a  hutch  a  Brasse  Candle- 
stick als  Hooks  and  Lumber  . .          . .          . .          . .       i''  x' 

In  the  new  Hall 

Item  twoe  Tables  a  Sadie  a  Bridle  Pictures  Candlestick  and 

other  things..          ..         ..         ..         ..         ..  ijA  xiij'  iiij1* 


GIPPING.  i 

In  the  Wash  house 

Item  a  Copper          . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .          . .        i'*  x' 

Item  Tongs  Firepan  Trammell  a  Tubbs,  a  Table  and 

.Llll  ll  DCi      «  •  •  •  ••  ••  ••  ••  •  •  •  * 

In  his  Lodging  Chamber 

Item  One  Downe  Bed  twoe  Feather  Beds  with  the 

Curtaines  and  other  furnishments  . .  . .  . .  . .  xx" 

Item  twoe  Tables  twoe  chaires  a  Trunk  a  close  stoole  and 

Lumber  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  i"  xs 

Item  all  his  weareing  Apparrell   . .         . .         . .         . .         . .       xxrt 

In  the  Butlery  chamber 

Item  more  Beds  with  their  furnishm'3    . .         . .         . .         . .        x" 

Item  a  Presse  three  Trunks  and  Lumber         . .         . .         . .         i" 

In  the  old  kitchen  chamber,  a  chamber  next  it  and  in  the  Gatehouse 

chamber 

Item  twoe  Bedsteads  curtaines  and  other  furnishments  as  they 

stand       . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .        x" 

Item  a  Table  chaire  stooles  and  Lumber          . .         . .         . .       i"  xs 

In  the  Groomes  chamber 

Item  a  Bedstead,  Bed  with  its  furnishments,  a  Table,  a  Chaire 

and  Lumber      . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .      ij"  x1 

In  the  Porter's  Lodge 
An  old  bed  and  Lumber    . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .       i"  xs 

In  the  Brewhouse 

Item  a  Copper          . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .        v" 

Item  the  Brewing  Vessells..          ..         ..         ..         ..         ..       iij" 

In  the  Storehouses  and  Garden 

Item  a  Powdering  Tray  and  Tubbs  a  Table  hutches  a  keepe  and 

Lumber  . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         i" 

In  the  new  hall  chambere  with  the  Gallery  adjoyning 
Item  twoe  Beds  as  they  stand  with  their  furnishments        . .      xx" 
Item  three  Tables  Curtaines  and  Carpet  twoe  Presses  three 

Trunks  and  some  other  things         . .         . .         . .         . .        iij' 

In  the  new  kitchen  chambers 

Item  twoe  Bedsteads  with  Beds  curtaines  and  other  furnish- 
ments as  they  stand  xx'* 

Item  three  Tables  three  chaires  three  Stooles  and  a  Case  of 

Drawers  ii"  x' 

In  the  Nursery  Chamber 

Item  Twoe  Bedsteads  and  Beds  with  their  furnishments  and 

Lumber   . .  vi" 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

In  the  other 

Item  one  Bed  twoe  Bedsteads  and  Lumber iij"  x' 

Item  all  the  household  Linnen xx" 

Item  the  Plate         xl" 

Item  in  Ready  Money  and  Money  due  to  him  from  his  Tennants      cl" 

In  the  Mill  house 

Item  a  Mill  and  Lumber   . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .       iij'' 

In  the  yards  and  Outhouses 
Item  twoe  Carts  twoe  Tumbrells  and  the  harnesse  foi  the  horses      vij" 


Sume  Totall      .  .         .  .         .  .         .  .         .  .         cccxcviij'1  x'  iiij 


Inventory  made  3oth  Dec.  1678  for  Edmund  Tyrell  Esq.  one  of 
the  Executors,  &c. 

Edmund  Tyrell  had  married  Grace,  daughter  of  Wiseman  Bokenham, 
of  Thornham  Magna,  in  1662,  and  in  consideration  of  £1,000  paid  as  a 
portion  by  her  father,  Edmund  Tyrell,  by  deed  dated  7th  Oct.  1662,  con- 
veyed certain  property  in  Bury  St.  Edmunds  and  in  Gipping  —  but  not,  of 
course,  the  manor,  which  was  not  then  his  —  to  trustees  to  the  use  of  Edmund 
Tyrell  until  his  marriage  and  afterwards  to  him  and  his  wife  during  their 
joint  lives  and  the  survivor  for  life  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  the  said 
Edmund  Tyrell.  Edmund  Tyrell  died,  and  was  buried  at  Stowmarket, 
4th  Sept.  1689,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Tyrell. 
He  married  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Edward  Duke,  of  Benhall. 

He  mortgaged  Gipping  Manor  to  James  Gibson,  of  Ipswich,  for  £300 
by  deed  dated  2Qth  June,  1698,  and  from  time  to  time  executed  certain 
mortgages  on  his  estate,  but  hardly  sufficient  to  justify  the  following  note 
which  his  son  Edmund  made  in  1742  on  a  further  charge  dated  I4th  July, 
1732,  for  the  whole  of  the  charges  did  not  amount  to  more  than  £1,600. 
This  is  the  note  :  "  Let  these  mortgage  deeds  which  I  have  redeemed  be  a 
monument  of  Terrour  to  succeeding  generations  of  the  Tyrells  never  to 
involve  their  estates  and  Heirs  in  such  difficulties  as  my  Father  did  me  which 
often  proves  the  Ruin  and  destruction  of  men  and  Familys  and  let  them 
remember  that  if  they  do  recover  their  ancient  Inheritances  after  fresh 
involvements  'tis  only  and  solely  the  Hand  of  Heaven  which  helps  them 
out  of  such  and  all  other  difficultys.  Laus  Deo.  Edmund  Tyrell  1742." 

Thomas  Tyrell's  will  is  dated  igth  Sept.  1732,  and  he  was  buried  at 
Stowmarket  2nd  Feb.  1735,  his  will  being  proved  at  Sudbury  3oth  Jan. 
1740. 

The  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Edmund  Tyrell,  who  married 
ist  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Sparrow,  of  Kettleburgh,'  and  2ndly  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Bright,  of  Netherhall,  in  Pakenham. 

On  the  death  of  Edmund  Tyrell,  in  October,  1749,  the  manor  went  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Edmund  Tyrell,  who  died  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at 
Stowmarket  the  8th  April,  1799.  The  manor  then  went  to  his  cousin  and 

1  Their  marriage  settlement  was  dated  ijth  July,  1738,  but  it  did  not  include  the 

Manor  of  Gipping. 


GIPPING.  191 

heir  Charles  Tyrell,  of  Gipping  and  Thurston,  son  of  Jenny,  sister  of  the 
last  Edmund's  father,  who  had  married  her  cousin,  Edmund  Tyrell,  ot 
Weston  Market. 

In  1808,  by  deed  dated  the  ist  January,  Charles  Tyrell  granted  a 
lease  of  Gipping  Hall  for  seven  years  (subsequently  renewed  for  four  years) 
to  Sir  John  Shelly,  Bart.,  at  a  rent  of  £367.  The  parcels  of  this  lease 
are  interesting  as  showing  what  the  lessor  had.  They  are  as  follows  :— 

"  All  that  Capital  messuage  called  Gipping  Hall  with  the  Brew  House 
Offices  Outhouses  Stables  Coach  Houses  Cow  House,  Dove  House  and  Hot 
House  with  the  yards,  gardens  orchards  and  appurtenances  thereto 
belonging.  And  also  the  free  use  and  wear  of  all  the  goods  furniture  Dairy 
and  Brewing  utensils  Implements  of  Household,  Gate  Hurdles  and  other 
things  belonging  to  the  said  Charles  Tyrell  which  are  now  in  upon  or  about 
the  said  demised  messuage  outhouses  yards  gardens  and  premises  and 
which  are  particularly  mentioned  and  set  forth  in  a  Schedule  or  Inventory 
thereof  signed  by  the  said  parties  or  their  agents  and  also  all  that  Inclosure 
of  Meadow  or  pasture  ground  called  the  Lawn  containing  by  estimation 
65  acres  adjoining  the  said  messuage  and  also  the  piece  of  pasture  ground 
called  the  Chapel  Yard  and  also  the  tenement  or  cottage  called  the  Game- 
keeper's House  now  occupied  by  John  Coleman  with  the  yard  garden  and 
appurtenances  thereto  belonging  and  which  premises  are  situate  in  Gipping 
aforesaid  and  were  late  in  the  possession  or  occupation  of  the  said  Charles 
Tyrell  his  undertenants  or  assigns  together  with  all  royalties  liberties  and 
privileges  belonging  to  the  said  Charles  Tyrell  as  lord  of  the  Manors  of  Gipping, 
Mendlesham  and  Thorney  Hall  in  the  said  County  of  Suffolk  of  Hunting 
Hawking  Shooting  Coursing  Sporting  and  Fishing  in  over  or  upon  the 
said  Manors  and  the  Bounds  and  Precincts  thereof  with  free  liberty  for  the 
said  Sir  John  Shelly  and  his  friends  Gamekeepers  or  other  persons  by  his 
order  to  kill  and  take  Game  thereon  and  also  to  take  Fish  out  of  the  Ponds 
in  the  said  Lawn  or  Chapel  Yard  And  also  in  the  Rivulet  and  Water  near 
the  Farm  House  in  the  occupation  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hunt  for  his  and  their 
use  and  at  his  and  their  Will  and  Pleasure  Except  and  reserved  out  of 
this  lease  unto  the  said  Charles  Tyrell  his  heirs  and  assigns  a  Garret  in  the 
said  Messuage  called  the  Lumber  Room  and  part  of  the  yard  called  the 
Timber  Yard  and  the  shop  thereto  adjoining  with  free  liberty  for  the  said 
Charles  Tyrell  his  heirs  and  assigns  or  his  and  their  servants  and  Workmen 
to  lay  and  convert  timber  thereon  And  also  all  timber  Trees  and  the  Bodies 
lops  and  Tops  of  Pollards  and  other  Trees  and  all  Thorns  Wood  and 
Bushes,  &c." 

Charles  Tyrell  married  Elizabeth  Baker,  and  died  in  1811,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Charles  Tyrell,  of  Gipping,  High  Sheriff 
of  Suffolk  in  1815,  M.P.  for  the  county  in  1830  and  1834.  He  married  8th 
June,  1801,  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  Ray,  of  Plash- 
wood  and  Haughley,  in  whose  right  he  became  possessed  of  the  Plashwood 
estate.  He  died  2nd  Jan.  1872,  and  was  buried  at  Haughley,  the  manor 
passing  to  his  eldest  son,  Charles  Tyrell,  of  Plashwood,  who  dying  unmarried 
ist  August,  1887,  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  Walter  Robert 
Tyrell,  Lieut  .-Col.  ist  Battalion  Royal  Suffolk  Volunteers,  who  died  un- 
married 23rd  June,  1891,  aged  80,  when  the  manor  passed  under  his  will 
to  his  nephews,  Charles  Alexander  Browne,  R.N.,  and  Walter  William 
Browne,  Staff  Commander,  R.N.,  the  sons  of  Louisa  Jane  Tyrell,  sister  of 
the  said  Walter  Robert  Tyrell,  and  wife  of  William  Browne,  Lieut,  in  the 
nth  Regiment  of  Foot,  2nd  son  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Browne,  rector  of 


IQ2  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK 

Flempton,  co.  Suffolk,  and  Branton,  co.  Northumberland.  Charles 
Alexander  Browne  is  unmarried,  but  the  said  Walter  William  Browne, 
24th  March,  1880,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Henry  Dobie, 
of  Ayr,  N.B.,  and  they  have  issue  two  daughters,  Dorothy  and  Cecily. 

Gipping  Hall  is  situate  in  a  spacious  lawn  surrounded  by  extensive 
woods.  The  mansion  has  undergone  various  alterations  by  its  respective 
occupants,  but  the  site  has  continued  the  same.  The  River  Gipping  has 
its  source  at  this  village.  Running  in  a  south-east  direction,  it  waters  Ipswich  ; 
and  assuming  below  that  town  the  name  of  Orwell  proceeds  to  meet  the 
Stour  opposite  Harwich.  It  was  made  navigable  from  Stowmarket  to 
Ipswich,  in  1793,  a  distance  of  sixteen  miles,  and  has  fifteen  locks.  The 
total  expense  incurred  in  the  undertaking  was  £26,380.' 

Arms  of  TYRELL  :  Argent,  two  chevronels  Azure,  within  a  bordure 
engrailed  Gules.  Of  BROWNE  :  Sa.  three  lions  pass,  in  bend  argent 
between  two  double  cottises  of  the  last. 


Page's  History  of  Suffolk,  p.  538. 


HARLESTON.  193 

HARLESTON. 

HOLDING  in  this  place  was  that  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmund, 
and  consisted  of  i  carucate  and  20  acres  of  land  held  by 
Aelons  of  the  abbot,  and  20  acres  by  Peter.  Thtere  were 
also  2  villeins,  n  bordars,  2  serfs,  i£  plough  teams,  and  8£ 
acres  of  meadow.  It  had  formerly  been  held  by  two  free- 
men under  the  abbot.  Under  them  were  n  freemen  with 
23  acres,  and  2  ploughteams  (which  were  reduced  to  half  a 

team  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  also  a  church  having  25  acres  of  free  land. 

The  entire  holding  was  valued  at  26s.1 

MANOR   OF    HARLESTON. 

This  manor  formed  part  of  the  estates  of  Ranulph  de  Glanville,  and 
passed  to  his  daughter  Amabel,  married  to  Ralph  de  Ardern,  and  Thomas 
de  Ardern,  their  son  and  heir,  gave  it  to  the  Angustine  or  Black  Canons  of 
Butley  Priory1  where  it  continued  until  1538.  The  manor  passed  under  a 
fine  levied  that  year  by  the  King  against  the  Bishop  of  Ipswich,  then  prior, 
to  the  Crown,3  and  the  following  year  Charles  Brandon,  then  Viscount 
Lisle,  obtained  a  grant  of  it  from  the  Crown. 

Particulars  for  the  grant  are  referred  to  in  the  Qth  report  of  the 
Deputy-Keeper  of  the  Public  Records.4 

The  manor  shortly  afterwards  passed  to  William  Page,  for  he  in  1546 
had  licence  to  alienate  the  manor  to  Henry  Muskett,  son  of  Richard 
Muskett,  of  Haughley,  and  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  William 
Abel,  of  Woolpit.  In  1576  he  obtained  a  grant  or  rather  confirmation  of 
arms  from  the  College  of  Arms.  The  grant  is  as  follows  :  "To  all  and 
singular  as  well  nobles  and  gentles  as  others  to  whom  these  psents  shall 
come.  Rob.  Cooke,  esq.  als  Clarencieux,  principal  heraulte  kinge  of  armes 
of  the  South  Est  and  West  partes  of  this  realme  of  England  from  the  river  of 
Trent  Southwards,  sendithe  greetinge  in  owre  Lord  God  everlasting.  And 
whereas  aunterrtly  from  the  beginning  the  valiant  and  virtuous  actes  of 
worthy  persons  have  been  comended  unto  the  world  with  sundry  monuments 
and  remembrances  of  their  good  desertes  amongst  the  wh.  the  chefest  and 
most  usual  hath  byn  the  bearing  of  signes  in  shields  caulled  armes  wh.  are 
not  other  than  demonstrations  of  prowis  and  valoire  diversely  distributed 
accordinge  to  the  qualities  and  desertes  of  the  persons  that  such  signes  and 
tokens  of  the  diligent,  faithful,  and  courageous  might  appeare  before  the 
negligent,  coarse,  and  ignorant,  and  be  a  sufficient  cause  to  move,  stirr  and 
enkindle  the  soules  of  men  to  imittation  of  virtuous  noblesse.  And  yet  is 
continually  observed  to  the  intent  that  such  as  have  done  comendable 
service  to  their  prince  or  country  ether  in  war  or  peace  may  therefore  both 
receive  due  honour  in  their  lives  and  also  derive  the  same  successively 
to  their  posterity  after  them.  And  being  required  of  Henry  Muskett, 
of  Halston,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  gent,  to  make  serche  in  the  registers 
and  recordes  of  my  office  for  such  armes  and  crest  as  he  may  lawfully 
have  ;  whereupon  at  his  request  I  have  made  search  in  the  registers  and 
recordes  of  my  office  for  such  armes  and  crest  as  he  may  lawfully  have  ; 
whereupon  at  his  request  I  have  made  search  accordingly  and  do  find 

'Dom.  ii.  360.  3Fine,  Easter,  30  Hen.  VIII. 

'H.R.  ii.  191 ;  Q.W.  722.  4App.  ii.  203. 

AI 


194  THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 

that  he  may  lawfully  have  the  arms  and  crests  hereafter  followinge- 
that  is  to  say,  silver,  two  bars,  belwene  six  leopards  heads  gules.  And  to 
his  crest  or  cognizance  upon  the  healume  on  a  wreathe  silver  and  gules  out 
of  a  crown  with  a  chaine  sables,  a  demy  Antehpp,  gould-ntouthcd  gules,  dubbed 
silver  as  more  playnly  appeareth  deputed  in  the  margent,  the  which  armes 
and  crest  and  every  parte  and  parcel  thereof  the  sayd  Clarencieux  kinge 
of  armes  by  power  and  authority  unto  my  office  annexed  and  graunted  by 
letters  patente  under  the  greate  scale  of  England  have  ratified,  confirmed, 
and  allowed,  given  and  granted  unto  and  for  ye  above  sayd  Henry  Muskett, 
gent,  and  to  his  posteritie  with  their  due  differences  to  use  have  and  showe 
in  shields  or  armour,  or  otherwise,  without  impediment,  lett,  or  interruption 
of  any  person  or  persons.  In  witnesse  whereof  I  the  sayd  Clarencieux 
kinge  of  armes  have  signed  these  presents  with  my  hand  and  thereto  sett 
the  scale  of  my  office  the  I3th  day  of  September  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
God  1576,  and  in  the  23  yeare  of  the  reigne  of  our  soveraigne  Lady  Elizab. 
by  the  grace  of  God  Queene  of  England  Ffrance  and  Ireland  Defender 
of  the  Faith. 

"Rob.   Cooke,  alias  Clarencieux,   Roi   Darmes." 

We  find  from  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
that  an  action  was  brought  against  this  Henry  Muskett  by  John  Edwards 
and  others  touching  oppression  of  copyholders  of  this  manor.2  Henry 
Muskett  died  in  1595,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Richard 
Muskett.  In  1596  it  seems  Richard  Muskett  had  licence  to  alienate  to 
William  Webbe  and  John  Mallowes,  and  the  assurance  was  effected  by 
a  fine  levied  in  1597  by  William  Webbe  and  others  against  the  said  Richard 
Muskett.3  William  Webbe  and  John  Mallowes  had  the  following  year 
licence  to  alienate  to  Richard  Muskett,  who  died  in  1606.  The  next  lord 
appears  to  have  been  Richard  Muskett,  grandson  and  heir  of  the  last. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Cooke,  of  Waldingfield,  and  died 
in  1627,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Muskett, 
and  from  him  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Muskett,  who  in  1631 
was  "of  the  age  of  12  years.  In  1642  Sir  Roger  North',  Knt.,  of  Great 
Finborough,  presented  to  the  parish  church,  but  whether  he  had  the  manor 
is  not  clear,  but  a  few  years  later  this  was  certainly  vested  in  Lady  Penelope, 
daughter  of  Thomas,  Earl  Rivers,  for  she  settled  and  confirmed  it  by  her 
will  3oth  Aug.  I356,4  upon  Henry  Gage,  her  4th  son  by  her  2nd  husband, 
Sir  John  Gage,  of  Firle,  in  Sussex,  Bart.  He  married,  nth  Feb.  1655, 
Henrietta,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jermyn,  of  Rushbrookc,  brother  of  Henry, 
Earl  of  St.  Albans,  and  had  a  son,  John  Gage,  of  Pencethorp,  Norfolk, 
who  died  without  issue,5  when  the  manor  passed  to  the  Hcngravc  branch 
of  the  Gage  family,  vesting  in  Sir  William  Gage,  who  died  8th  Feb.  1727, 
from  which  time  to  about  the  middle  of  the  i8th  century  the  manor  devolved 
in  the  same  way  as  the  Manor  of  Hengrave,  in  Thingoe  Hundred. 

About  1743  R.  Ray  had  some  idea  of  acquiring  the  manor,  and  the 
following  interesting  letters  on  the  subject  from  his  father  give  particulars 
of  it  :— 

Dear 

Inclosed  is  a  Particular  of  y*  Harleston  Estate— Mr.  Reeve  is  my 
Intelligencer  of  what  I  wanted  to  be  informed  of  —so  y'  it  maybe  depended 

'Had  Lib.  2146;    Hollingsworth's  Hist.         4 Proved  2nd  July,  1661. 

of  Stowmarket,  p.  125.  5Will  isth  Jan.    1718,  proved  28th  Mar. 

JC.P.  ser.  ii.  B.  Ixi.  4.  1723. 

'Fine,  Trin.  39  Eliz. 


HARLESTON.  195 

on — but  as  he  would  not  care  to  have  it  known  as  it  may  be  to  his  prejudice 
—I  desire  it  may  be  a  secret. 

Mr.  Reeve  — pe  ass  . .         . .          . .         . .     155     o    o 

The  manor  Rents     . .          . .         . .         . .         i  13     i£ 

The  groove     . .          . .          . .          . .          . .         5  oo     o 

161  13     i£ 
Out  goings— Quit  rents  to      } 

TT  1  "  1_  \J\J       -*-\J  £t 

Hawhegh  . .  . .  j 

Wetherden  . .  . .  20 

Dagworth  . .  . .  31 

Land  Tax  at  least  . .  . .  32  o  o 

Repairs  . .  . .  . .  6  10  o 


39  °5     3 


remains       122  07 


I  have  only  to  add  our  Blessing  wth  proper  complim'5  to  all  Friends 
—We  drank  all  yr  Healths  yesterday. 

I  am 

My  dear 

yr  most  affect.  Father 

R.  RAY,* 

Yr  Mother  knows  of  no  Relation 
of  ye  name  of  Gilbert  y'  lived  at  Cotton 
Mr.  Ralph  Gilbert  who  was  cousin  german  to 
yr  Mother  and  Father  lived  at  Fold  Hall  ab'  three 
miles  from  Uttoxater — Who  he  left  it  to  I  don't  know — 
Fold  Hall  is  in  Checkley  Parish 

y*  Letter  was  charged  at  Lingle. 

My  Dear 

I  h'ave  now  fully  informed  myself  of  the  value  of  Harleston  Estate, 
wh  by  no  means  answers  ye  opinion  I  had  of  it.  It  has  within  a  few  years 
been  stript  so  clean  of  ye  Timber,  y'  Little,  very  Little  more  is  left  than 
ye  necessary  repairs  of  ye  Estate  will  call  for.  The  House,  Barns,  and 
Outhouses,  tho'  by  Mr.  Reeve  care  kept  tolerably  decent  to  ye  Sight,  are 
but  in  a  ruinous  State,  ye  Roof  of  ye  House  quite  bad,  and  decayed  wth 
meer  age — wh  is  ye  Case  of  ye  Barns  and  Out-houses  also — wh  in  a  few 
years  must  consequently  be  attended  \vth  an  heavy  charge — and  in  ye  mean 
time  ye  annual  expense  of  their  Repairs  will  be  considerable— at  p'sent 
They  are  a  constant  charge  of  six  or  seven  pds  a  year. 

The  Rent  Mr.  Reeve  pays  is  pr  ah.  £155  but  He  is  not  under  a  Lease, 
and  tho  offered  and  pressed  to  take  one,  never  would  do  it.  The  Contents 
of  ye  Farm,  exclusive  of  ye  two  groves  is  reckoned  280  acres — i.e. — some- 
what better  than  us  pr  acre  ;  ye  greatest  part  of  w°h  is  worth  Little  more 
than  half  ye  Rent,  wch  must  make  y8  whole  very  dear,  so  dear,  y'  in  case 
Mr.  Reeves  should  leave  it  it  would  not  be  an  easy  matter  to  get  a  good 
and  able  Tenant  at  ye  Rent  it  is  now  Lett  at.  The  Land  Tax  is  another 
bad  Article— ye  Estate  has  been  long  in  ye  Family  of  ye  Gages,  who  being 
Roman  Catholicks  ye  Estate  is  doubly  taxed— and  tho'  upon  its  coming  into 
y"  Hands  of  one  y'  takes  ye  Oaths,  it  should  be  eased  of  that  Burden,  ye 
misfortune  is,  y'  y'  Parish  is  so  small  and  already  charged  so  high  to  ye  Land 
Tax,  y'  tho'  in  such  case  every  Estate  in  ye  Parish  be  assessed  at  y6  Sack 
rent,  They  will  fall  short  of  ye  Sums  they  are  to  raise. 


196  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

A.  Callow-fields  is  a  Parcel  of  Land  lying  part  in  Hawleigh,  part  in 
Harleston  -y'  Land  ordinary  and  neither  wood  or  Timber  on  it,  worth 
notice  by  Computation  it  is  reckoned  40  acres,  abt  8  of  wh  are  Copyhold. 
I  was  offered  it  at  4QO/—  but  as  it  lay  not  convenient  for  me,  chose  not  to 
meddle  w"1  it,  and  I  suppose  Mrs.  Gage  bought  it  at  that  price. 

B.  The  least  of  y'  2  groves  contain  4  acres  J— it  Lyes  at  a  distance 
in  y'  Parish  of  Stowmarket,  and  is  so  pillaged  by  y'  Poor  there,  y1  Little 
is  made  of  it.    The  greater  grove  lies  nearer  y'  House  and  escapes  better- 
it  contains  9  acres  J — y"  Timber  in  ye  groves  is  small  but  thrifty  and  growing. 

C.  The    Farm    House    y1  Lambert    lived  in,  who  occupied  y'  £40 
plan  is  converted  into  a  Cottage   of   two  Tenemts  wh  Mr.  Reeve  has  y* 
profit  of,  and  y'  Landlord  y'  Burdon  of  maintaining  and  keeping  in  Repair. 

At  my  first  coming  to  Hawleigh,  as  I  told  you  in  my  Last  and  for 
some  years  after1 — ye  Estate  was  in  the  Occupation  of  2  several  Tenants— 
viz  : 

Jn.    Munnings  who  held  y  Hall   Farrn_at  pr  an.        . .       70    o    o 
C.     Phil.  Lambert — y*  other  Farm  at  pr  an  . .         . .       40    o    o 

After  Lambert  Death— Munnings  held  both  ye  Farms 

at  y"  Rent  pr.  ah.  of  . .         . .         . .         . .         . .     no    o    o 

Upon   Munnings  failing,  Mr.  Reeve  hired  ye  Estate  and 
A.     Mrs.  Gage  having  bought  gallowfields  Laid  it  to  y*  Farm 

at  pr  ah.  25    o    o 

wh  wlh  an  advance  of  Rent  pr  an.  . .         . .         . .         . .       20    o    o 


makes  up  just  ye  Rent  Mr.  Reeve  pays^  viz.         . .         . .  155    o    o 

The  Quit  rents  of  y'  mannor— are  pr  ah.  . .          . .          . .  i  13     i£ 

B.     The  two  groves  contain  together  14  acre— and  exclusive 

of  y*  Timber  not  worth  more  than  pr  ah.    . .          . .  500 

161  13     i£ 

Out  goings  is  in  my  last  s.  d. 

To  y*  mannor  of  Hawleigh  a  Copyhold  Rent       . .   10     2 
To  Wetherden  . .          . .          . .          . .          ..20 

To  Dagworth . .          . .         . .         . .          . .          ..31 

15    3 
Upon  ye  whole  I  cannot  value  ye  Estate  but  at  Little  more  than  £3,000. 

In  1764  Sir  William  Gage,  Bart.,  is  returned  as  patron  of  the  living, 
and  subsequently,  it  is  said,  Robert  Joseph  Rokewood.  This,  however,  is 
strange,  as  Robert  Joseph  Gage  did  not  assume  the  name  of  Rokewood 
until  1799,  and  both  manor  and  advowson  are  asserted  to  have  been  vested 
in  the  Rev.  Roger  Pettiward,  D.D.,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  loth  March, 
1780,  when  they  passed  to  his  widow  Douglas,  who  died  in  1810.  On  her 
death  the  manor  vested  in  her  3rd  but  eldest  surviving  son,  Roger  Pettiward, 
from  which'  time  it  has  devolved  in  thfe  same  course  at  the  Manor  of  Great 
Finborough,  in  this  Hundred. 

Lady  Hotham  rebuilt  the  hall  in  the  Elizabethan  style  some  years  ago. 

Hollingsworth  says  that  Harleston  belonged  during  the  wars  of  the 
Roses  to  the  Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  always  sided  with  the  Duke  of  York. 
But  when  Hen.  VII.  obtained  the  hitherto  bloody  crown  it  was  forfeited 
and  given  by  him  to  John  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford,  who  had  been  stripped 
of  all  his  possessions  by  the  opposite  party  in  Edward  IV. 's  reign. 

Arms  of  MUSKETT  :  Argent,  two  bars  between  six  leopards'  faces, 
Gules,  3,  2,  i. 


HAUGHLEY.  197 

HA  UGH  LEY. 

HERE  was  one  manor  held  here  in  Saxon  times.  It  consisted 
of  8  carucates  of  land  with  soc  and  sac  over  the  hall  demesne 
only,  32  villeins,  8  bordars,  10  serfs,  4  ploughteams  in 
demesne,  24  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men,  wood 
sufficient  to  support  200  hogs,  and  42  acres  of  meadow. 
Also  a  church  with  31  acres  of  free  land  and  half  an  acre 
of  meadow.  The  live  stock  consisted  of  6  horses  at  the  hall, 
18  beasts,  80  hogs,  146  sheep,  and  80  goats.  It  was  held  by  Goodmund 
under  the  Confessor,  and  under  him  in  demesne  were  6  socmen  whose  soc 
was  in  the  Hundred,  and  they  had  not  the  power  to  sell  the  land.  They 
held  half  a  carucate  and  20  acres  of  land  with  2  ploughteams,  which  had 
later  disappeared.  At  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  the  tenant  in 
chief  was  Hugh  de  Montfort,  and  the  details  of  the  manor  were  slightly 
altered.  The  villeins  had  decreased  by  two,  the  serfs  were  gradually;  reduced 
from  10  to  6,  and  finally  to  3,  and  the  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men 
had  come  down  to  8.  The  value  of  the  entire  holding  was  formerly  £16, 
and  later  £12,  but  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  increased  to  £20. 

Of  this  manor  Hervey  held  i  carucate  and  30  acres,  valued  at  635., 
Ralph  held  i  carucate  at  2os.,  Thorold  i  carucate  at  305.,  Pesserara  half  a 
carucate  at  ios.,  Robert  20  acres  at  55.,  Richard  30  acres  at  55.  All  this 
was  included  in  the  rental  value  of  the  manor.  It  was  i  league  long  and 
half  a  league  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt 


MANOR   OF   HAUGHLEY. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Hugh  de  Montfort  at  the  time  of  the  Norman 
Survey,  having  been  the  estate  of  Goodmund  in  Saxon  times,  who  probably 
erected  the  hall  or  mansion-house  on  the  mound  still  existing  at  Haughley. 

Haughley  Castle  was  no  doubt  strengthened  and  fortified  by  Hugh  de 
Montlort,  who  made  it  his  principal  seat.  It  was  one  of  the  seignories  or 
lordships  termed  Honors  on  which  other  manors  were  dependent  or  held  by 
the  performance  of  certain  customs  and  services.  At  one  time  these  Honors 
were  very  limited  in  number,  consisting  of  four  only  in  the  kingdom,  which 
were  Bononia  or  Boulogne,  Dover  Castle,  Hagoneth  or  Haughley  Castle, 
and  Peverell,  in  Nottinghamshire.  Others  were  subsequently  created,  and 
several  by  Act  of  Parliament,  for  in  the  reign  of  Hen.  VIII.  he  was  empowered 
to  create  four  several  Honors. 

Mr.  Wodderspoon  gives  the  following  description  of  the  castle  and  its 
fortunes  in  his  "  Historic  Sites  of  Suffolk  "  :— 

"  This  ancient  fortress,  now  reduced  to  a  few  strong  walls,  the  remains 
of  a  deep  moat,  and  artificial  embankments,  stands  near  Haughley  —  a 
village  situated  a  few  miles  beyond  Stowmarket.  The  line  of  the  Bury 
road  runs  through  the  place.  This  castle,  which  was  believed  to  be  one  of 
the  strongest  holds  of  the  nation  in  the  time  of  Hen.  II.,  was  razed  to  the 
ground  by  Blanchmains,  Earl  of  Leicester,  who  with  a  large  body  of 
Flemings  fought  with  Ralph  Broc,  the  keeper  of  Haughley,  and  worsted 
him  in  the  encounter.  The  date  of  the  demolition  of  the  building  is  1173. 
It  was  afterwards  rebuilt  and  fortified  by  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  did 
good  service  to  the  family.  Kirby,  in  his  '  Suffolk  Traveller  '  [1744] 

'Dom.  ii.  4086. 


198  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

says  that  in  his  time  the  remains  of  Haughley  Castle  in  figure  inclined  to  a 
square,  having  a  moat,  and  was  fortified  with  rampart  walls  on  all  sides, 
except  the  north.  On  the  north  side  stood  the  keep,  which  from  its  peculiar 
situation  and  great  means  of  defence  was  capable  of  protecting  itself.  A 
portion  of  the  foundation  of  this  tower  yet  exists,  and  shows  that  the  keep 
was  erected  in  a  circular  form,  and  most  probably  rose  to  a  considerable 
height.  The  extent  of  ground  occupied  by  the  castle  and  its  necessary 
fortifications  is  estimated  at  seven  acres. 

"  The  battle  which  gave  the  castle  into  the  hands  of  Leicester  was  fought 
upon  the  ajth  of  October.  The  assailants  had  previously  issued  from  the 
Castle  of  Framlingham,  and  swept  the  country  from  that  place  to  Ipswich, 
and  from  Ipswich  to  Haughley.  This  excursion  was  made  for  the  purpose 
of  showing  the  immense  body  of  Flemings  brought  over  by  Leicester  to  aid 
the  cause  of  the  King's  rebellious  sons  the  country  in  which  they  were  to 
do  battle,  and  the  valour  of  the  enemy  about  to  become  their  antagonist. 
The  siege  was  bloody.  A  large  number  of  the  foreign  forces  bit  the  dust, 
and  the  dead  were  gathered  into  heaps,  and  inhumed  near  the  scene  of 
slaughter.  The  fortune  of  the  day,  however,  notwithstanding  the  English 
valour  shown  during  the  encounter,  declared  for  Leicester,  and  the  castle 
was  demolished.  The  victor  retired  after  this  success  to  his  fastnesses  at 
Framlingham,  and  issuing  from  which  to  proceed  into  the  north,  when  his 
declining  cause  needed  assistance,  he  was  surprised  at  Fornham  St. 
Genevieve  by  the  King's  troops,  and  completely  routed,  with  a  slaughter 
amounting  to  ten  thousand  men,  himself  being  taken  prisoner.  There  was 
anciently  a  curious  tenure  attached  to  the  holder  of  the  impropriation  of 
this  place,  namely,  that  of  erecting  and  keeping  a  gallows  in  repair  in  a  piece 
of  ground  called  Luberlow  Field,  or  be  amerced  in  a  fine  of  forty  shillings. 
Certain  lands  in  the  parish  were  also  retained  by  the  service  of  providing  a 
ladder  by  which  criminals  hung  at  this  gallows  could  mount  to  their  doom.'" 

Hugh  de  Montfort,  the  Domesday  tenant  in  chief,  lost  his  life  in  a 
duel  with  Walcheline  de  Ferrers,  and  his  son  Hugh  succeeded  to  his  estate, 
and  retained  the  Honor  of  Hagenet  or  Haughley  until  the  year  1160,  when 
having  favoured  the  cause  of  Robert  against  his  brother  Hen.  I.  he  lost  his 
estates,  and  departed  on  a  crusade  to  the  Holy  Land.  Mr.  Round,  in  a 
note  on  Robert  de  Vere  in  his  "  Geoffrey  de  Mandeville,"3  points  out  that 
Robert  de  Vere  was  not  as  usually  supposed  a  younger  brother  of  Aubrey 
de  Vere,  the  Chamberlain,  and  uncle  of  the  1st  Earl  of  Oxford,  but  a  son 
of  Bernard  de  Vere.  "  He  owed  his  position,"  says  Mr.  Round,  "  to  a 
marriage  with  Adeline,  daughter  of  Hugh  de  Montfort,  as  recorded  in  the 
Pipe  Rolls  of  1130.  By  this  marriage  he  became  possessed  of  the  Honor  of 
Haughley  ('  Haganet '),  and  with  it  (it  is  important  to  observe)  of  the  office 
of  constable,  in  which  capacity  he  figures  among  the  witnesses  to  Stephen's 
Charter  of  Liberties  [1136].  In  conjunction  with  his  wife  he  founded  on 
her  Kentish  estate  the  Cluniac  priory  of  Monks  Horton.  They  were 
succeeded  in  their  tenure  of  the  Honor  by  the  well-known  Henry  of  Essex, 
who  thus  became  constable  in  his  turn.  As  supporting  this  view  that  the 
Honor  carried  the  constableship,  attention  may  be  drawn  to  its  compotus 
as  '  Honor  Constabularie  '  in  1189- 90,'  just  before  that  of  the  '  Terra  que 
fuit  Henrici  de  Essex.'  '  Mr.  Round  adds  further  :  "  The  fact  that  Henry 
of  Essex  was  appealed  of  treason  and  defeated  in  a  trial  by  battle  by  a 

1  Wodderspoon's  Historic  Sites  of  Suffolk,         *  P.  326. 

p.  187.  JRot.  Pip.  i  Ric.   I.  pp.  14,  15. 


HAUGHLEY.  199 

Robert  de  Montfort  [1163],  suggests  that  a  grudge  on  the  part  of  a 
descendant  of  the  dispossessed  line  against  himself  as  possessor  of  their 
fief,  may  have  been  at  the  bottom  of  this  somewhat  mysterious  affair." 

From  a  statement  made  on  the  Pipe  Rolls  for  1169  and  cited  by  Mr. 
Redstone  in  a  paper  read  before  the  Suffolk  Institute  of  Archaeology 
in  iox>3,  it  appears  that  Gilbert  de  Gant,  a  grandson  of  Alice  de 
Montfort,  daughter  of  Hugh  de  Montfort,  the  first  holder,  held  Haughley 
Castle  and  Manor.  He  was  a  firm  supporter  of  King  Stephen,  with  whom 
he  was  captured  at  the  battle  of  Lincoln  in  1141.  When  a  prisoner  he 
was  forced  to  marry  Rohais,  daughter  of  William,  Earl  of  Lincoln,  and 
niece  of  Ralph,  Earl  of  Chester.  Hen.  II.,  on  his  accession,  resumed  his 
right  over  the  Haughley  lands,  and  upon  the  marriage  of  his  daughter 
Matilda  with  Henry  the  Lion,  Duke  of  Saxony,  demanded  an  aid  of  2os. 
from  the  town.1 

The  manor  was  placed  out  to  ferme  by  Hen.  II.  to  Robert  Fitz  Isilie 
and  Ralph  of  Rochester,  and!  in  1185  to  William  de  Assheford  and  Robert 
de  Wells,  when  it  brought  into  the  Treasury  a  revenue  of  £55.  i8s.  8d. 
The  manor  was  given  by  Rich.  I.  to  Count  Thos.  de  Perche  on  his  marriage 
with  the  King's  niece,  Matilda  of  Saxony,  and  upon  the  count's  death,  at 
the  Fair  of  Lincoln  in  1218,  the  manor  formed  part  of  his  possessions  then 
forfeited  to  the  Crown.  Two  unfortunate  persons,  Henry  de  Essex  and 
Hubert  de  Burgh,  the  great  Justiciary,  had  thte  manor  of  the  King's  gift, 
the  yearly  value  being  £40.  *  Hubert  de  Burgh  had  a  grant  of  the  manor 
with  the  constableship  in  1227, 3  and  a  grant  of  a  market  here  in  1231.*  The 
manor  came  to  the  Crown  again  during  the  lifetime  of  Hubert  de  Burgh, 
the  celebrated  Earl  of  Kent,  for  he  did  not  die  until  1243,  and  before  this 
date  apparently  Hen.  III.  had  bestowed  the  manor  upon  his  brother  Richard, 
Earl  of  Poictou  and  Cornwall,  King  of  the  Romans,  for  in  1241  we  find  in 
the  Abbreviation  of  Pleas,  judgment  in  his  favour  on  a  claim  to  the 
advowson  of  Haughley  on  the  ground  that  the  King  h&d  granted  him  all 
that  he  had  in  the  manor.5  The  statement  in  the  Red  Book  of  the 
Exchequer6  is  that  "Earl  Richard,  brother  of  the  King,  held  Haughley 
Manor,  which  was  Earl  Perchia.  Value  per  an.  £40." 

Richard  Plantagenet  had  great  attainments.  He  is  said  to  have  been 
expert  in  war,  and  so  solid  in  council  that  what  fortune  denied  him  in  battle 
he  supplied  by  his  conduct  and  advice.  He  acquired  large  sums  of  money 
by  farming  the  mint,  and  it  is  related  that  he  purchased  the  kingdom  of 
the  Romans  as  an  investment,  hoping  to  have  reimbursed  himself  out  of 
the  revenues,  but  the  experiment  was  not  successful,  and  he  after  much 
trouble  and  vexation  returned  to  this  country  a  poorer  King  than  he  went 
out  an  earl. 

In  the  time  of  the  great  disaffection  of  the  barons,  he  firmly  adhered 
to  King  Henry,  and  commanded  the  body  of  the  royal  army  in  the  unfor- 
tunate battle  of  Lewes,  being  there  taken  prisoner.  After  a  varied 
experience  in  sunshine  and  cloud  he  departed  this  life  at  his  Manor  of 
Berkhampstead,  in  Hertfordshire,  in  1272,  and  was  buried  in  the  abbey  of 
Hales,  of  which  he  was  the  founder.  He  married  three  times— 1st  Isabel, 
3rd  daughter  and  coheir  of  William  Marshall,  Earl  of  Pembroke,  by  whom 
he  had  four  sons  who  all  died  young,  and  a  daughter.  He  married  2ndly 

'S.P.  xi.  303.  */&.  15  Hen.  III.  pt.  i.  7. 

2T.  de  N.  300.  5  Abbr.  of  Pleas,  25  Hen.  III.  23. 

3  Chart  Rolls,  n  Hen.  III.  pt.  i.  25.  6  Inquisitions  concerning  serjeanty. 


200  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Sanchia,  daughter  and  coheir  to  Raymond,  Earl  of  Provence,  by  whom  he 
had  a  son,  Richard,  who  died  young,  and  Edmund,  his  successor.  His 
3rd  wife  was  Beatrice,  niece  to  Conrade,  Archbishop  of  Cologne,  who 
survived  him,  but  by  her  he  had  no  issue. 

Edmund,  who  succeeded  his  father,  had  the  government  of  England 
intrusted  him  in  the  absence  of  Edw.  I.  beyond  the  sea  ;  and  also  a  second 
time,  when  that  monarch  went  to  meet  Philip,  King  of  France.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Richard,  and  sister  to  Gilbert  de  Clare,  Earl  of 
Gloucester  ;  but  died  without  issue  in  1300,'  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of 
his  father  in  the  abbey  of  Hales.  The  manor  then  passed  to  the  Crown, 
and  in  1301  the  King  assigned  it  to  Margaret,  widow  of  the  said 
Edmund,  for  the  payment  of  £500  per  annum.  Haughley  Manor  was 
extended  at  £79.  8s.  6$d.  yearly.1  In  1313  the  manor  was  in  the  King's 
hands,  for  on  the  Close  Rolls  this  year  is  an  order  to  the  keeper  of  Haughley 
Manor  to  pay  to  Edmund,  son  of  Hugh  de  Treie,  455.  6d.  yearly  which 
the  keeper  had  refused  to  pay,  as  Edmund  claimed  to  hold  to  him  and 
the  heirs  of  his  body  the  custody  of  the  park  by  charter  of  Edmund,  late 
Earl  of  Cornwall,3  and  the  same  year  we  find  also  on  the  Close  Rolls  an 
order  to  deliver  Haughley  Manor  to  Gilbert  de  Risshton,  according  to  the 
King's  grant  of  the  custody  during  pleasure.4  In  1318  on  the  Close  Rolls 
is  an  order  by  the  King  committing  the  manor  to  Nicholas  de  Fairford  as 
maintenance  for  Margaret,  Countess  of  Cornwall.5 

The  order  is  somewhat  strange,  as  we  learn  from  the  Patent  Rolls  that 
two  years  earlier  the  King  had  granted  the  manor  and  the  castle  and  Manor 
of  Eye,  the  hamlets  of  Dalinghoo,  Alderton,  and  Thorndon  to  the  same 
Margaret  his  niece  for  life,6  arid  the  following  year  the  manor  was  granted 
to  Hugh  de  Audley  and  Margaret  his  wife,  late  wife  of  Piers  de  Gavaston, 
Duke  of  Cornwall.  In  1319  the  manor  passed  to  Isabel,  Queen  of  England, 
by  grant  in  exchange  for  other  manors/  and  she  regranted  to  the  King 
in  1330,  when  it  was  granted  by  him  to  John  of  Eltham,  Earl  of  Cornwall, 
his  brother,  in  tail  general.  John  of  Eltham  died  in  1336  without  wife 
or  issue,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Edmund's  chapel,  in  Westminster  Abbey, 
where  his  monument  still  remains.  The  following  year  the  manor  was 
granted  by  the  Crown  to  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  in  tail  male. 
On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1343  we  find  a  commission  to  inquire  as  to  the 
withholding  of  fees  and  services  which  will  revert  to  the  King  if  Robert  de 
Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  die  without  male  heirs.8  Robert  did  leave  male 
issue,  and  on  his  death  in  1369'  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
William  de  Ufford,10  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  on  his  sudden  death  in  the  House 
of  Lords,  I5th  Feb.  1381,"  went  to  his  widow  Isabel  his  2nd  wife,  daughter 
of  Thomas  de  Beauchamp,  Earl  of  Warwick,  and  widow  of  John  le  Strange, 
of  Blackmere,  in  dower.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  inquis.  p.m.  of 
William  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  Haughley  :  - 

Inquis.  cap't  apud  Eye  in  Com  Stiff  coram  Jotle  Reed  Ese  dm  Regis  in  Com  Suff 
quinto  die  Marcij  Anno  Regni  Regis  Rici  scdi  quinto  virtute  cujusdam  Iris  dni  Regis  eidem 
Ese  directi  et  huic  Inquis  consul  p  sacrift  Willi  Skeet,  Jonis  Fakoun,  Ade  Dun  Walter  Rocke 

'  I. P.M.,  28  Edw.  I.  44  (29).  »  Pat.  Rolls,  13  Edw.  II.  27  and  27  Schedule. 

'Close  Rolls,  29  Edw.  I.  14.  8Pat.  Rolls,  17  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  27**. 

'Close  Rolls,  7  Edw.  II.  28,  3.  »I.P.M.,  43  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  38. 

4 Close  Rolls,  7  Edw.  II.  23.  »°See    Manor    of    Parham,  in    Plomesgate 

s  Close  Rolls,  12  Edw.  II.  31.  Hundred. 

6  Pat.  Rolls,  10  Edw.  II.  pt.  ii.  26,  7,  pt.  i.  "I.P.M.,  5  Rich.  II.  57. 

2,  I. 


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JoTiis  Dun  Andr  Syf  Rogli  Apeltweyt  Giltri  Fringe,  Henr  Musket,  Jotiis  Westbrom,  Rici  pker 
et  JoTiis  Kyng.  jur.  Qui  dicunt  sup  sacrfn  sun  quod  Willius  de  Ufford  Comes  Suff  defunct 
tenuit  die  quo  obiit  in  dnico  suo  ut  de  feodo  talliato  ex  dono  et  concessione  dm  E  nup  Regis 
Anglair  Regis  nuc  Robto  de  Ufford  nup  Com  Suff  pri  dci  VVilli  Comitis  sibi  et  heredits  suis 
masculis  de  corpore  legitime  exeunt  fcis  diversa  Manlia  terras  et  ten  subscripta  videlicet. 

Haghle.  Itm  Man'ui  de  Haghle  cum  ptin  in  Com  Suff pdco in  quoquidfn  Manlio  est 
und  capitle  mesuagin  quod  nichil  val  p  anno  ultra  repris  Itm  dicunt  qd  situs  Manlij  p'dci 
cu  fructibs  gardini  ejusdem  val  p  annu  ij.  s.  Itm  sunt  bin  cccc  acr  terr  arrabil  que  val 
p  annu  cs.  p'c  acr  iij.  d.  Itfn  sunt  ibfn  x  x  x  vj.  acr  pti  q  val  p  annu  Ixxij.  s  prc  acr  ij.  s.  Itfn 
sunt  ibfn  xviij.acr  pastur  q  val  p  annu  xij.  s  prc  acr  viij.  d".  Itfn  ibfn  unus  pcus  cujus  agistam 
ultra  sustentac  perasz  bestiarz  ibfn  val  p  annu  x  x.  s.  solvend  ad  festa  sci  petri  Advincul  et 
sci  MicTiis  Arctii.  Itfn  ibfn  xviij.  acr  bosci  un  quoit  anno  possunt  amputari  iij.  acr  q  val  p  ann 
vj.  s.  p'c  acr  ij  s.  Itfn  dicunt  qd  nichil  de  bosco  p'dco  potest  amputari  hoc  anno  et  qd  totus 
boscus  p'dcus  amputabatur  in  scoto  and  ult  anno  p'cedn  Itfn  est  ibfn  unu  Molendinu 
ventriticu  quod  val  p  annu  ultra  repris  vj.  s.  viij.  d.  Itfn  ibfn  de  redditu  ass  cum  firm  terras 
xxxiiij.  ii  solvend  ad  festa  Natal  dfii  pasch  Nativitatis  sci  JoTiis  Bapte  et  sci  MicTiis  Arctii 
equis  porcoitz  Itm  de  redditu  iiij.  gallin  ad  fm  Natal  dm'  que  val  p  annu  vj.  s.  viij.  d  prc  gallin  j. 
d  Itfn  ibfn  c  ad  e  t'm  que  val  p  ann  iiij.  d"  Itfn  ibfn  ex.  opa  arrur  que  val  p  annu  xx  s. 

p'c  opis  iiij.  d.  Itm  sir1  opa  yemal  et  estimal  que  val  p  annu  xlj.  s.  viij.  d  p'c  opis  6b. 
Itfn  Mercatu  tenend  p  diem  sabbi  qualt  sept  que  val  p  annu  xx.  s.  et  Nundin  in  festo 
Assumpc  be  Marie  que  val  p  annu  xx  s.  Itfn  p'it  et  pquis  cur  val  p  annu  xl.  s.  Itfn  leta 
tenend  die  Jovis  in  septimana  pentecost  q  val  p  annuxx  s.  Itfn  tenuit  hundreda  de 
Htismere  et  Stowe  in  com  p'dco  cu  ptin  que  valent  p  annu  xiiij.  ii.  Itfn  dicunt  quod  dca 
Manrui  de  Haghle  et  Hundreda  de  Htismere  et  Stowe  tenentur  de  dno  Rege  in  Capite  p 
quod  s'vicui  ignorant  Et  qd  idem  Willius  de  Ufford  Comes  Suff  obijt  x'  die  Febr  ult  p'tlit 
sine  tied  masclo  de  corpore  suo  legittie  exeunte  ob  cujus  deccm  exitus  mascul  dei  Willi 
Comitis  Reversio  dcoz  Man'ui  et  Hundredoz  cu  ptin  ad  dum  Regem  et  Tiedes  suos  spectant 
set  dicunt  utrum  Isabell  que  uit  ux  dci  comitis  sit  p'gnans  an  non  ignorant. 

In  1385  the  reversion  in  the  manor,  subject  to  Isabel's  life  estate,  was 
granted  by  the  Crown  to  Michael  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk,1  and  in  1400 
we  find  on  the  Patent  Rolls  a  confirmation  by  Hen.  IV.  of  the  grant  in 
favour  of  Michael  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  son  of  Michael,  and  the  heirs 
male  of  his  body  of  a  yearly  sum  of  £123.  75.  g%d.  until  the  reversion  of  the 
manors  of  Haughley  and  Thorndon  should  fall  in  on  the  death  of  Isabel, 
Countess  of  Suffolk.2  She  did  not  die  until  the  2gth  Sept.  1416. 

From  the  death  of  Michael  de  la  Pole  in  1415  to  the  time  of  VVm.  de 
la  Pole,  4th  Earl  of  Suffolk,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the 
Manor  of  Hertz,  Saxmundham,in  Plomesgate  Hundred,  and  from  that  time 
to  the  death  of  Edmund  de  la  Pole,  Duke  of  Suffolk,  in  1513,  as  the  Manor 
of  Gyfford's,  Wattisfield,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred. 

Haughley  was  one  of  the  manors  expressly  named  in  the  deed  of  26th 
Feb.  1492,  made  between  the  King  and  Edmund  de  la  Pole  and  restored 
to  him. 

In  1510  we  find  from  the  State  Papers  that  a  grant  had  been  made  by 
the  Crown  of  the  manor  to  Sir  John  Heydon  and  others  during  the  life  of 
Edmund  de  la  Pole,  then  attainted.3  In  1513  on  the  death  of  her  husband 


1  R.P.  iii.  208. 

'Pat.  Rolls,  I  Hen.  IV.  pt.  iv.  15. 

B  I 


3S.P.  2  Hen.  VIII.  1281 ;  Originalia  Rot. 
34.  Notice  of  grant,  S.P.  5  Hen. 
VIII.  4254. 


202  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

a  petition  was  presented  to  the  throne  on  the  behalf  of  Margaret  de  la 
Pole,  daughter  of  Richard,  Lord  Scroop,  stating  that  she  had  a  life  interest 
in  this  estate,  Westhorpe,  and  several  other  manors  in  Suffolk,  and  these 
manors  were  assigned  to  her  accordingly.  She  died  in  1515,  in  which  year 
\\v  find  that  Sir  Thomas  Tyrell  was  appointed  keeper  of  the  park  of  Haughley,' 
and  the  manor  was  granted  by  King  Hen.  VIII.  in  tail  general  to  Charles 
Brandon,  Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  in  1538  exchanged  it  with  the  Crown  for 
other  property.*  It  is  stated  in  every  account  of  the  manor  we  have  seen 
that  the  manor  was  granted  to  the  Sulyard  family  by  Queen  Mary  in  the 
person  of  Sir  John  Sulyard,  but  this  does  not  seem  to  be  correct.  It  was 
granted  by  Hen.  VIII.  immediately  upon  the  exchange  with  Charles 
Brandon,  to  Andrew  Sulyard,  2nd  son  of  Sir  John  Sulyard,  of  Wetherden, 
Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter 
and  one  of  the  heirs  of  John  Lyston,  but  died  without  issue  ist  March, 
1538,  and  the  manor  is  mentioned  in  his  inquisition  post  mortem,3  it  then 
passing  to  his  nephew,  Sir  John  Sulyard,  son  and  heir  of  John  Sulyard, 
3rd  son  of  Sir  John  Sulyard,  the  Lord  Chief  Justice.  It  is  quite  true  this 
Sir  John  Sulyard,  grandson  of  the  Lord  Chief  Justice,  did  have  a  grant  from 
Queen  Mary,  for  the  grant  is  entered  on  the  Originalia  Rolls  both  in  the 
ist  year  of  Queen  Mary  and  the  3  and  4  of  Philip  and  Mary,4  and  the  grant 
was  made,  or  the  estate  confirmed,  to  him  in  return  for  his  active  services 
in  her  cause.  From  the  Exchequer  Special  Commissioners  mentioned  in 
the  38th  Report  of  the  Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Public  Records,  we  find  the 
grant  of  3  and  4  Philip  and  Mary  to  John  Sulyard  referred  to.  It  is  there 
stated  that  in  1614  Haughley  Manor  and  park  were  supposed  to  be  escheat 
on  account  of  defective  title.5  Sir  John  Sulyard  erected  the  present  fine 
mansion  in  Haughley  Park,  and  removing  from  the  adjoining  parish  of 
Wetherden  made  it  his  future  residence. 

"  Sir  John  Sulyard,"  says  Mr.  Hollingsworth,  "  was  a  stiff  Roman 
Catholic,  and  his  loyalty  was  tainted  with  the  bigotry  of  his  religion.  His 
recusancy  under  Elizabeth  would  not  have  been  noticed  severely  if  he  had 
not  made  himself  so  obnoxious  by  assisting  at  the  death  of  the  Protestants 
in  this  reign.  He  was  much  trusted  by  Queen  Mary.  She  gave  him  an 
unlimited  order  to  do  what  was  needful  for  her  service,  of  which  the  follow- 
ing is  a  literal  copy  :— 

"  '  Mary  the  Queen, 

"  '  Henry  Bedingfield, 

'  These  are  to  require  and  command  you  to  give  most  faithful 
and  assured  orders  to  this  bearer  our  trusty  and  well-beloved  s'vient  Sir 
John  Sulyard,  and  in  any  wyse  as  ye  love  us  and  tender  our  favour  not  to 
fayle  to  accomplish  and  putte  into  execution  that  which  he  shall  declare 
unto  you  from  us  to  be  our  pleasure,  so  fare  ye  nartylie  well.  From 
Framlingham  the  23  of  Jun.' ' 

In  1559  he  was  called  upon  to  show  by  what  title  he  held  the 
manor,  as  we  learn  from  the  Memoranda  Rolls.6  He  married  three  times— 
ist,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Edmund  Bedingfield,  of  Oxburgh,  Knt., 
and  had  issue  Frances,  married  to  Thomas  Garneys,  of  Kenton  ;  2ndly, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Jerningham,  of  Somerleyton,  and  had 

'Add.  Ch.  16573.  4  Originalia,  i  Mary,  4  Pars.  Rot.  7  ;  sand 

'State  Papers,  30  Hen.  VIII.  ii.  1182  (i8a).  4  P.  and  M.  4  Pars.  Rot.  37. 

M.P.M.,  37  Hen.  VIII.  5D.K.R.  38  App.  p.  94. 

•M.  i  Eliz.  Trin.  Rcc.  Rot.  6. 


HAUGHLEY.  203 

issue  Edward,  son  and  heir,  Thomas,  Ann  married  to  John  Tyrell, 
Margaret  married  to  Sir  Henry  Tyrell  ;  and  3rdly  Alice,  daughter  of 
Humfry  Carvell,  of  Wignall  St.  Mary,  in  Norfolk.  He  died  4th  March, 
1574,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir  Edward.  Edward  inherited 
the  religion,  but  had  obtained  a  more  enlightened  attachment  to  the  throne. 
He  declares  himself  "  bounden  and  radie  as  becometh  a  true  and  dutiful 
subject,with  boddy,lands,and  goods,to  defend  her  Highness  (Queen  Elizabeth) 
against  the  force  of  any  Prince,  Pope,  Potentate,  Prelate,"  &c.  24  Oct.  1588. 
The  following  is  a  transcript  of  the  declaration  :  "  I,  Edward  Sulyarde  of 
Suff.  Esquier,  doe  acknowledge  our  most  gratious  Sovreigne  Ladie  Queene 
Elizabeth,  to  be  our  undoubted  lawfull  and  onlie  Queene  of  Englande  and 
Irlande,  and  no  other  forreyne  Prince,  notwithstandinge  any  Excommunica- 
tion, under  whose  Power  are  all  Persons  both  Ecclesiasticall  and  Temporall, 
with  in  any  her  Majesties  Dominions.  And  also  by  this  doe  manifest 
myselfe  bounden  and  readie,  as  becometh  a  true  and  duetifull  subject,  with 
Body,  Lands,  and  Goodds,  to  defend  her  Highness  against  the  Force  of 
any  Prince,  Pope,  Potentate,  Prelate,  or  whatothersoever  her  Majesties 
Enemies,  which  God  grannte  she  may  overcome,  and  longe  contynue  her 
prosperous  Raigne  over  us.  Written  in  the  xxiiij  th  of  October  1588 

"  By  me  Edwarde  Sulyarde." 

Declarations  of  the  same  tenor  were  signed  by  divers  other  knights  and 
gentlemen  of  the  same  communion  ;  amongst  others,  Edward  Rookwood, 
whose  family  was  related  to  that  of  the  Sulyards.  This  declaration  was 
made  in  the  face  of  the  Spanish  Armada  by  many  Roman  Catholics,  and 
others  armed  themselves  and  fought  on  board  the  fleet.  But  a  large  body 
remained  secretly  and  sullenly  passive,  awaiting  with  a  feverish  hope  coming 
events,  and  praying  earnestly  for  the  restoration  of  Papal  power.  Many 
of  these  gentlemen  for  two  years  before  this  invasion  had  been  compelled 
by  the  government  to  live  in  London,  nor  could  they  visit  their  estates 
without  licence  from  the  privy  seal.  This  was  a  necessary  precaution  under 
the  threats  of  invasion,  and  when  such  violent  councils  prevailed  at  Rome. 
Mr.  "  Siliarde  "  petitioned  the  council  (in  1586)  for  leave  to  go  down  to 
Wetherden  and  attend  to  his  family  concerns,  and  feelingly  enlarges  on  the 
hardship  and  loss  he  should  suffer  by  "  bringing  his  wife,  children,  and 
familie  to  London,  which  he  could  not  bring  to  passe  in  any  reasonable 
sorte,  but  to  his  greate  charge,  extrame  losse,  and  hindrance,  which  in  no 
wise  he  can  long  endure,  but  in  short  tyme  will  be  his  utter  overthrowe 
and  undoing."  He  speaks  of  "  vi  fatt  oxen  "  sent  up  to  London  to  pay  a 
fine  of  fifty  pounds  due  to  the  exchequer,  five  of  which  were  seized  on  their 
journey  by  her  majesty's  surveyors  and  no  allowance  had  been  made  for 
them.  He  had  paid  £1,760  already  in  fines  on  his  estates  for  his  suspected 
loyalty,  and  as  a  part  of  that  uneasy  reputation  he  obtained  with  his 
religion  from  his  father. 

"  And  in  this  case  of  Mr.  Sulyard's  we  may  perceive  from  the  following 
answer  to  his  petition,  that  levity  and  security  were  the  rules  by  which  the 
measures  of  the  court  were  actuated  :— 

'  Whereas  Edward  Syliarde  of  Wetherden  in  the  county  of  Suffolk, 
gent,  having  been  a  long  tyme  restrayned  of  his  libertie  for  matter  of 
religion,  was  lately  for  certain  considerations  permitted  to  remayne  near 
his  house  in  Suffolk,  and  yet  notwithstanding,  as  it  is  informed,  hath  synce 
that  time  been  troubled  and  molested  onely  for  recusancy.  These  are  in 
her  majesty's  name  to  will  and  require  you,  and  every  of  you  to  whom  it 


204  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK 

may  appertaync,  to  forbear  to  sue  or  trouble  him  any  further  with  respect 
to  his  said  recusancy  untill  you  shall  understand  her  majesty's  further 
pleasures  herein,  and  these  shall  be  his  sufficient  warrant  in  that  behalf. 
Dated  at  my  house  at  Barnelmes  the  19  of  June,  1586.  Fran.  \Yalsingham, 
L.S.  '" 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  of  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
is  a  cross  bill  by  Edward  Sulyard  against  William  Parker  the  elder  and 
William  Law,  as  to  a  close  containing  32  acres  called  "  Sheepcott  Field  " 
in  Haughley  Manor.'  A  bond  of  this  Edward  Sulyard,  recusant,  in  1589, 
will  be  found  amongst  the  State  Papers  for  this  year.1 

Edward  Sulyard  married*  1st  the  daughter  and  heir  of  Thomas  Haydon, 
younger  brother  of  Sir  John  Haydon,  and  had  issue  Sir  John,  and  Ann  married 
to  Henry  Martin,  of  Chester  ;  and  2ndly  Ann  Dawney,  of  Yorkshire,  and 
had  issue  Elizabeth.  Edward  Sulyard  died  loth  May,  1605,  and  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Sulyard,  who  was  knighted  by  King 
Jas.  I.,  and  had  all  penalties  and  fines  remitted.  Under  King  Charles 
the  family  devoted  themselves  to  the  Crown. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
will  be  found  an  action  by  John  Marks  against  this  Sir  John  Sulyard.5 

Sir  John  Sulyard  married  Philipa,  daughter  of  Ralph  Sheldon,  of 
Beoly,  in  Worcestershire,  and  had  issue  Edward,  Ralph,  and  John,  and 
dying  in  1626  the  manor  passed  to  his  eldest  son,  Sir  Edward  Sulyard. 
He,  under  Cromwell,  was  imprisoned,  and  two  parts  of  his  estate  sequestrated. 
He  became  a  wanderer  and  exile.  On  the  Restoration  he  recovered  his 
former  possessions  and  manors,  but  still  continued  a  firm  adherent  to  the 
faith  of  the  middle  ages  as  taught  by  Rome.  Sir  Edward  Sulyard  married 
the  daughter  of  William,  Lord  Sturton,  but  dying  in  1673  without  issue 
his  estate  descended  to  his  brother  Ralph,  who  married  Elizabeth,  the 
daughter  of  James  Willford,  of  Wandsworth,  and  by  her  had  a  numerous 
issue.  To  him  succeeded  Edward,  his  eldest  son,  who  married  Penelope, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Gage,  of  Hengrave,  and  by  her  had 
many  children.  At  the  Revolution  it  does  not  appear  that  this  gentleman 
at  all  suffered,  but  continuing  firm  in  his  religion  was  left  out  of  the  Com- 
mission of  the  Peace.  His  next  brother,  Lieut. -Col.  Thomas  Sulyard, 
followed  King  Jas.  II.  abroad,  and  subsequently  entered  into  the  Dutch 
service,  married  a  lady  of  Boisledne,  in  Brabant,  and  there  died,  leaving 
descendants  still  living  in  Flanders.6 

Edward  Sulyard,  son  of  Edward,  held  the  manor,  and  dying  in  1744 
it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Edward  Sulyard,  who  died  28th  April,  1785, 
at  the  age  of  78,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Edward  Sulyard,  who 
married  ist  Susanna,  daughter  of  George  Ravenscroft,  of  Spalding,  co. 
Lincoln,  and  2ndly  Sarah  Dalton,  but  died  24th  Oct.  1799,  without  male 
issue,  at  the  age  of  55,  leaving  three  daughters  and  coheirs,  namely  :  Sophia, 
married  to  John  Carey,  of  Lincoln's  Inn  ;  Lucy,  married  to  Hugh  Smyth, 
of  Acton  Burnell,  in  Salop  ;  and  Frances,  married  to  Sir  George  W.  Jerning- 
ham,  of  Cossey,  in  Norfolk,  Bart.,  who  having  proved  his  descent  from  Sir 

1  Hollingsworth's   History  of  Stowmarket,         4He  is  stated  in  Blomefield's  Norf.  to  have 
p.  112.  married   Frances,   relict  of  Sir  • 

*C.P.  iii.  23.  Babthorpe. 

'Acts    of    Privy  Council,    286;    and    see         5C.P.  ser.  ii.  B.  cxxviii.  41. 

Kawlinson,  MSS.  B.  319.  'Hollingsworth's  History  of  Stowmarket, 

p.  114. 


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205 


William  Howard,  Lord  Stafford,  attainted  in  1680  for  high  treason,  and 
beheaded,  and  the  King  in  the  year  1824  having  been  pleased  to  recommend 
to  Parliament  the  reversal  of  that  unjust  attainder,  was  restored  to  his 
inheritance,  and  became  Lord  Stafford. 

In  1811  an  Act  of  Parliament'  was  passed  enabling  the  coheiresses  of 
Edward  Sulyarde  and  their  husbands  to  pay  the  sum  of  £3,000  for  the 
benefit  of  his  Majesty  in  satisfaction  of  his  claim  to  the  manor  and  estates 
in  Haughley.  The  result  was  the  property  was  sold.  In  Oct.  1811,  the 
Manor  of  Haughley,  extending  over  2,442  acres,  22  dwelling-houses,  and 
28  messuages,  with  the  mansion  house  and  offices,  and  a  park  of  land  contain- 
ing about  396  acres,  realised  £27,840  exclusive  of  timber.  The  purchaser 
was  William  Crawford,  on  whose  death  in  1835  the  property  passed  to  his 


HAUGHLEY  PARK. 


son  and  heir,  the  Rev.  William  Henry  Crawford,  and  on  his  death  in  1868 
the  manor  was  sold  to  John  Hayward,  by  whom  the  copyholders  were 
enfranchised. 

Page  mentions  that  the  Manor  of  Haughley?  Castle  in  the  time  of  King 
Charles  was  Stephen  Offwood's,  in  which  family  it  continued  for  some 
generations. 

The  manor  is  large  and  its  court  was  arbitrary  and  had  much  power. 
The  lord  of  this  manor  formerly  possessed  a  jurisdiction  of  Oyer  and 
Ter miner,  trying  all  causes  in  his  own  court,  of  which  instances  are  on 
record  as  late  as  the  nth  Elizabeth.  At  a  court  held  in  1475  the  lands, 
tenements,  &c.,  of  John  Buxton,  of  Stow,  were  seized,  for  that  he  had 
vexed  one  William  Turner  by  the  writ  of  our  Lord  the  King,  contrary 
to  the  ancient  custom  of  the  manor  that  no  tenant  should  prosecute  any 
other  tenant  in  any  court  saving  this.  At  another  court  in  the  same  year 
it  was  ordered  that  the  Abbot  of  Hales,  in  Gloucestershire,  who  was  impro- 
priator  of  Haughley  and  Shelland,  should  erect  a  new  pair  of  gallows  in 
Luberlow  field,  under  a  penalty  of  405.  (had  he  cut  the  old  ones  down  ?), 
and  the  field  still  bears  the  name  of  gallows  field. 

'51  Geo.  III.  c.  68  (local  and  personal  and  not  printed). 


2o6  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

One  Buxtyn  (?  Baxtcyn)  also  held  lands  under  the  service  of  finding  a 
ladder  for  this  gallows.  The  copyholds  were  subject  to  arbitrary  fines. 
It  has  been  said  that  in  ancient  times  this  was  a  market  town,  but  this, 
as  we  have  already  said,  does  not  appear  to  have  been  the  case.  It  is  true 
we  find  that  in  1463  William  Hoxon,  of  Stow,  was  fined  for  lying  in  wait 
near  the  town  of  Haughley  and  buying  chickens,  eggs,  and  the  like,  and  in 
1539  the  butchers  of  the  former  place  were  amerced  35.  4^.  because  they 
sold  meat  out  of  the  market  on  a  market  day,  contrary  to  the  custom  of 
this  manor.  In  th;e  following  year  the  amercement  was  doubled.  The 
village  had  a  fair  yearly,  on  August  ifjth,  being  the  Assumption  of  the 
Virgin  Mary,  to  whom  the  church  is  dedicated. 

Haughley  Park  and  the  old  Sulyard  mansion  house  were  purchased  in 
18 —  by  Arthur  Charles  Pretyman,  youngest  son  of  the  Rev.  George  Thomas 
Pretyman,  Chancellor  of  Lincoln,  by  Amelia,  daughter  of  Christopher 
T.  Tower,  of  Weald  Hall,  Essex.  He  married  26th  Oct.  1858,  Mary, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Henry  Baxter,  of  Idvies,  co.  Forfar.  Arthur  Charles 
Pretyman  died  in  18  — ,  leaving  his  widow  who  still  resides  at  the  mansion 
house,  and  has  a  son,  Frederick  Henry,  and  three  daughters,  Emily  Arabella, 
Agnes  Mary,  and  Arabella  surviving. 

The  manor  in  1896  was  vested  in  C.  H.  Capon,  but  is  now  vested  in 
George  Frederick  Beaumont,  of  the  Lawn,  Coggeshall,  Essex. 

As  to  the  Sulyard  family,  see  N.  &  Q.  7th  ser.  xi.  306,  and  the  Pretyman 
family,  Burke  L.G.  1297. 

Letters  of  Edward  Sulyard,  of  Haughley  Park,  to  Michael  Hicks, 
1584,  will  be  found  in  the  Lansdowne  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum,'  and  to 
cousin  B.  Gawdy,  1595,  in  the  Egerton  MSS.'  Both  Sir  Edw.- Sulyard, 
recusant,  and  his  brother  Ralph  are  referred  to  in  1647  m  *ne  Calendar  of 
Compoundus  State  Papers  [1759]. 

In  order  better  to  show  the  extent  of  this  manor  as  late  as  the  middle 
of  the  i8th  century  we  give  here  a  rental  of  the  rents  payable  to  the  manor 
for  one  year  ending  at  Michaelmas,  1731,  when  Edward  Sulyard  was  lord  :  — 

A  Rental  of  the  Rents  payable  to  the  Manor  of  Hawleigh  cum  membris 
for  one  whole  year  ending  at  Michaelmas,  1731  :— 

New  Street. 

i   s.    d. 

John  Baldry  (late  Brook's),  per  Rt.  Button 105 

Elizabeth  Bradstreet,  per  Wm.  Button. .          . .          . .  . .  026 

Sarah  Raffe,  W'idow  (late  Rouse  Raffe)  per  se . .         . .  . .  o  13     2 

Sam.  Bird  (late  Damant's)  per  se          . .         . .          . .  . .  o  14     2 

Sam.  Bird  (late  Harrison's)  per  se..         ..         ..  ..  138 

Martin  Lovel  (ye  White  Horse),  per  Thos.  Balles         . .  . .  004 

Mr.  John  Boggas  ye  Bushes  per  se      ....      Free  ..  024 

Mr.  Edwd.  Boggas,  per  Mr.  John  Boggas          . .  0511 

Abraham  Chenery,  per  Robt.  Serjeant   . .          . .         . .  . .  o     i     o 

Mr.  Thomas  Crispe,  per  Thomas  Brooke           . .         . .  . .  142 

Mannings  at  Moorbridge,  per  Jno.  Steygall  . .  034 

John  Harrison  (late  Driver's)  per  James  Harrison       ..  ..  096 

606 
'Lansd.  43,3.  "Eger.  2713. 


HAUGHLEY. 


207 


8 
6 
o 


Hawleigh  Street. 

Plashwood,  per  R.  Ray 

Mr.  Robt.  Offwood— the  castle,  &c.         ..2  18 

Weeding  Hill         03 

Oakeys         . .          . .          . .          . .       02 

Richard  Edgar,  per  Jacob  Green     ..         ..         ..         Free. 

Widow  Bloome  (late  Thos.  Buttons),  per  Edwd.  Bloome 

The  King's-arms,  per  Robt.  Bloome  . .         . .  Free. 
Bushey  Close,  per  Robt.  Bloome. . 
John  Potter  (late  Thomas  Thrower's)  per  se 
Robert  Bloome  (late  John  Glanfield's),  per  Widw.  How 
John  Burroughs  (late  Everson's)  per  se. . 
William  Hayward  (late  Wm.  Baker's)  per  Thos.  Barnes 
Thos.  Barnes  (Cuckstall  Fields,  late  Muskett's)  per  se 

Clarke  of  Wortham,  per  Benjn.  Stannard 
Daniel  Lambert,  per  Christopher  Palmer,  &c. 
James  Raymond  (late  Thrower's,  olim  Wincks),  per  se 
Mr.  Charles  Knipe,  late  Soame's 

Muskett's 

Goodrich's 

Everson's 

Pratt's 

Chinery's  Hills 

Garnham's 

Cuthbert's 

Bassock's  (late  Clark's) 

Mr.  Henry  Muskett 

J  -^  J 1 1  ^  3  •    •  ••  ••  ••  •• 

Wright's 

Clopton's 

Carters 

Follows 

Mr.  Richmond  (late  Thomas  Glanfield's)  per  James  Raymond 
Thomas  Barker's  daughter,  per  Robt.  Lyng      . .       064) 

for  Wright's  o     I     6  J 

Thomas  Wright  (late  Sam.  Wright's),  per  Jas.  Raymond  . . 
Sam.  Wright  (late  Abr.  Clark's),  per  Nathl.  Jacob 
Robt.  Bloome,  for  Glandfield's,  per  John  Green 


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342 

O   I   O 

038 

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028 
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026 

090 

005 

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400 

075 
o  7  10 

036 
006 
006 


Hawleigh  Green. 

Thomas  Carter  (Walsacks)  in  Right  of  his  wife,  Relict  of 

Robert  Lyng 

William  Ward  (Old  Bell's)  per  Joshua  Enefor 
Mr.  Thos.  Churchman  (late  Smyth's)  per  Jno.  Goddard 

for  Creasy 's,  per  James  Rowland 
Mr.  Robt.  Goodrich,  of  Folsham,  per  Thos.  Adams 
Mr.  Robt.  Goodrich,  of  Bury,  per  Thos.  Adams 
Mr.  Robt.  Goodrich,  of  Bury,  per  Wm.  Enefor 
Widow  Robinson,  per  Robert  Poarlc 
Mrs.  Howell,  per  John  Coe        


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294 
003 

121 

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124 

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023 


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THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


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Josiah  Rodwode  (Spencer's),  per     . 
Mr.  Thos.  Bacon,  late  Carter's.. 

Darkin's 

Oxal  Closes 

Eastling's-in-Newton 

Mr.  Stephen  Bacon  (Young  Bell's),  per   Robt. 
Pierson 

Rowland's,  per     ....     Smith   . . 

Cooper's-in-Newton 

Stannard's 

Keble's,  per  Jno.  Wright 

Late  John  Day's 

Clement's  (the  Crown). . 

Part  of  Robt.  Lyngs  19  acres 
Mr.  Robert  Hampson 

Pratt's 

Coppin's 

Hall  Gardens  (late  Rosiear's) 

Late  Covel— viz1.  Rowland's 

Link  Fields 

Cutchey's 

Underwood,  or  Osborne's 

George  Collison's 

Pyman's  House 

To  Mr.  Muskett — the  Township 
Mr.  John  Sayer  (the  How),  per  Geo.  Read  . . 
Mr.  Robt.  Prior,  per  Wm.  Martin 

for  Mrs.  Ann  Prior 


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774 


196 
I  14  4 
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20  14    o 


Tothill. 

Mrs.  Adams  (late  Bunell's),  per  Sam.  Wright    . 

for  Bradwoll's 

Thomas  Gram's,  per  Francis  Bird 
Mrs.  Williams,  per  Francis  Bird 
Gallow-nelds,  per  Jos.  Drane 
Mr.  Wm.  Bacon,  per  Mr.  Danl.  Bacon 

for  Wright's 

Simon  Brunwin  (Sorrells),  per  Jas.  Welham  . 
Mr.  Martin  (Martin's  Fen),  per  Jas.  Welham 
Edmund  Griggs  (late  Boggas),  per       .     .     Frost 
Mr.  Wm.  Rayment  (late  Speers),  per  Thos.  Chinery 


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Chilton. 

Mr.  Jno.  Boggas  (late  Baily's),  per  R.  Shepherd 

for  late  Layer's,  at  Tothile 
Richard  Osborne  (Dawos) 
Mr.  Roger  Turner,  for  Widw.  Turner's,  per  se  . . 

for  Adamson's 

for  late  Eyre's 


i  19    o 
o    6  10 


646 

2    5  10 
090 

212 


HAUGHLEY. 


209 


Mrs.  Martin,  Widw.,  part  of  Widw.  Turner's 

Mr.  Martin  of  Greeting,  for  Hobart's 

Mrs.  Ward,  per  Wm.  Thinge 

Thomas  Barker's  Daughter,  per  Wm.  Thinge 

Mr.  Gurdon  (late  Petit's,  olim  Geo.  Luffe's)  per  se 

Stowmarket  Town  Lands 

Mr.  Edwd.  Lynch  (late  Thompson's),  per  Roger  Turner,  Jun.r 

for  Patches  (late  Cook's,  olim  Firmin's)  per  Mr. 

Nath.  Fairclough 
Mr.  Robt.  Cook,  for  olim  Hobart's 

for  Wicke's  is.  6d.,  Hayward's  yd... 
Wm.  Goodal,  per  Robert  How.. 


Old  Newton  and  Gipping. 


o 
o 


Thomas  Tyrell,  Esqr.  per  se 

Netherhall — Mr.  Jn.  Harvy,  per  Thos.  Manby  . . 

in  the  Right  of  Susan,  Wife  of  Captain 
Harvy 

for  Mrs.  Martha  Harvy's 
Mr.   James   Harvy's  Heir,  for   a  Messuage  and 

Lands   (late   of    John  Shys)      called 

Demseys  or  Farmers 

for  Part  of  Conoid's 

for  James  Roper's 
Geo.  Gooday,  Esqr.  (late  Prety man's),  per  Thos.  Cooper 

late  Clowton's 

late  Booth's,  in  the  Occupacon  of  Wm.  Ward 
Mr.  Sam.  Robinson,  late  Wade's 

for  Widw.  Sare's,  late  Wade's 

for  Simond's  in  Hawleigh 
Mrs.  Harvy,  Widow  of  Mr.  Jno.  Harvy,  for  late  Conoid's 


i  12    o 


046 

059 
0160 

O    12      6 

o    3  10 

0  I      O 

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022 
059 

O      2      I 
015 

988 


038 

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Late  Breame's. 

Thos.  Cooper,  late  Jo.  Cooper's 
Thos.  Cooper,  late  Edwd.  Cooper's 

Mr.  Marlow,  of  Ipswich,  per  Robt.  Hunt 

John  Richers,  late  Mark's          

Mr.  Blomfield,  per  Sam.  Durrant 

Mr.  Wm.  Rayment  (Cloversand  Hoggars),  per  Thos.  Hay  ward 

Thos.  Fullor,  in  Right  of  his  Wife,  late  Emoden's.. 

Mr.  Wm.  Bacon  (Clovers)          

Mr.  Robt.  Cook,  late  Purle's,  per    ...    Cockerill 

per  James  Cooper 
Robt.  Pierson        

Baxter  (late  Clark),  per  Jas.  Cooper 


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008 
066 
006 
052 

O   I  IO 

040 
006 
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856 


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210  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Wetherden. 

Mr.  Herne,  per  Widw.  Sheafe    ..         ..         ..         ..         ..        042 

Lady_  Hammer  (Phillets  &  Viners)  040)         per  Thomas  | 


Pike  Meadow  in  Hawleigh         o  8    O|  Sheafe. 

John  Wyard          ..         ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  023 

John  Edgar,  per  se         ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  020 

Robt.  Skipworth,  per  se..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  004 

Stephen  Offwood  (Wicks  Hill),  per  se  . .  . .  . .  020 

Robert  Muskett,  per  se  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  087 

Mr.  George  Pretyman,  per     .  .     .  Blakes  . .  . .  . .  o  10    9 


Bacton. 

o    6 
o    4 
Mr.  Edwards,  per    .     .     .    Gooch       . .         . .         . .         . .         003 

Widow  Syret,  late  Roger  Bardwell's    . .         . .         . .         . .        008 


Mr.  George  Pretyman  (late  Susan  Brock's)  j  ^~~~.        I'll        o    o  10 


Onehouse. 

Mr.  Pettyward,  per  Mr.  John  Smith  . .         . .         . .         . .        o    i    6 

Duffield  Offwood,  per  James  Chinery..          080 


096 
Harleston. 

Lady  Hamner,  for  Horse  Closes,  &c.,  per  Isaac  Pammant...        o  14    2 
Mr.  Andrews,  per  Thomas  Bradley      . .         . .         . .         . .        056 

Mr.  Pettyward  (late  Thos.  Mannings)  per     .     .     Alderton  . .         0127 


i  12    3 
Shelland. 

Harbord  Harbord,  Esqr.,  per  Sam.  Ront       . .         . .         . .        060 

Mrs.  Codd,  per    .     .     .    Simpson  (olim  West's)      . .         . .        006 


066 

i  —^—^—^—— 

Buxhall. 

Mr.     Francis    Beales    (late     Mr.    Richd.    Brown's)  per    Mr. 

Wm.  Sulyard  ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..        020 

Dormisden. 
William  Acton,  Esqr.,  late  Mr.  John  Acton's  . .         . .        040 


HAUGHLEY,  an 

Debach. 
Lord  Rochford,  late  Wingfield's  i     o    o 


New  Street  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  606 

Hawleigh  Street  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  15    5  n 

Hawleigfi  Green  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  20  14    o 

Tothill         ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  646 

Chilton        ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  988 

Old  Newton  and  Gipping  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  856 

Wetherden  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  221 

Bacton        ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  019 

Onehouse    ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  096 

Harleston    . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  . .  i  12     3 

Shelland      ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  066 

Buxhall       ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  020 

Dormisden  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  040 

Debach  i     o    o 


71  17 


Hawleigh  Common  Fine  ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         168 

Newton  and  Wetherden  do.       ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         034 

Stow  do.     ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         040 


i  14    o 

Arms  of  SULYARD  :  Argent,  a  chevron  gules,  between  three  pheons, 
Sable. 


212  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

OLD   NEWTON. 

(HERE  was  no  manor  in  this  place  in  Saxon  times.  The 
first  holding  was  that  of  Roger  de  Poictou,  and  consisted  of 
70  acres  of  land  within  the  soc  and  sac  of  the  King  and 
Earl,  2  bordars,  ij  ploughteams  (which  had  disappeared 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  valued  at  305.,  decreased 
to  2os.  at  the  time  of  the  Survey.  It  had  formerly  been 
held  by  two  freemen  under  Alsi,  nephew  of  Earl  Ralph,  by 
commendation  only.1 

Another  holding  here  was  that  of  the  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  at  the  time  of 
the  Survey.  It  consisted  of  80  acres  of  land  in  the  soc  of  the  King  and 
Earl,  2  bordars,  ij  ploughteams  in  demesne,  and  3  acres  of  meadow.  Of 
live  stock  there  were  6  hogs  and  40  sheep.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the 
bordars  had  become  reduced  to  i,  the  ploughteams  having  disappeared  had 
risen  to  i,  and  there  were  2  beasts,  also  a  sixth  share  of  the  advowson  of  a 
church  with  10  acres  of  free  land.  The  whole  had  been  valued  at  305., 
but  was  reduced  to  2os.  and  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  again  increased 
to  405.  It  was  formerly  held  by  two  freemen  under  Alsi  by  commendation 
only,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  Roger  Bigot  held  it  of  the  Bishop  under 
Roger  Warenger. 

Another  two  holdings  were  those  of  Hugh  de  Montfort  and  consisted 
of  one  freeman  with  half  a  carucate  of  land,  held  in  exchange  by  Hugh  de 
Montfort,  and  under  him  2  bordars.  Also  i  ploughteam,  i£  acres  of 
meadow,  and  3  hogs,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  40  sheep,  the  whole 
valued  at  405.  It  had  formerly  been  held  by  Alwin  de  Mendlesham  in 
demesne. 

The  second  holding  of  Hugh  de  Montfort  was  of  two  freemen,  of  whom 
the  jurisdiction  was  in  the  Hundred,  having  27  acres  and  half  a  ploughteam, 
valued  at  55.  It  had  formerly  been  held  in  demesne  by  Hugh  de  Montfort 
in  exchange  through  a  writ  of  liberate.1 

MANOR  OF  OLD  NEWTON. 

In  1161  Sir  Robert  de  Mounteney  held  of  Richard  de  Lucy  one  knight's 
fee  in  this  parish  in  frankpledge  with  Dionisia,  daughter  of  the  said  Richard, 
whom  he  married. 

Sir  Robert  de  Mounteney  was  succeeded  by  Robert  de  Mounteney, 
who  died  in  1252,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  Mounteney, 
at  whose  death  in  1277  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  de  Mounteney,  succeeded, 
and  died  in  1287.  Robert  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Arnold  de 
Mounteney,  and  he  by  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  Mounteney.  John,  son 
of  William  de  Cleydon,  seems  to  have  died  seised  of  the  manor  in  1350. J 

In  1360  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  Sir  Robert  de  Bures,  Richard 
Bakere,  of  Wickhambrooke,  Richard  Bresete,  Geoffrey  Fausebrown,  parson 
of  Buxhall  church,  Thomas  Cat,  parson  of  Okholt  church,  and  John  de 
Cakestrete,  of  Finborough,  against  Thomas  de  Felton  and  Joan  his  wife.4 

The  manor  is  included  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Anna,  wife  of  John  Neve, 
in  1460,  and  an  extent  given  of  it  in  towns  of  Old  Newton,  Stowe  Market, 
Haughley,  and  Gipping.5 

'  Dom.  ii.  3506.  4Feet  of  Fines,  34  Edw.  III.  8. 

JDom.  ii.  4096.  'I.P.M.,  38  and  39  Hen.  VI.  34. 

M.P.M.,  24  Edw.  III.So. 


OLD  NEWTON.  213 

Davy  says  that  in  the  time  of  Hen.  VI.  the  manor  was  vested  in  William 
Mikelfeld,  son  of  Thomas  and  Anne,  who  died  in  1460,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  grandson  and  heir,  Richard  Mickelfeld  ;  but  as  William  was  more 
probably  the  son  of  Richard  (though  we  are  aware  one  pedigree  does  make 
him  son  of  Thomas),  and  he  certainly  died  in  1439,  and  not  1460,  reliance 
cannot  be  placed  on  the  statement.1 

We  do  find,  however,  the  manor  in  the  Myldefeld  family  in  the  time 
of  Hen.  VI.,  for  it  is  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  in  1460  of  Anne,  who 
was  wife  of  John  Neve,  and  which  Anne  held  jointly  with  William  Mickle- 
field,  her  husband.  The  manor  was  held  of  the  King  in  capite  by  knight's 
service. 

John  Myklefeld  died  seised  of  the  manor  about  1509,  leaving  Bartholo- 
mew Myklefeld  his  son  and  heir.  The  manor  then  passed  to  Sir  Thomas 
Bedingfield,  who  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor  in  1535  against  Sir  Philip  Bothe 
and  others/  and  died  seised  of  the  manor  I5th  March,  1538. 3 

It  is  strange  that  Sir  Thomas  Bedingfield  should  have  acquired  the 
Manor  of  Old  Newton,  as  he  was  already  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Newton 
juxta  Ipswich,  but  it  will  be  seen  that  both  the  manors  are  specified  in  his 
inquis.  p.m.  The  manor  then  passed  to  Robert  Bedingfield,  the  brother 
and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas. 

In  1543  "  Robert  Pratyman,  yeoman,"  or  Pretyman,  purchased  the 
manor  of  Sir  Edmund  Bedingfield,  and  held  his  first  court  in  1544.  He 
was  the  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Pratyman,  of  Howlots  and  Old  Newton, 
yeoman,  who  was  buried  at  Bacton  i6th  July,  1543,  and  of  Johanne  his 
wife,  daughter  of  John  Gernoun,  of  Bacton,  great -great-grandson  of  Robert 
Gernoun,  of  Wickham  Skeith,  who  purchased  lands  in  Bacton  in  1421. 
Robert  Pretyman,  the  purchaser  of  this  manor,  married  Margaret,  widow 
of  Thomas  Gernoun,  of  Cotton.  On  Robert  Pretyman's  death  in  1562  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Pretyman,  who  married  Agnes, 
daughter  of  John  Banninge.  He  died  in  1566,*  when  the  manor  passed  to 
his  widow,  who  married  2ndly  John  Stubbs,  and  retained  the  manor  until 
her  death  in  1586,  when  it  vested  in  her  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Pretyman, 
who  held  his  first  court  in  1587.  He  married  Dorcas,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Goodall,  of  Stonham,  and  died  I4th  Aug.  1615,*  when  the  manor  passed  to 
his  eldest  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Pretyman,  who  died  without  issue,  and  was 
buried  at  Bacton  nth  Jan.  1617,'  when  the  manor  devolved  on  his  brother 
and  heir,  Robert  Pretyman,  who  held  his  first  court  26th  Oct.  1631.  He 
died  unmarried  and  was  buried  at  Old  Newton  3oth  April,  1659,  having 
by  his  will  25th  April,  16597  devised  the  manor  to  his  kinsman,  George 
Pretyman,  of  Howlots,  Bacton,  then  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Cotton,  in  Hartis- 
mere  Hundred. 

From  the  time  of  George  Pretyman's  death  in  1688  the  manor  has 
passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Bacton,  in  Hartismere  Hundred, 
and  is  now  vested  in  Capt.  Ernest  George  Pretyman,  D.L.,  of  Orwell  Park. 

The  manor  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Robert  Pretyman, 
2oth  April,  1659,"  and  of  Jane  Pretyman,  nth  June,  1737.' 

'See  Manors  of  Blythford  and  Cravens,  in  5Adm.  1615  ;  I.P.M.,  13  Jas. 

Henham,  in  Blything  Hundred.  'I.P.M.,  1618. 

•Fine,  Trin.  27  Hen.  VIII.  'Proved  i6th  July,  1660. 

'I.P.M.,  31  Hen.  VIII.  5.  "Proved  i6th  July,  1660. 

*  Will  4th  Aug.  1566,  proved  loth  Aug.  at  9  Proved  Arch.  Sudb.  1738. 

Norwich. 


214  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Newton  Hall  belongs  to  H.  Rebow. 

"  Newton  Manor  "  was  included  in  a  fine  levied  by  John  Staverton, 
John  Cokerell,  of  Orford,  John  Berton,  clerk,  and  Simon  Blyant,  against 
Sir  Reginald  Braybrook,  and  Joan  his  wife,  in  1404.' 

MANOR  OF  NETHER  HALL  al.  BARRARDS. 

This  manor  was  the  lordship  of  Roger  de  Boy  ton  in  the  time  of  Hen.  III. 
he  holding  the  tenth  part  of  a  fee."  It  was  held  of  the  Honor  of  Haughley.5 

William  de  Boyton  died  seised  of  the  manor  in  1302,*  his  holding  being 
but  of  I  messuage  and  50  acres  of  land,  and  10  acres  of  wood.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  son,  William  de  Boyton,  and  on  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1303 
we  find  a  licence  for  William  de  Boyton  to  enfeoff  William,  son  of  William 
de  Boyton,  of  a  messuage  and  50  acres  in  Old  Newton,  and  for  him  to 
demise  so  that  the  same  should  be  held  for  the  lives  of  the  said  William  de 
Boyton  and  Margery  his  wife,  with  reversion  to  the  heirs  of  William,  son 
of  William.5 

In  the  following  reign  William  de  Boyton  was  one  of  the  knights  of  the 
shire  for  this  county,  in  three  Parliaments,  and  sued  in  1281  Alexander  de 
Clavering,  Sheriff  of  Suffolk,  for  275.  and  odd  pence,  his  wages  as  knight, 
and  recovered  it,  the  jury  finding  that  Clavering  had  levied  the  money  for 
the  county.  Osbert  de  Boyton  died  in  1345,'  and  John  de  Boyton  was  his 
son  and  heir,  aged  n  years. 

In  1 358  Sir  Bartholomew  Bateman,  who  had  a  grant  of  a  rent  charge  of 
20  marks  per  annum  issuing  out  of  this  manor  and  Langford,  in  Norfolk,  from 
Osbert  de  Boyton,  released  by  deed  all  his  right  therein  to  John  his  son, 
and  Sir  Thomas  Felton,  knt.  Two  years  later  a  fine  was  levied  by  Sir 
Thomas  Felton  against  this  John  de  Boyton  and  Margaret  his  wife.7 

In  1428  another  John  de  Boyton  was  lord.  In  1516  we  meet  with  a 
fine  of  "  Barrardys"  Manor,  which  may  relate  to  this  manor.  It  was  levied 
by  Sir  Andrew  Wyndefore  against  Thomas  Eylmere  and  Beatrice  his  wife.8 
A  moiety  of  the  manor  is  the  subject  of  a  fine  in  1521  levied  by  William 
Waldegrave  and  others  against  William  Cracherode  and  others,9  and  the 
other  moiety  the  same  year  by  Sir  William  Waldegrave  and  others  against 
Nicholas  Courtnawke  and  others.10  The  manor  must  about  this  time 
have  vested  in  Thomas  Spring,  for  he  died  seised  of  it  2gth  June,  1523," 
when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Spring. 

Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  of  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  is 
an  action  by  James  Dowlyng  against  John  Wrage  touching  copyholds  of 
this  manor." 

In  1576  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  Robert  Rolffe  and  others 
against  John  Heigham  and  others.'3  Towards  the  end  of  the  same  century 
the  manor  was  vested  in  Henry  Gilbert,'4  who  died  seised  of  it  in  1594,  when 
it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Gilbert,  who  was  succeeded  by  John 

'Feet  of  Fines,  5  Hen.  IV.  4.  'Fine,  Trin.  8  Hen.  VIII. 

'Red    Book    of    the    Exchequer,  cxxxv.         'Fine,  Trin.  13  Hen.  VIII. 

rider  c.  I0  Fine,  Trin.  13  Hen.  VIII. 

3T.  de  N.  290.  "  I.P.M.,  15  Hen.  VIII.  7. 

«I.P.M.,  30  Edw.  I.  106.  "C.P.  ser.  ii.,  B.  liii.  15. 
'Pat.  Rolls,  31  Edw.  I.  31 ;  Originalia,  31        '^Fine,  Easter,  18  Eliz. 

Edw.  I.  in  Schedule.  '«See  Manor  of  Finborough  Magna,  in  this 

'I.P.M.,  19  Edw.  III.  18.  Hundred. 
7 Feet  of  Fines,  34  Edw.  III.  15. 


OLD   NEWTON.  215 

Coggeshale,1  who  dying  in  1599  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  George 
Coggeshale. 

In  1609  the  manor  was  vested  in  John  Mallows  and  John  Mannock. 

The  manor  was  offered  for  sale  at  Garraways  igth  May,  1825. *  The 
property  included  a  farm  house  and  about  65  acres  of  arable  and  pasture 
land  and  also  the  rectorial  or  great  tithes  of  the  parish  or  hamlet  of  Old 
Newton  and  Dagworth  (except  two  farms),  comprising  about  1,900  acres 
of  which  1,100  were  arable.  The  quit  rents  amounted  to  £i.  js.  od.  The 
property  was  stated  to  have  sold  for  £n,98o,3  but  this  was  contradicted, 
and  the  estate  was  evidently  bought  in.4  The  property  was  again 
offered  for  sale  loth  May,  1827,  at  Garraways,5  and  26th  June,  1828." 
The  i3th  Jan.  1840,  the  manor  and  farm  of  Netherhall  alone  were 
offered  for  sale  at  the  King's  Head,  Stowmarket.7 

The  manor  was  in  1885  vested  in  the  Rev.  James  Coyte,  and  in  1896 
in  C.  A.  Capon. 


1  For  his  marriage,  and  that  of  his  son,  see  *Ib.  May  2ist,  1825. 

Manor  of  Fornham  St.  Genevieve,  in  « May  28th,  1825. 

Thedwestry  Hundred.  *  Ib.  March  29th,  1827. 

2  Ipswich    Journal,   April  gth  and   23rd,  6  Ib.  May  24th,  1828. 

1825.  'Ib.  Jan.  4th,  1840. 


216  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

ONE  HOUSE. 

HERE  was  one  manor  in  this  place,  as  well  as  several  smaller 
holdings.  Among  the  lands  of  Ranulf  Peverell  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  we  find  two  estates,  one  being  the  manor. 
This  consisted  of  ij  carucates  and  20  acres  with  soc,  8 
bordars,  4  serfs,  3  ploughteams  in  demesne,  i  ploughteam 
belonging  to  the  men,  12  acres  of  meadow,  wood  sufficient 
to  support  6  hogs,  i  rouncy,  6  beasts,  16  hogs,  40  sheep 
and  22  goats.  These  were  slightly  altered  at  the  time  of  the  Survey.  The 
ploughteams  in  demesne  were  reduced  to  2,  the  hogs  had  increased  to  30, 
and  the  sheep  to  87.  There  was  a  church  with  3  acres  of  free  land.  The 
value  was  formerly  405.,  increased  to  505.  by  the  time  of  the  Survey.  It 
was  5  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  fyd.  It  had  formerly 
been  held  by  Ketel,  a  thane  of  the  Confessor. 

The  second  estate  consisted  of  26  acres  held  by  Osbert  Masculus  as 
belonging  to  Stow  Church.  He  had  held  them  before  Ranulf  Peverell  had 
the  Manor  of  Onehouse.1 

Another  estate  here  was  that  of  Humphrey,  son  of  Aubrey.  It  con- 
sisted of  60  acres  of  land,  i  bordar,  and  2  ploughteams  (which  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  had  become  i),  and  3  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  IDS.  It 
was  formerly  held  by  10  freemen  under  Ketel  by  commendation  only.  The 
soc  belonged  to  the  King  and  Earl." 

Among  the  lands  of  Robert,  Earl  of  Moretaine,  was  an  estate  which, 
under  the  Confessor,  was  held  by  Withmer.  It  consisted  of  i  carucate  of 
land,  3  bordars,  2  serfs,  i  ploughteam  in  demesne,  4  acres  of  meadow,  and 
2  socmen  with  3  acres  of  land  which  they  could  sell  without  licence.  The 
details  of  the  holding  were  slightly  altered  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  for 
the  bordars  were  doubled,  and  the  serfs  had  entirely  disappeared.  In  the 
same  township  a  freeman  held  9  acres  whom  Nigel  held  under  Earl  Robert, 
but  Frodo  was  seised  before  him,  claiming  livery,  the  Hundred  not  knowing 
the  rights  of  it.  The  entire  holding  was  valued  at  205.,  and  was  in  the  King's 
soc.  When  Brien  acquired  it,  it  rendered  no  customs  duty  in  the 
Hundred.3 

Another  estate  was  that  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  consisted 
of  half  a  carucate  of  land,  3  bordars,  i  ploughteam,  and  4  acres  of  meadow, 
valued  at  2os.  It  had  formerly  belonged  to  a  freeman  under  the  abbot. 

In  the  time  of  the  Confessor  the  sac,  soc,  and  commendation  over  all 
the  men  belonged  to  the  abbot,  being  the  gift  of  the  Confessor  as  shown  by 
the  writs  and  seals  of  the  abbot.  In  later  times  King  William  allowed  the 
gift.  The  Survey,  however,  says  :  "  But  the  King's  provost  had  four 
shillings  on  account  of  the  soc  of  one  of  them,  neither  the  abbot  nor  his 
ministers  knowing  whether  it  were  rightly  or  wrongly  the  case.  And  the 
Hundred  testifies  that  the  Court  knew  not  that  the  abbot  had  been  at  a 
later  time  disseised  (of  the  soc)  after  King  Edward  gave  it."4 

ESCEFELLA. 

This  adjoined  Onehouse  wood,  and  under  it  appears  an  entry  amongst 
the  estates  of  Robert  Blunt.  It  is  of  3  acres  held  by  one  bordar  and 
rendering  I2d.i 

'Dom.  ii.  4166,  417.  4Dom.  ii.  3606. 

'Dom.  ii.  436.  5Dom.  ii. 

*Dom.  ii.  291. 


ONEHOUSE.  217 

MANOR  OF  ONEHOUSE. 

This  was  probably  the  land  of  Ketel1  prior  to  the  Conquest,  and  was 
held  by  Ranulph  Peverell  as  Domesday  tenant  in  chief.  In  1234  the  lord- 
ship was  held  by  Margery  de  Moese  and  Richard  her  son.  In  1270  Henry 
de  Caldecotes  is  said  to  have  had  a  grant  and  a  market  and  a  fair  here, 
and  also  free  warren. 

Davy,  who  gives  the  last  piece  of  information,  says  :  "  1272  Fairfax- 
Teddington  (?)  1272  Parnell."  It  is  presumed  he  intends  these  as  lords  ; 
but  it  seems  not  unlikely  that  as  to  Caldecotes  the  entry  belongs  to  the 
other  manor  in  Onehouse,  and  that  the  lordship  did  not  pass  from  the  de 
Moese  family  until  Margery,  daughter  of  Thomas  de  Moese,  married  Thomas 
de  Weyland,  the  well-known  Lord  Justice  of  England.  It  is  possible,  how- 
ever, the  lordship,  which  was  certainly  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  de  Weyland 
when  he  abjured  the  realm,  may  have  come  to  him  from  the  Alneto  grant 
after  mentioned.  William  de  Alneto  held  a  knight's  fee  here  of  the  abbey 
of  Bury  in  the  time  of  John  or  Hen.  III.,  and  this  passed  to  his  son,  Robert 
de  Alneto,  who  held  certainly  in  the  reign  of  the  latter  monarch.'  His  son, 
Adam  de  Alneto,  in  1282  gave  by  deed  to  Thomas  de  Weyland,  Margery 
his  wife,  and  Richard  their  son,  all  the  lands,  &c.,  which  came  to  him  on 
the  death  of  Edward  his  brother  in  Onehouse,  Rattlesden,  Buxhall,  and 
Wetherden,  to  hold  to  the  heirs  of  the  said  Richard  which  he  gave  in 
exchange  for  other  lands.3  If  not  the  manor,  the  lands  were  added  thereto. 
From  the  Abbreviation  of  Pleas4  we  learn  that  Thomas  de  Weylaund  having 
renounced  the  realm  for  felony,  Margery  his  wife  and  Richard  his  son  did 
not  have  seisin  of  the  Manor  of  Onehouse,  to  wit,  in  Rattlesden  and  Wether- 
den,  except  60  acres  of  land  and  6  acres  of  meadow,  and  that  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds  claimed  to  be  chief  lord  of  the  said  manor.  There  is  certainly 
a  statement  on  the  Rolls  of  Parliament  in  1290,'  that  the  wardship  of  One- 
house  Manor  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Bury.  Margery  the  widow  held 
until  her  death  in  1315,  when  the  manor  passed  to  her  3rd  son,  Richard  de 
Weyland.  The  manor  is  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  the  2nd  son, 
John  de  "  Werlaunde  "in  1312,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he  ever  was 
seised  in  possession.6  Richard  de  Weyland  died  in  1319,'  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  daughter  Cicely,  married  to  Sir  Bartholomew  de  Burghersh,8 
4th  Baron  Burghersh. 

Sir  Bartholomew  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1349,'  an^  on  his 
death  4th  April,  1369,  the  manor  went  to  his  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth, 
married  to  Edward  Le  Despencer.  He  died  in  1375,  and  she  in  1409.'° 
The  manor,  however,  seems  in  1377  to  have  belonged  to  one  Lawney,  and 
amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings  we  meet  with  three  actions  as  to 
the  manor.  The  first  is  by  Edward  Lemsey  (?  Lawney),  son  of  Rose, 
daughter  of  William  Rykhill,  brother  of  Anneys,  mother  of  William  Skrene, 
father  of  John  Skrene,  Esquire,  father  of  Sir  John  Skrene,  Knt.,  against 
Thomas  Bibbysworth,  William  Essex,  and  Richard  Parnell."  The  second 

'  See   Papers   published   by   Norfolk  and  5  R.P.  i.  53. 

Norwich  Archaeological  Society,  vol.  6I.P.M.,  6  Edw.  II.  34. 

3,  pp.  253-5.     Ketel's  will  is  also  in  7I.P.M.,  13  Edw.  II.  17. 

Kemble's  Codex  Diplomaticus,  No.  "See  Manor  of  Brandeston,  in  Loes  Hun- 

1339,  vol.  6,  p.  199.  dred. 

[\  de  N.  291.  »Chart.  Rolls,  23  Edw.  III.  3. 

3Abbr.  of  Pleas,  10  Edw.  I.  the  isth  day  I0  See  Manor  of  Blaxhall  Hall,  in  Plomesgate 

of  East.  30.  Hundred. 

4i8  Edw.  I.  Trin.  46.  "E.C.P.  Bundle  55,  159. 

D  I 


218 


THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 


i-  by  Richard  Ayston,  son  of  Isabel,  sister  of  William,  father  of  William, 
father  of  John,  father  of  Sir  John  Skrene,  Knt.,  against  Thomas  Bibbys- 
worth,  William  Essex,  and  Richard  Parnell.1  And  the  third  is  by  Thomas 
Hampden,  brother  of  Philippe,  mother  of  Sir  John  Skrene,  Knt.,  against 
the  same  three  defendants  as  above.' 

Sir  John  Skrene  certainly  held  the  manor,  and  died  in  1474  seised  of  it.3 
Two  further  actions  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  followed  immediately  on  Sir 
John  Skrene's  death,  one  by  Thomas  Bybbysworth,  as  legatee  of  the  said 
Sir  John,  against  William  Essex  and  Richard  Parnell,  feoffees  to  uses,4 
and  the  other  by  Elizabeth,  widow  of  the  said  Sir  John,  against  the  same 
defendants.5 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VII.  Roger  Drury'  held  the  lordship,  and  on  his 
death  in  1500  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Drury,  and  on  his 
death  2nd  March,  1535,  7  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  William  Drury, 
of  Hawsted,  who  the  same  year  suffered  a  recovery  of  the  manor.  He  died 
nth  Jan.  1557-8,*  when  it  passed  to  his  grandson  and  heir,  Sir  William 
Drury,  who  seems  to  have  sold  it  to  William  Deane  in  1580.' 

William  Deane,  who  was  son  of  John  Deane  by  a  daughter  of  Roger 
Nowell,  of  Read,  co.  Lancaster,  purchased  an  estate  at  Great  Maplestead, 
of  which  place  he  is  usually  described.  He  married  twice,  ist  Anne, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Wentworth,  of  Gosfield,  co.  Essex,  who  died 
without  issue  5th  Dec.  1580,  and  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Egerton, 
of  Rynehill.  William  Deane  died  4th  Oct.  1585,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son,  Sir  John  Deane,  who  was  High  Sheriff  of  Essex  in  1610.  He 
married  27th  August,  1600,  Anne,  2nd  daughter  of  Sir  Drue  Drury,  of 
Linstead,  co.  Kent,  and  of  Riddlesworth,  co.  Norfolk,  and  died  i7th  Feb. 
1615,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Drue  Deane,  born 
3ist  Jan.  1606.  He  married  Lucy,  and  daughter  of  George  Goring,  Earl  of 
Norwich,  but  the  manor  does  not  seem  to  have  passed  to  his  son  Anthony, 
who  was  father  of  Sir  Anthony  Deane,  lord  of  Monk  Soham,  in  Hoxne 
Hundred. 


In  1627  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Roger  Pettiward,  of  St.  Dunstan, 
London  City,  and  Salter,  son  of  John  Pettiward,  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  and 
of  Agnes  Cock,  his  wife.  This  John  Pettiward  had  been  married  at  St. 
James,  Bury,  5th  Aug.  1565,  and  had  departed  this  life  in  1595.  Roger 
Pettiward  married  Martha,  daughter  of  George  Munne.  Both  husband  and 
wife  died  in  1639,  the  former  I3th  May  and  the  latter  28th  Jan.  he  aged  71 
and  she  62.  They  were  buried  together  at  Plunnbridge,  Herts.  The 
manor  passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  John  Pettiward,  who  resided  at  Putney, 
in  Surrey,  and  had  a  grant  of  arms  i6th  July,  1660.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Henry  White,  of  Putney,  and  on  his  death  in  1671 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Pettiward,  who  was  Sheriff  of 


1  E.C.P.  Bundle  55,  164. 

'E.C.P.  Bundle  55,  161. 

3 1.P.M.  14  Edw.  IV.  42. 

« E.C.P.  13  Edw.  IV.  Bundle  55,  167. 

s  E.C.P.  Bundle  55,  165. 

'See  Manor  of  Hawstead,  in  Thingoe 
Hundred. 

-  I.P.M.,  27  Hen.  VIII.  24. 

"Copy  of  his  will,  dated  26th  Dec.  1557, 
may  be  seen  in  Cullum's  Hist,  of 
Hawstead,  ist  ed.,  125,  where  in  a 


note  Sir  John  Culluni  informs  us 
that  the  examining  fees  of  office, 
and  a  gratuity  to  the  transcriber 
cost  one  guinea,  besides  thirteen 
sixpenny  stamps  upon  the  three 
sheets  of  paper.  Considering  the 
length  of  the  will  such  a  charge  in 
these  days  would  be  deemed  ex- 
tremely moderate. 
Fine,  Hil.  22  Eliz. 


ONEHOUSE.  219 

Surrey  in  1689,  and  married  Honor,  daughter  of  John  Dawes.  John 
Pettiward  presented  to  the  living  in  1708,  and  died  in  1716,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Daniel  Pettiward,  who  presented  to  the 
living  in  1729,  and  married  26th  Oct.  1732,  Anne  Lant,  of  Putney.  He 
died  in  1749  without  issue,  when  the  manor  apparently  passed  to  his  nephew, 
Roger  Mortlock,  D.D.,  vicar  of  Skelbertswell,  co.  Kent,  and  residential 
canon  of  St.  Paul's,  son  and  heir  of  George,  son  of  Henry  Mortlock,  which 
George  had  married  Elizabeth  Pettiward,  5th  daughter  of  John  Pettiward, 
and  sister  of  Daniel  Pettiward,  who  died  in  1749. 

Roger  Mortlock  on  succeeding  to  this  estate  took  the  name  of  Pettiward, 
and  loth  March  the  same  year  married  Douglas,  daughter  and  heir  of  James 
Sandwell,  of  London.  He  died  at  Putney  loth  March,  1780,  and  his  widow 
Douglas  survived  until  I2th  June,  1810,  when  she  departed  this  life  at  the 
age  of  86,  the  manor  devolving  on  their  3rd  but  eldest  surviving  son,  Roger 
Pettiward,  who  purchased  the  Manor  of  Great  Finborough. 

From  this  time  the  manor  has  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor 
of  Great  Finborough,  in  this  Hundred. 

Various  Court  Rolls  of  the  manor  have  been  offered  for  sale  by  Mr. 
Coleman,  of  Tottenham,  and  in  1884  he  offered  the  Original  Court  Book 
of  this  manor  with  Caldecote's,  covering  a  period  from  Oct.  1733  to  1773, 
and  consisting  of  58  pages  for  2is.' 

MANOR  OF  CALDECOTE'S  NOW  JOINED  WITH  ONEHOUSE  UNDER  THE  TITLE  OF 

ONEHOUSE  WITH  CALDECOTES. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Henry  de  Caldecote  in  1270  when  he  had  a 
grant  of  free  warren  here,  and  the  right  to  hold  a  market  and  fair.2  The 
next  lord  was  William  de  Caldecotes,  and  on  his  death  the  manor  passed 
to  his  widow  Joan,  who  died  in  1331,  when  it  passed  to  her  son 
and  heir,  John  de  Caldecotes.'  There  are  three  actions  relating  to  this 
manor  amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings — one  by  William 
Laurier  (?  Lawney)  against  Peter  Pepper,  vintner,  of  London  ;*  another  by 
Sir  John  Fastolf,  Knt.,  against  Gilbert  Debenham  who  had  been  enfeoffed 
by  John  Lawnay,  Esquire  ;'  and  a  third  by  Henry  Wove  and  Anne  his 
wife,  daughter  of  William  "Laweney"  against  Sir  Thomas  Brewes,  Knt., 
and  others  feoffees.6 

In  the  time  of  Queen  Mary  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  William  Drury, 
who  died  seised  of  it  in  1557,  from  which  time  to  the  present  the  manor  has 
devolved  in  the  same  way'  as  the  main  Manor  of  Onehouse,  and  is  now 
vested  like  the  Manor  of  Great  Finborough  in  Charles  Terry.  No  doubt 
the  parish  derived  its  name  from  the  one  house  which  stood  there,  a  house 
in  a  singularly  picturesque  and  solitary  situation.  The  greater  part  of  this 
parish  two  centuries  ago  was  a  wood,  except  a  narrow  strip  declining  to  the 
south  east,  near  this  large  distinguished  mansion,  which  was  beautifully 
seated  upon  a  rising  ground,  gently  sloping  into  a  valley,  with  a  rivulet 
winding  through  it.  In  the  base  court  on  the  outside  of  the  moat,  towards 
the  east,  which  is  a  square  of  half  an  acre,  formerly  the  milking  yard  of  the 
farmhouse,  there  was  growing  in  the  year  1776  as  many  ashen  trees  as 
contained  upwards  of  1,300  solid  feet  of  timber.7 

1  Cal.  clxvi.  104.  4  E.C.P.  Bundle  7,  No.  134. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  Hen.  III. ;  H.R.  ii.  192.  s E.C.P.  Bundle  11,  214. 

3  See  Manor  of  Caldecot  Hall,  Fritton.in  *  E.C.P.  Bundle  40,  291. 

Lothingland  Hundred.  'Page,  Hist,  of  Suffolk,  p.  546. 


220  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

The  great  hall  was  pulled  down,  and  its  site  is  now  the  flower  garden 
of  Onehouse  Hall.  Page,  writing  in  1847,  says :  "'A  farmhouse  has  been 
built  on  the  site  of  the  old  hall,  which  was  encompassed  with  a  moat 
upon  whose  earthern  bank  an  oak  is  now  growing,  and  apparently  sound, 
the  circumference  of  which,  at  the  smallest  part  of  the  bole,  is  sixteen  feet, 
and  twenty-four  feet  at  the  height  of  three  yards  from  the  ground.  Not- 
withstanding one  of  its  principal  leading  arms,  with  several  other  mossy 
boughs  on  the  north  side,  have  been  broken  off  by  tempests,  it  contains 
at  present  upwards  of  four  hundred  and  ninety  feet  of  solid  timber,  by 
measurement,  in  its  stem  and  branches.  About  sixty  yards  to  the  south- 
ward of  this  venerable  tree,  is  a  broad-leafed  elm,  whose  boughs  in  the  year 
1781  extended  fifty-four  feet  towards  the  north,  and  near  forty  upon  its 
opposite  side,  measuring  each  way  from  the  centre  of  the  trunk."1 

Hollingsworth  says :  "  The  direct  descendants  of  Ketel  the  thane,  of 
Onehouse,  were  until  very  lately  residents  in  the  Hundred  as  farmers,  and 
are  still  living  in  an  adjoining  parish.  It  is  a  pleasing  reflection  that  the 
circular  bell  tower,  the  church,  and  part  of  what  must  have  formed  the 
kitchen  of  Onehouse  Mansion  still  remain  and  may  have  been  erected  by 
Thane  Ketel."  He  adds  that  Onehouse  Hall  stands  yet  on  part  of  the  old 
foundation  of  this  ancient  thaneship.  Mr.  Hollingsworth' s  imagination 
is  invariably  vivid,  and  his  faith  in  what  some  might  feel  inclined  to 
characterise  his  own  fanciful  suggestions  decidedly  invigorating  in  these 
days  of  scepticism  ! 

Queen  Elizabeth  in  one  of  her  progresses  through  the  county  break- 
fasted at  Onehouse. 

About  two  hundred  yards  to  the  north  of  the  moat  stands  the  church, 
which  is  small  and  has  a  font  of  unhewn  stone.  It  appears  to  have  been  a 
Saxon  building,  but  a  part  of  the  north  wall  only,  extending  about  10  yards 
from  the  tower,  which  is  circular,  is  all  that  remains  of  the  original  structure. 

In  the  chancel  of  the  church  lies  buried,  but  without  any  inscription, 
the  Rev.  Charles  Davy,  author  of  Letters  upon  the  Subjects  of  Literature, 
in  two  volumes  8vo.  In  the  preface  to  the  work  he  says  :  "  Most  of  these 
little  essays  were  written  many  years  ago  ;  they  have  been  collected  from 
detached  papers  and  revised  for  publication  as  a  relief  to  the  author's 
mind  during  a  confinement  of  more  than  eighteen  months'  continuance. 
It  seemed  good  to  the  Supreme  Disposer  of  all  things  to  reduce  him  in  a 
moment,  by  an  apoplectic  stroke  from  the  most  perfect  state  of  health 
and  cheerfulness  to  a  paralytic  permanent  debility,  a  debility  which  has 
not  only  fixed  him  on  his  chair,  but  brought  on  spasms,  so  exquisitely 
painful  and  frequently  so  unremitted  as  scarcely  to  allow  a  single  hour's 
repose  to  him  for  many  days  and  nights  together.  Under  the  pressure  of 
these  afflictions,  God  hath  graciously  been  pleased  to  continue  to  him  his 
accustomed  flow  of  spirits,  and  to  preserve  his  memory  and  his  under- 
standing in  some  degree  of  vigour.  These  alleviating  blessings  have 
enabled  him  to  borrow  pleasure  from  past  times  in  support  of  the  present, 
and  to  call  back  the  delightful  and  instructing  conversations  he  enjoyed 
in  a  Society  of  worthy  and  ingenious  friends,  and  to  resume  those  studies 
and  amusements  which  rendered  the  former  part  of  his  life  happy." 

The  following  lines  are  extracted  from  a  translation  of  a  Latin  poem 
by  the  Rev.  Charles  Davy,  written  in  the  reign  of  Jas.  I.,  entitled  Mdas 

1  Page,  Hist,  of  Suffolk,  p.  546. 


ONEHOUSE.  221 

Solitaria.  "  I  shall,"  says  he,  "Japply  them  to  the  spot  where  it  has 
pleased  the  Divine  Providence  to  place  me,  in  which  I  hope  to  close  the 
evening  of  my  life." 

"  No  gilded  roofs  here  strain  the  gazer's  eye, 
No  goblets'flow^with  noxious  luxury  :     • 
Sleep,  balmy  sleep,  here'rests  his  downy  wings, 
Nor  waits  the  purple  pomp  of  gorgeous  coverings. 
No  gems  here  dazzle  th'  offended  sight, 
No  trilling  airs  inspire  our  chaste  delight, 
No  servile  bands  with  crouching  necks  appear 
Nor  Flattery's  self  can  find  admission  here. 
But  lofty  groves  of  beauteous  forms  are  seen. 
The  builder  Oak,  the  Fir  for  ever  green ; 
The  tow'ring  Ash,  whose  clust'ring  tops  receive 
The  rising  sun,  and  deck  the  ruddy  eve, 
The  Adder  brown,  that  loves  the  coat'ry  vales, 
The  Asp  light  quiv'ring  to  the  summer  gales  ; 
The  Willow  pendent  o'er  the  mazy  stream. 
The  Poplar  huge,  the  Elm's  extended  beam  ; 
Their  different  colours  here  display  and  vie 
In  all  the  tints  of  varied  harmony  ! 
No  sordid  views  deprive  the  soul  of  rest, 
No  passions  here  disturb  the  lab'ring  breast ; 
Save  Grief  that  sickens  at  another's  woe, 
And  bids  the  melting  sorrow  sweetly  flow. 
Far  from  the  madding  people's  furious  strife, 
Far  from  the  anxious  cares  of  busy  life  ; 
Beneath  this  straw-thatch' d  roof,  this  humble  cell, 
Calm  Peace,  and  Friendship  pure,  delight  to  dwell." 


222  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

SHELLAND. 

MONG  the  lands  of  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert,  was  a  small 
holding  of  23  acres,  4  bordars,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  2 
oxen,  valued  at  55.,  which  had  formerly  belonged  to  Phin, 
Richard's  predecessor.1 

MANOR  OF  SHELLAND. 

This  lordship  was  held  by  Sir  Ingebranch  de  Belet,  Knt.,  and  Lora  his 
wife  about  1300.  He  died  in  1312,*  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Robert  Belet,  who  died  in  1322. i  The  manor  then  vested  in  Robert 
de  Scales,  and  on  his  death  in  1332'  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  de 
Scales.  It  then  seems  to  have  vested  in  Roger  de  Scales,  4th  Baron,  from 
whom  it  apparently  went  to  Sir  William  Bourchier,  for  there  is  a  deed  dated 
loth  April,  12  Rich.  II.  [1386]  preserved  amongst  the  Additional  Charters 
in  the  British  Museum,  whereby  Eleanor,  the  widow  of  Sir  William,  who  had 
died  in  1365,  grants  this  manor  together  with  others  to  John  Spicer,  vicar 
of  the  church  of  Dunmow,  John  Busset,  John  Digche,  clerk,  and  William 
Atte  Fen,  no  doubt  by  way  of  settlement.5  In  the  Bourchier  family  the 
manor  remained,  devolving  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Hopton,  in 
Blackbourn  Hundred,  and  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquisition  p.m.  of 
Henry  Bourchier,  created  Earl  of  Essex  in  1461,  who  died  4th  April,  1483,' 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  grandson  and  heir,  Henry,  Lord  Bourchier.7 
He  was  summoned  to  Parliament  I4th  Oct.  1495,  K.G.  1496.  He  married 
Mary,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  William  Say.  He  died  without 
male  issue  I3th  March,  1539-40,  being  thrown  from  his  horse  at  his  Manor 
of  Basse,  co.  Herts.,  and  was  buried  at  Little  Easton,  Essex. 

Amongst  the  State  Papers  in  1538  is  a  letter  of  this  Henry,  Earl  of 
Essex,  touching  this  manor.'  On  his  death  the  manor  devolved  on  his 
only  daughter  and  heir  Anne,  married  to  Sir  William  Parr,  Knt.,  created 
2oth  Dec.  1543,  Earl  of  Essex,  and  i6th  Feb.  1546-7  Marquis  of  Northamp- 
ton, mother  of  Queen  Katharine  Parr. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1541  by  William,  Earl  of  Southampton, 
and  others  against  Sir  William  Parre,  Lord  Parre,  and  others.9 

The  marriage  between  Anne,  the  Bourchier  heiress,  and  Sir  William 
Parr  was  annulled  by  Act  of  Parliament  I7th  April,  1543,  and  the  issue 
thereof  bastardised.  Anne  died  28th  Jan.  1570-1,  and  Sir  William  Parr 
ist  August,  1571 .  The  manor  passed  to  Anne's  cousin,  Sir  Walter  Devereux, 
Vise.  Hereford,  Lord  Ferrers,  and  Lord  Bourchier,  son  and  heir  of  Richard 
Devereux. 

Walter  Devereux  was  4th  May,  1572,  created  Earl  of  Essex,  and  installed 
a  Knight  of  the  Garter  23rd  April,  1573.  He  married  Lettice,  eldest 
daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Knollys,  K.G.,  and  sister  to  William,  ist  Earl  of 
Banbury,  and  died  in  Dublin,  where  he  was  residing  as  Earl  Marshal  of 

1  Dora.  ii.  3926.  'Add.  Ch.  7906. 

"I.P.M.,  6  Edw.  II.  28.  "I.P.M.,  i  Rich.  III.  31. 

3I.P.M.,  16  Edw.  II.  44.  7See   Manor   of   Hopton,  in   Blackbourn 

4I.P.M.,  6  Edw.  III.  75.     Scales'  estate  in  Hundred. 

Shetland  was  a  fourth  part  of  a  8S.P.  1538,  App.  10. 

2oth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  (Origina-  •>  Fine,  Hil.  33  Hen.  VIII. 

lia,  6  Edw.  III.  13). 


SHELLAND.  223 

Ireland,  22nd  Sept.  1576,  aged  35,'  when  the^manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Sir  Robert  Devereux,  K.G.,  3rd  Viscount  Hereford,  and  2nd  Earl  of 
Essex,  Earl  Marshal  of  England  1597-1600,  and  Chancellor  of  the  University 
of  Cambridge  1598,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland,  March  to  November,  1599, 
the  celebrated  and  unfortunate  favourite  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  He  married 
Frances,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Francis  Walsingham,  Secretary  of  State, 
and  widow  of  the  celebrated  Sir  Philip  Sidney,  and  a  fine  was  levied  of  the 
manor  against  him  in  1591  by  John  Weaver  and  others,  probably  when 
effecting  some  settlement.2 

Robert,  Earl  of  Essex,  was  executed  on  Tower  Hill  in  the  34th  year  of 
his  age  25th  Feb.  i6oo-i,3  but  must  have  parted  with  the  manor  during  his 
lifetime,  for  we  find  that  by  a  deed  dated  i3th  June,  43  Eliz.  [1601],  the 
manor  was  sold  by  Sir  James  Scudamore,  of  Holmebury,  co.  Hereford,  Knt., 
and  Sir  Phillipp  Scudamore,  Knt.,  by  the  name  of  Phillipp  Scudamore,  of 
London,  for  £800  to  Reginald  Burrough  and  Cuthbert  Garner,  and  the 
covenant  against  incumbrances  in  the  deed  of  conveyance  refers  to  claims 
and  charges  made  by  Sir  James  Scudamore,  Robert,  late  Earl  of  Essex, 
James  Anton,  George  Anton,  John  Weaver,  Peter  Haughton,  citizen  and 
alderman  of  London,  and  Nicholas  Daverous,  citizen  and  "  habberdasher 
of  London."  By  deed  dated  3oth  May,  1604,  and  enrolled  in  the  Court 
of  Chancery,  Reginald  Burrough,  of  St.  John's,  and  Cuthbert  Garner,  of 
St.  John's,  sold  the  manor  for  £1,600  to  Sir  John  Deane,  John  Henson,  of 
Drinkstone,  a  lessee  of  Shelland  hall,  joining  in  the  conveyance. 

Sir  John  Deane,  then  of  Great  Maplestead,  co.  Essex,  and  Anne  his 
wife,  by  deed  dated  3ist  March,  1615,  sold  the  manor  for  £1,800  to  Edward 
Alston,  of  Polstead,  clothier. 

He  was  the  son  of  William  Alston,  of  Newton,  and  of  Margery  Holm- 
stead  his  wife,  which  William  was  the  eldest  son  of  Edward  Alston,  by 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Coleman,  his  ist  wife,  which  Edward  was  the 
son  of  William  Alston,  of  Newton,  who  was  buried  there  30th  Jan.  1564, 
and  whose  will  was  dated  i8th  Oct.  1563,  and  proved  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds 
ist  Mar.  1563-4.  Edward  Alston  the  purchaser,  married  Anne,  sister  of 
Joseph  Ardley,  and  died  22nd  January,  1617,*  when  the  manor  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Joseph  Alston,  who  died  in  1643.  Joseph  Alston  lived 
at  Washbrooke,  and  married  Mary  Warner.  He  made  his  will  i8th  Dec. 
1643,  which  was  proved  nth  January  following  ;  he  left  this  manor  to 
his  daughter  Mary  by  the  following  devise  :  "  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
my  sayd  Daughter  Mary  all  that  my  Manno  and  Messuage  called  Shelland 
Hall  with  all  my  houses  buildings  yards  gardens  orchards  lands  tenem" 
meadowes_  pastures  feedings  and  hereditam'8  whatsor  now  in  the  tenure 
or  occupaion  of  Joseph  Isaac  aforesayd  situate  lyeing  or  being  in  Shelland 
Rattlesden  and  Woolpit  or  in  any  other  town  there  nere  adioyning  to  have 
and  to  hold  for  the  sayd  Mary  my  Daughter  her  heires  and  assignes  for 
ever  She  to  enter  the  same  premises  at  her  Age  of  one  and  twenty  years 
or  day  of  Marriage  which  shall  first  happen  And  my  will  and  meaning  is 
that  if  my  sayd  Daughter  Mary  shall  happen  to  departe  this  Life  before  her 
sayd  Age  of  one  and  twenty  yeares  and  be  unmarryed  then  my  will  and 
meaning  is  and  I  doe  hereby  give  the  same  manno  and  messuage  called 

'Will  I4th  June,  1576,  proved  I2th  Nov.         3Adm.  Feb.  1662-3  Court  of  Delegates,  and 

1576-  again,  C.P.C.  8th  July  1676. 

'Fine,  Mich.  33-34  Eliz.  4  Will  zist  Jan.  1617,  proved  in  Prer.  Court 

9th  Feb.  1617-8. 


224  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Shelland  Hall  together  with  all  other  the  aforesayd  Lands  Tenem"  and 
Prmses  herein  formerly  given  my  sayd  Daughter  Mary  unto  Susan  my 
Daughter  To  have  and  to  hold  to  her  the  sayd  Susan  my  sayd  Daughter 
her  hfires  and  assignes  for  ever  She  to  enter  the  same  Pmises  at  such  time 
as  my  sayd  Daughter  Mary  should  have  entered  the  same.  And  my  will  and 
meaning  is  that  my  sayd  Loveing  wife  Mary  shall  in  the  meantime  receive 
the  rents  issues  and  profitts  and  all  the  Emolum"  and  advantages  ariseing 
of  the  sayd  Manno  Messuages  Lands  Tenem"  and  Pmises  or  any  part 
thereof  for  and  towards  the  maintenance  of  my  sayd  Daughters  and  their 
educacon  until  such  time  as  they  shall  have  received  their  severall  portions." 

Mary  the  daughter  married  Sir  John  Hanmer,  of  Whittingham  Hall, 
Knt.,  and  by  deed  dated  22nd  May,  1662,  in  consideration  of  £1,710  sold 
the  manor  to  William  Cropley,  of  Shelland. 

The  description  in  the  deed  is  as  follows  :  "  All  that  the  Mannor  or 
Lordshipp  of  Shelland  with  the  appurtenances,  now  or  heretofore  comonly 
called  or  known  by  the  name  of  Shelland  Hall  or  by  what  other  name  or 
names  soever  the  same  is  called  or  knowne  lyeing  and  being  in  the  said 
County  of  Suffolk,  And  all  Messuages  houses  Edifices  buildings  Barnes 
Stables  Courtyards  Orchards  Gardens  Cartsides  and  all  other  Easements 
Comodities  heraditaments  and  appurtenances  whatsoever  to  the  said  Mannor 
or  Lordshipp  belonging  or  in  anywise  appertayninge  or  therewith  now  used 
or  occupied  or  reputed  taken  or  knowne  as  part  parcell  or  member  of  the 
same,  Together  with  all  and  every  the  severall  parcells  of  Land  meadowe 
pasture  wood  and  wood  ground  hereafter  particularly  expressed  and 
specified  lyeing  and  being  in  Ratlesden  Shelland  and  Woollpitt  or  any  of 
them  in  the  said  County  of  Suffolk  or  in  any  other  towne  in  the  said  County 
of  Suffolk  there  neere  adioyninge  now  or  late  in  the  occupacon  of  Joseph 
Isaac  or  his  Assignes  That  is  to  say,  the  site  of  the  Mannor  and  Lordshipp 
aforesaid  with  the  yards  gardens  and  Orchards  thereunto  belonginge 
conteyninge  by  estimation  eight  acres,  one  ffeild  sometyme  an  Rood  and 
now  or  heretofore  divided  into  severall  parcells  consisting  of  Arrable  and 
pasture  ground  and  now  or  heretofore  called  or  knowne  by  the  name  of 
knights  ffeild  or  by  any  other  name  conteyninge  by  Estimation  fforty 
acres,  One  other  ffeild  of  Errable  ground  and  pasture  now  or  heretofore 
called  or  knowne  by  the  name  of  Mellfeild  or  by  any  other  name  conteyning 
by  Estimation  Twenty  Acres,  Two  other  peices  of  Errable  Land  conteyning 
by  Estimation  seaventeene  Acres  and  now  or  heretofore  called  or  knowne 
by  the  name  of  Halfe  Pightells  or  by  any  other  name  or  names,  Two  other 
peeces  of  pasture  now  or  heretofore  called  or  knowne  by  the  name  or  names 
of  Great  Synorls  and  little  Syriorls  or  by  any  other  name  or  names  vvith  a 
Grove  conteyninge  halfe  an  Acre  adioyninge  to  one  of  them  conteyninge 
altogether  Seven  and  twenty  acres  bee  they  more  or  lesse,  Two  other  ffields 
of  Errable  land  and  pasture  now  or  heretofore  called  May  close  or  by  any 
other  name  with  a  little  Pigthtell  thereunto  adioyninge  conteyning  by 
Estimation  Eight  acres  bee  it  more  or  lesse,  ffouer  other  severall  closes  and 
peeces  of  Errable  and  pasture  ground  now  or  heretofore  called  or  knowne 
by  the  name  of  Lynere  feilds  or  by  any  other  name  or  names  conteyning  by 
Estimation  fforty  Acres  more  or  lesse,  Together  with  all  Messuages  houses 
Barnes  Stables  Edifices  and  buildings  now  standinge  and  being  in  and  upon 
any  of  the  said  ffouere  peeces  of  ground  or  any  part  thereof,  Two  other 
pieces  of  pasture  ground  now  or  heretofore  called  or  knowne  by  the  name 
or  names  of  Stony  Lands  and  Cobbs) Pightells  or  byjany.  other  name  or 
names  conteyning  by  Estimation  Eighteen  Acres  bee  they  more  or  lesse, 


SHELLAND.  225 

One  meadow  now  or  heretofore  called  great  meadow  or  by  any  other  name 
lyeing  over  against  the  close  aforesaid  called  Clay  close  conteyninge  by 
Estimation  Seaven  Acres  bee  it  more  or  lesse,  Two  Pightells  of  Arrable 
Land  now  or  heretofore  comonly  called  the  Pond  Pightell  and  Spring 
Pightell  or  by  any  other  name  conteyninge  by  Estimation  Nyne  Acres  more 
or  lesse,  And  two  other  Pightells  adioyning  to  the  said  Pightell  now  or 
heretofore  called  Pond  Pightell  which  conteyne  both  togeather  three  acres 
bee  they  more  or  lesse." 

William  Cropley  married  ist  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  sole  heir  of 
Arthur  Dowe,  of  Dallinghoo,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons  Thomas  and  Robert, 
who  both  died  unmarried,  and  one  daughter  Margaret  married  to  Thomas 
Smith,  of  Norton.  William  Cropley's  2nd  wife  was  Katherine,  daughter  of 
Sir  Charles  Harbord,  Knt.,  widow  of  Thomas  Wright,  of  Kilverstone,  co. 
Norfolk,  by  whom  he  had  five  daughters  and  one  son.  His  3rd  wife  was 
Judith,  daughter  of  John  Kendall,  of  Thetford,  and  widow  of  Roger 
Kerington,  of  Rougham.  William  Cropley  died  28th  May,  1717,  at 
Haughley  Park,  aged  82. 

Later  the  manor  was  purchased  with  other  estates  by  the  Rev.  Francis 
Astry,  the  conveyance  being  made  by  the  Earl  of  Buckingham,  Lord 
Hobart,  and  Sir  W.  Harbord  to  Dr.  Astry.  There  is  a  post  fine  of  Easter 
term  in  the  26th  year  of  King  Geo.  II.  dated  2gth  May,  1754,  as  follows  : 
"  Of  Francis  Astry,  D.D.,to  attorn  with  John,  Earl  of  Buckingham,  for 
the  manors  of  Rockell  otherwise  Rockylls  and  Shelland  otherwise  Shelland 
Hall,  and  10  messuages,  10  gardens,  10  orchards,  330  acres  of  land,  80  acres 
meadow,  160  acres  pasture,  80  acres  wood,  and  100  acres  Furze  and  heath 
in  Shelland,  Rattlesden,  Woolpit,  Wetherden,  Hawleigh,  Harleston,  One- 
house,  and  Buxhall,  and  all  manner  of  Tythes  yearly  arising  in  Shelland 
aforesaid  and  the  advowson  of  the  Church  of  Shelland."  Dr.  Astry  then 
conveyed  the  manor  to  Messrs.  Hill  and  Gurdon,  the  trustees  of  the  will 
of  Lady  Sanderson,  by  way  of  settlement,  the  purchase  being  effected 
pursuant  to  the  terms  of  her  will. 

Of  the  estate  purchased,  the  Rev.  Francis  Astry  was  entitled  to  three- 
eighths  and  Richard  Ray,  of  Haughley,  to  the  remainder.  By  deed  dated  2Oth 
Sept.  1757,  Richard  Ray  purchased  the  share  and  interest  of  Dr.  Astry  in 
consideration  of  an  annuity  of  £375  and  a  bond  was  given  for  the  payment. 
Dr.  Astry  died  3Oth  Oct.  1766,  when,  of  course,  the  annuity  ceased.  Richard 
Ray  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  was  a  member  of  Lincoln's 
Inn  and  a  Bencher,  and  married  Elizabeth,  only  surviving  child  and  heir  of 
John  Lock,  of  Mildenhall,  by  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  William 
Dixon,  citizen  and  mercer  of  London,  and  dying  i6th  Feb.  1811,  was  buried 
at  Haughley  the  23rd  of  the  same  month.  His  widow  Elizabeth  died  2ist 
June,  1815,  and  was  buried  at  Haughley  28th  June  following.  Richard 
Ray  left  an  only  daughter  and  heir  surviving,  and  she  married  Charles  Tyrell, 
of  Gipping,  and  Plashwood,  son  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Tyrell,  of  Gipping  and 
Thurston,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife.  Charles  Tyrell  was  High  Sheriff  of  Suffolk 
1815,  M.P.  for  the  County  1830  and  1834,  and  died  2nd  Jan.  1872. 

From  this  time  to  the  present  the  manor  has  descended  in  the  same 
course  as  the  Manor  of  Gipping,  in  this  Hundred. 

Arms  of  ALSTON  :  Az.  ten  etoiles  Or,  4,  3,  2,  i. 

Arms  of  DEVEREUX  :  Arg.,  a  fessc  Gu.,  in  chief  three  torteaux. 

E  I 


226  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

MANOR  OF  ROCKYLLS. 

This  is  probably  the  "  Shcnelaunds  Manor  "  included  in  a  fine  of 
Drinkstone  and  Felsham  Manors  levied  in  1314  by  Thomas  de  Loveyn  and 
Joan  his  wife  against  Matthew,  parson  of  Drinkstone  church,  and  Richard 
de  Dunmosore,  parson  of  Parva  Erstangg  church.1  In  the  early  part  of 
the  I5th  century  the  manor  belonged  to  the  Bures  family,  and  in  the  time 
of  Hen.  VI.  there  are  several  Chancery  actions  relating  to  it.  The  first  in 
1444  was  by  Richard,  son  of  William  Burys,  against  Roger  Dancourt  or 
Deyncourt  and  John  Felde,  feoffees  for  Richard  and  Margaret  Felde 
deceased.1  Another  action  was  by  William  Bures  against  Roger  "  Den- 
court  "  and  John  Felde  feoffees.5 

In  1460  Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  wife  of  Charles 

Nowell,  by  her  will  dated  1460  gave  this  manor  to  her  husband  for  life,  and 
afterwards  to  be  sold  for  the  benefit  of  her  two  daughters,  Margerie  and 
Agnes.  Sir  Robert  Drury,  Knt.,  appears  to  have  acquired  a  fourth  of  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  by  virtue  of  a  fine  levied  in  1521  by  him  against 
William  Norman  and  Katherine  his  wife.4  Sir  Robert  seems  subsequently 
to  have  acquired  the  other  shares,  and  to  have  died  seised  2nd  March, 
1535-6,'  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  William  Drury,6 
who  died  in  1557.  Later  it  appears  vested  in  Sir  Robert  Drury,  from 
whom  it  was  acquired  in  1564  by  Drugo  Drury,7  who  the  same  year  parted 
with  it  to  John  Webbe.8 

From  John  Webbe9  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Webb, 
and  on  his  death  in  1 602  devolved  on  his  son  and  heir,  J  ohn  Webb,  and  amongst 
the  Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  this  same  year 
we  find  an  action  by  John  Webb,  an  infant,  described  as  son  and  heir  of 
Robert  Webb,  against  Thomas  Spinke,  sen.,  Thomas  Spinke,  jun.,  and 
Richard  and  George  Barker  to  redeem  freehold  land  in  Shetland.10  In  1609 
William  Cropley  was  lord.  He  died  about  1635,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Cropley,  who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Richard  Prctyman,  of  Bacton,"and  died  gth  April  1659,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Cropley.  He  married  1st  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Arthur  Donee  or  Dom,  of  Dallinghoo,  and  2ndly 
Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Harbord,  Knt.,  and  widow  of  Thomas 
Wright,  of  Kelverstone,  in  Norfolk. 

William  had  two  sons  and  a  daughter  by  his  ist  wife,  and  a  son  by  his 
2nd  marriage.  From  the  time  of  William  Cropley  to  the  present  the  manor 
has  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  main  Manor  of  Shelland. 

Arms  of  CROPLEY  (a  grant  is  made  I2th  May,  1633) :  Parted  per 
Pale,  Gu.  and  Arg.  3  owles  of  the  2nd. 


1  Feet  of  Fines,  8  Edw.  II.  37.  8  Fine,  Mich.  6  Eliz. 

"23  Hen.  VI.  E.C.P.    Bundle  13,  165;  see         9The  manor  is  apparently  included  in  the 

Bundle  1519.  I. P.M.  of  Sir  Richard  Gresham,  who 

3  E.C.P.  Bundle  16,  188.  died   2ist   Feb.   1548,   leaving  Sir 

'Fine,  Easter,  13  Hen.  VIII.  John   Gresham   his  son  and  heir. 

'I.P.M.,  27  Hen.  VIII.  24.  I.P.M.,  3  Edw.  VI.  77. 

•See    Manor    of    Hawstead,  in    Thingoe         IOC.P.  iii.  295. 

Hundred.  "  She  died  loth  Feb.  1676,  aged  63,  and  is 

7  Fine,  Hil.  6  Eliz.  buried  at  Shelland. 


STOWMARKET  AND   STOWUPLAND.  227 

STOWMARKET   AND   STOWUPLAND. 

OT  only  under  the  heading  Stowmarket  but  also  under  the 
heading  Thorney  we  find  the  following  entries  as  to  the  lands 
of  the  King  in  the  keeping  of  Roger  Bigot  :  — 

i. — At  Thorney  King  William  holds  what  King  Edward 
held  as  a  manor,  and  as  5  carucates  of  land.  Always  36 
villeins,  and  18  bordars.  Then  6  serfs,  later  i,  now  none. 
Then  and  later  i  ploughteam  in  demesne,  now  none  ;  but 
in  King  Edward's  time,  there  could  have  been  2  besides  that  i.  Then 
and  later  45  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men,  now  19.  Then  wood  for 
30  hogs,  now  for  6.  Then  14  acres  of  meadow,  later  and  now  12.  Then 
2  mills,  later  and  now  i.— (At  Thorney)  also  there  is  a  market. — There  was 
in  King  Edward's  time  a  church  with  one  carucate  of  free  land.  But 
Hugh  de  Montfort  has  23  acres  of  that  carucate  and  claims  it  as  belonging 
to  a  certain  chapel  which  4  brothers,  freemen  under  Hugh,  built  on  land 
of  their  own  hard  by  the  cemetery  of  the  mother  church.  And  they  were 
settled  out  of  the  parish  of  the  mother  church,  because  it  could  not  take 
in  the  whole  of  the  parish.  The  mother  church  had  always  a  moiety  of 
the  burial  fees,  and  had  by  purchase  the  fourth  part  of  other  alms-offering 
which  might  be  made.  And  whether  or  not  this  chapel  were  consecrated 
the  Hundred  doth  not  know.  In  this  carucate  of  the  church  there  were 
5  bordars  and  i  villein.  Always  2  ploughteams. — In  the  manor  there  were 
in  King  Edward's  time  40  socmen  owing  every  kind  of  custom.  After 
Roger  received  (his  office)  they  were  all  removed  but  7.  These  always 
had  58  acres,  and  half  a  ploughteam.  But  in  King  Edward's  time  there 
was  a  ploughteam  among  4.  But  the  bailiff  of  this  manor  held  26  acres 
in  the  King's  soc  in  King  Edward's  time. — When  this  manor  was  undivided 
its  annual  value  was  £15  by  tale,1  when  Roger  took  it  over  £35,  now  40  of 
silver.2  Thorney  is  i  league  long  and  i  broad. — And  (pays)  15^.  in  gelt,  whoso 
may  be  tenant  there. — Of  this  manor  Hugh  de  Montfort  has  20  socmen,  and 
Earl  Robert  6.  Roger  de  Otburville  4.  Frodo  has  2.  Roger  de  Poictou  3. 

The  second  entry  is  as  follows  :  Among  the  lands  of  Roger  de  Poictou:— 
In  Thorney  a  freeman  under  King  Edward  with  soc  and  sac — and  after 
King  William  came  in  like  manner,  and  Norman  received  (the  freeman) 
from  this  manor  without  livery  of  seisin,  and  afterwards  Gerald  held  him, 
after  Gerald  Roger  de  Poictou  had  60  acres.  Then  i  ploughteam,  and 
later  half  a  team,  now  i  ox.  Then  valued  at  ios.,  now  it  scarce  renders  55. 

The  third  among  the  same  lands  is  as  follows  : — In  Thorney  are  34 
acres  and  i  bordar,  and  they  belong  to  Stonham  Hall. 

The  third  entry  is  among  the  lands  of  Hugh  de  Montfort.  In  Chilton 
and  in  Thorston  (?)  Hugh  holds  in  demesne— by  livery  of  seisin  as  he  says— 
16  soc-men  who  used  to  belong  to  Thorney.  King  Edward's  manor  with 
every  (sort  of)  custom  as  the  Hundred  testifies,  and  they  had  I  carucate 
of  land  and  7  bordars.  Then  and  later  4  ploughteams  among  them  all, 
now  3  teams,  and  6  acres  of  meadow. — Then  and  later  valued  at  505.  now 
at  305. — The  whole  is  4  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad. — And  (pays)  8^.  in 
gelt. — And  all  these  freemen  with  commendation  and  soc  were  delivered 
—so  all  Hugh's  men  say— as  2  manors  with  5  carucates  of  land. 

The  fourth  entry  among  these  lands  of  Hugh  de  Montfort : — In  Thorney 
Roger  de  Chandos  holds  i  carucate  of  land  of  Hugh,  which  was  demesne 

' Or  about  £675  per  annum.  "About  £1,800. 


228  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

land  in  the  King's  manor  and  jurisdiction  in  King  Edward's  time,  but  it 
was  delivered  as  i  carucate  of  land.  -This  land  Ralph  the  Staller  had  in 
pawn  from  Toli  the  Sheriff  as  the  Hundred  heard  say  ;  but  the  Court  neither 
saw  the  writs  nor  the  King's  officer  made  livery  of  seisin,  and  (Ralph) 
held  on  the  day  of  King  Edward's  death  ;  and  later  Ralph  his  son.  And 
he  has  4  villeins  and  3  bordars,  and  2  serts.  Then  2  ploughteams  in 
demesne,  now  I.  Always  2  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men.  And  4 
acres  of  meadow.  And  I  mill,  wood  lor  4  hogs.  Now  10  hogs.  And  30 
sheep.  Always  valued  at  6os. 

And  in  the  same  (township)  the  said  (Roger)  holds  2  freemen  having 
20  acres.    Then  and  later  i  ploughteam,  now  half  a  team. — Valued  at  40^. 
-This  is  by  the  exchange. 

The  fifth  entry  is  among  the  lands  of  Hervey  de  Berri :  — In  Thorney 
Evan  holds  of  Hervey  I  carucate  of  land  which  Brictric  Black  held  under 
\\  itgar  the  fore-goer  of  Richard  de  Clare — and  he  might  not  sell  without 
his  licence.  Now  Hervey  holds  (it)  by  the  King's  gift.  Then  6  bordars, 
later  and  now  3.  Then  2  ploughteams,  later  none,  and  now  I  team.  And 
4  acres  of  meadow.  Then  2  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men,  later  and 
now  none.  Then  valued  at  315.  now  at  47$.  The  King  and  the  Earl  have 
soc. 

The  Manor  of  Thorney  possessed  also  land  and  tenants  in  some  of 
the  neighbouring  parishes.  From  Ultun  or  up-hill  or  up-town,  being  much 
smaller  than  its  extent  now,  from  the  Thorney  Green  still  retaining  its  name 
as  attached  to  Thorney,  and  the  extent  now  corresponding  with  what  it 
was  then,  Mr.  Hollingsworth  concluded  that  Torne  Manor  or  parish  then 
embraced  the  land  from  the  boundary  of  Finborough  to  Thorney  Green  in 
length,  and  from  the  mill  on  the  river  to  the  bounds  of  Newton  and  the 
other  parishes  in  breadth. 

The  parish  or  hamlet  of  Eruestuna,  or  Torstuna,  was  probably  Totshill 
joining  unto  Chilton,  and  these  two  hamlets  are  mentioned  together  as 
forming  the  N.W.  boundary  of  the  Royal  Manor.  Tun  in  Saxon  is  town, 
and  dun  is  hill.  Thorshill  is  easily  corrupted  into  Tots-hill,  and  Chiltun 
or  Chilton  retains  its  original  name.  The  length  and  breadth  of  these 
two  hamlets,  as  stated  in  Domesday,  will  then  correspond  with  what  they 
are  now.  Thor's  hill  is  also  a  name  of  easy  derivation,  because  it  is  from 
thence  in  coming  on  the  North  road  you  first  catch  sight  of  the  market  of 
Stow,  or  Thorna,  as  it  was  then  called. 

The  other  places  in  which  we  find  description  of  lands  in  the  Survey 
belonging  to  Stowmarket  are  Chilton,  Erveston  al.  Torstun  al.  Tot's  Hill, 
a  hamlet  by  Stowmarket,  and  Ultuna  al.  Upland.  As  to  Chilton,  amongst 
the  lands  of  the  Abbot  of  Ely  specified  in  the  Domesday  Survey  was  a  small 
holding  here  of  36  acres  held  by  2  socmen  (who  had  no  power  to  sell  without 
licence  of  the  abbot)  and  I  bordar.  In  Saxon  times  there  was  I  plough- 
team  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  plough- 
team  had  disappeared.  The  value  was  55.'  Hugh  de  Montfort  also  held 
an  estate  in  Chilton  and  Thorston  in  demesne  by  livery  according  to  his 
own  account.  It  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  7  bordars,  3  ploughteams, 
and  6  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  305.  It  had  formerly  been  held  by  16 
socmen  who  used  to  belong  to  Thorney,  King  Edward's  Manor,  with  every 
sort  of  custom  as  the  Hundred  testified.  In  Saxon  times  and  even  later 

'  Dom.  ii.  382. 


STOWMARKET   AND    STOWUPLAND.  229 

there  had  been  4  ploughteams,  and  the  value  had  been  505.  The  whole  was 
4  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  8d.  All  these  freemen, 
with  commendation  and  soc,  were  delivered,  as  Hugh's  men  said,  as 

2  manors  with  5  carucates  of  land.1 

There  is  only  one  holding  in  Erveston,  a  hamlet  by  Stowmarket.  It 
was  held  by  Hugh  de  Montfort,  and  consisted  of  half  a  carucate  of  land 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  King  and  Earl,  2  bordars,  3  ploughteams 
(which  had  been  reduced  to  scarcely  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and 
4  acres  of  meadow.  The  value  was  formerly  205.  reduced  to  half  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey.  There  was  a  church  with  10  acres  of  free  land.  The  holding 
was  10  quarentenes  long  and  6  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  lod.  whoever  was 
tenant.  It  had  formerly  been  held  by  10  freemen  under  Goodmund,  the 
predecessor  of  Hugh,  by  commendation  only. 

Ultuna,  a  holding  in  this  place,  was  enumerated  amongst  the  lands  of 
Hugh  de  Montfort,  and  consisted  of  half  a  carucate  of  land  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  King  and  Earl,  13  acres,  3  bordars  (which  were  reduced 
to  one  at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  i  ploughteam,  4  acres  of  meadow,  and  i 
mill.  Half  was  claimed  by  the  Earl  of  Moretaigne,  and  the  Survey  states 
that  the  Hundred  testified  in  his  favour.  The  value  was  I2s.  This  estate 
had  formerly  been  held  in  demesne  by  3  freemen  under  Goodmund  by 
commendation  only.* 

There  is  an  entry  under  Thorpe  which  also  probably  belongs  to  this 
place.  It  is  amongst  the  lands  of  Hugh  de  Montfort,  and  consisted  of  i 
carucate  of  land  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  King  and  Earl.  There  were 

3  ploughteams,  reduced  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  i,  and  3  acres  of 
meadow,  valued  formerly  at  305.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  scarcely 
at  IDS.     This  estate  had  been  formerly  held  by  16  freemen  under  Hugh's 
predecessor  by  commendation  only,  and  they  had  2  bordars  under  them. 
It  was  5  quarentenes  long  and  3  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  Sd.  whoever 
might  be  the  tenant. 

MANOR  OF  STOWMARKET  al.  ABBOT'S  HALL. 

This  was  granted  by  King  Hen.  II.  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Osyth  in  Essex, 
and  the  abbot  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1268. 3  This  abbey  had 
its  origin  in  a  nunnery  dedicated  to  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  erected  by 
Ositha,  daughter  of  King  Frithwald,  and  married  to  Sighere,  King  of  the  East 
Saxons.  She  lived  there  as  a  religious  person,  but  was  martyred  by  the 
Danes  in  the  year  653,  in  one  of  their  bloody  ravages.  Before  the  year 
1118  Richard  de  Belmeis  (or  Rufus  I.  consecrated  Bishop  of  London  25th 
July',  1108,  died  i6th  January,  1128)  built  a  house  for  canons  in  the  same 
place,  in  honour  of  the  same  Apostles  and  Ositha,  who  was  then  canonised. 
The  martyred  queen  now  became  Saint  Osith,  and  the  monastery  was 
inhabited  by  canons  of  St.  Augustine,  who  were  considered  the  living 
memorials  of  her  piety  and  martyrdom.  When  Hen.  VIII.  dissolved  the 
monasteries  this  abbey  was  endowed  with  £677.  is.  2d.,  of  annual  revenues, 
and  its  lands,  possessions,  advowsons,  and  buildings  were  granted  first 
to  Thomas,  Lord  Cromwell,  and  after  his  attainder  the  despoiling  hand  of 
Edward's  government  conveyed  it  with  real  estates  in  other  places  for 

'Dom.  ii.  'Chart    'Rolls,     52     Hen.     III.     6;     21 

"Dom.  ii.  Edw.  III.  23. 


230  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

£1,500  to  Sir  Thos.  Darcy,  who  was  created  a  baron  by  the  title  of  Lord 
Darcy,  of  Chick. 

The  fortunes  of  the  parish  and  its  hamlets,  as  a  Royal  manor  and  borough, 
are  closely  bound  up  with  the  monastery  for  several  hundred  years.  As 
early  as  the  time  of  Henry  I.  the  churches  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Mary  in  Stowe, 
and  one  statement  says  of  another,  called  St.  Paul,  were  granted  to  the 
abbey  of  St.  Osith.'  This  grant  was  confirmed  by  Hen.  II.,  and  again 
reconfirmed  by  Edward  I.  in  1290.  Hen.  II.  gave  the  church  of  Stowmarket 
with  all  its  chapels,  lands,  and  all  its  rights  and  liberties,  with  soc,  sac, 
thol,  theam,  and  infangenthof,  to  the  abbey  (pro  salute  animae  meae  - 
Deo  et  Ecclesiae  S.O.  de  Chicke,  &c.)  He  also  bestowed  free  warren  in  the 
lands  of  Birch  and  Stowmarket,  with  the  privilege  of  hunting  the  hare  and 
fox  by  two  greyhounds  and  four  beagles,  with  a  prohibition  against  anyone 
sporting  in  their  manors  unless  leave  was  first  obtained  of  the  abbot  (et 
duos  leporarius  et  quatuor  brachetos  ad  capiendum  leporem  et  vulpem, 
et  nullus  in  eis  fuget,  nisi  per  licentiam  eorum).  He  also  transferred  to  them 
all  his  rights  in  bridges  and  highways,  freed  them  from  all  military  service, 
and  only  imposed  the  providing  of  one  soldier  in  time  of  war  from  Birch. 
The  abbot  thus  became  the  patron  of  the  living,  and  the  manorial  right 
held  by  the  King  were  granted  at  the  same  time. 

In  the  reign  of  Edw.  II.  a  further  grant  of  a  water  mill  (de  molendino 
aquatico)  in  Stowmarket  to  the  abbey  was  made  by  the  King.  And  having 
thus  obtained  the  corn  tithes,  they  now  received  the  means  of  grinding 
them  into  bread.  This  mill,  it  is  likely,  is  that  situated  at  the  bridge  on 
entering  the  town  from  Ipswich,  which  belonged  to  the  King,  as 
lord  of  the  town,  and  is  very  ancient.  Disputes,  however,  now 
arose  between  Sir  Amondeville,  who  claimed  under  the  King  a 
part  of  the  manorial  rights,  and  the  abbey.  The  market  rights  were 
contested  and  exclusive  possession  of  them  asserted  by  both  these 
parties.  After  several  hearings  before  Edw.  III.  in  1348,  it  was 
solemnly  determined  that  the  abbot  should  enjoy  the  sole  privilege 
of  holding  the  fair  and  market  with  the  town  itself  (apud  Stow  mercatum) 
which  became  the  property  of  the  abbey.  This  was  confirmed  and  enlarged 
by  Hen.  IV.  in  1405,  who  granted  the  Manor  of  Stowhall  in  Stowmarket 
(or  Abbot's  Hall  thence  called  from  the  residence  of  the  chief  of  the 
monastery)  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Osyth.  And  in  their  hands  it  continued 
till  the  dissolution  of  these  establishments  in  1538,  when  it  was  granted  by 
the  Crown,  as  we  have  said,  and  became  the  property  of  Sir  Thomas  Darcy, 
Knt. 

The  ancient  manorial  rights  of  Thorney,  which  formerly  extended 
at  the  Conquest  as  held  by  Edward  the  Confessor  over  both  these  parishes, 
were  now  divided.  The  Manor  of  Stowmarket  was  created  out  of  the 
former,  and  the  relics  of  both  remain  to  this  day.* 

In  1321-2  the  Abbot  of  St.  Osiths  complained  of  the  seizure  of  the 
manor  by  the  Constables  of  Stow  Hundred,  and  Parliament  ordered  the 
restoration.5 

The  particulars  for  the  grant  to  Sir  Thos.  Darcy  of  the  manor  are 
referred  to  in  the  gth  Rep.  of  the  Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Public  Records.4 

'10  Rep.  Hist.  Com.  pt.  iv.  451.  3R.  of  P.  i.  413. 

'Hollingsworth,  Hist,   of  Stowmarket,  p.         4App.  ii.  p.  199. 
71,  72. 


STOWMARKET    AND   STOWUPLAND.  231 

They  were  prepared  in  1546.  -Sir  Thomas  Darcy  had  licence  in  1556  to 
alienate  the  manor  to  Edward  Gilbert  and  his  heirs,  and  had  licence  in  1557 
in  favour  of  John  Howe,  one  of  the  wealthy  clothiers  of  Stowmarket.  The 
sale  was  effected  by  a  fine  levied  in  1560.'  John  Howe  died  in  1586,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  cousin  and  heir,  Richard  Howe,  who  had  licence 
to  alien  the  manor  to  Peter  Witherpole  and  Thomasine  his  wife,  possibly, 
however,  by  way  of  a  mortgage  or  settlement,2  for  we  find  subsequently  a 
licence  to  Richard  Howe,  son  and  heir  of  the  above  Richard  Howe,  in  1608 
to  alien  to  Sir  John  Poley,  who  with  Richard  Howe  had  licence  to  alien 
the  manor  to  John  Howe,  son  of  Richard  Howe.  This  John  was  called  upon 
to  show  title  to  the  manor  in  1612. 3 

In  1610,  however,  the  manor  had  passed  to  Richard  Broke,  who  died 
in  1613,  and  from  him  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Broke,  who  was 
High  Sheriff  in  1623,  and  died  25th  March,  1626. 4  Later  we  find  the  manor 
vested  in  Edward  Lynch,  of  Ipswich,  whose  2nd  wife  was  Anne  Moose. 
He  died  2gth  April,  iy38,5  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
William  Lynch,  a  captain  in  the  Militia.  He  died  27th  June,  1797,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  Henry,  who  died  without  issue  gth 
Nov.  1806,  when  it  devolved  on  his  youngest  brother,  William  Lynch. 
The  manor  subsequently  vested  in  Mr.  Marriott,  and  on  his  death  went  to 
his  widow,  and  in  1836  was  vested  in  John  Edgar  Rust.  He  married  Ann 
Sarah,  3rd  daughter  of  Thomas  Rant,  of  Stowmarket,  and  died  3rd  March, 
1840.  The  manor  was  offered  for  sale  by  auction  2ist  Aug.  1840,  being 
described  as  "  The  Manor  of  Stowmarket  otherwise  Abbot's  Hall  with 
the  Court  Leet  and  other  manorial  rights  attached  thereto.  The  quit  rents 
amount  to  upwards  of  £j  a  year,  and  with  fines  have  averaged  for  the  last 
6  years  clear  of  all  deductions  £70  a  year."4  His  widow  survived  until 
I4ih  March,  1851,  attaining  the  age  of  84  years.  His  son,  the  Rev.  Edgar 
Rust,  was  rector  of  Drinkstone,  and  married  Anne  Dioness,  daughter  and 
heir  of  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  D'Eye,  rector  of  Thrandeston,  and  had  a  son, 
Edgar  D'Eye  Rust,  who  died  3rd  May,  1839,  at  the  age  of  16,  in  the  life- 
time of  his  grandfather.  In  1853  it  was  in  the  Rev.  Richard  Daniel,  of 
Combs  rectory,  but  has  since  passed  to  and  is  now  vested  in  George 
Frederick  Beaumont,  of  Coggeshall,  in  Essex. 

Rights  of  Thorney  Manor  are  referred  to  in  the  Had.  MSS.  in  the 
British  Museum,7  and  Court  Rolls,  20  Rich.  II.  are  in  the  Public  Record 
Office.8 

Arms  of  RUST  :  Arg.  a  saltire  Az.  betw.  2  fasces  in  pale  ppr.  and  as 
many  crosses  pattee  fi  tehee  in  fesse  Gu. 

MANOR  OF  COLUMBINE  HALL  al.  THORNEY  COLUMBERS. 

This  manor  was  anciently  held  by  Philip  de  Columbus,  from  whom  it 
derived  its  name.  In  1514  it  was  held  by  H.  Harwell  and  a  little  later 
belonged  to  James  Tyrell,  son  of  the  Sir  James  Tyrell,  of  Gipping,  who  was 
beheaded  in  1502,"  and  on  his  death  7th  Sept.  1538,  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  John  Tyrell.'0  John  Tyrell  mortgaged  the  manor  to  Thomas  Stam- 

'  Fine,  Easter,  2  Eliz.  5  Will  4th  Dec.  1737. 

2  Fine,  Easter,  28  Eliz.  6 Ipswich  Journal,  8th  Aug.  1840. 

'Memoranda  Rolls,  10  Jac.  I.  Pas.  Rec.  rHarl.  4626. 

Rot.  226.  8  Portfolio  204,  21. 

4 See  Manor  of  Brakes  Hall,  Nacton,  in  'See  Manor  of  Gipping,  in  this  Hundred. 

Colneis  Hundred.  I0 1. P.M.,  32  Hen.  VIII.  22. 


232  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

bridge  who  in  1559  sold  the  same  to  John  Gardiner,1  and  a  suit  was 
instituted  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  by  the  purchaser, 
John  Gardyner,  against  the  mortgagor,  John  Tyrell,  and  Hunebamt  Hales 
to  establish  the  title  to  the  manor  and  lands  in  Stowmarket,  Newton,  and 
Gipping.1  John  Gardyner  and  his  wife  Agnes  certainly  held  in  1567,  for 
the  writer  has  a  deed  dated  i8th  March,  10  Eliz.,  by  which  they  granted 
land  in  Thorney,  parcel  of  this  manor  to  William  Keble,  son  of  John  Keble, 
of  Stowmarket.  In  1582  a  fine  was  levied  against  the  said  John  Gardiner 
and  others  by  John  Madyson.3  In  1587  John  Gardiner  settled  the  manor 
by  fine  upon  himself  and  Agnes  his  wife  for  their  lives,  with  remainder 
to  William  Carey  and  his  heirs  male,  and  for  want  thereof  to  Robert  Carey 
and  his  heirs  male,  and  for  want  of  such  issue  to  their  father  in  fee.  In 
Carey's  memoirs  we  read  of  a  suit  respecting  this  settlement  :  '  The  cause 
was  as  followeth  :  There  was  an  old  gentleman  in  Suffolke,  that  had 
an  old  wife,  his  name  was  Gardiner."4  "  They  were  childless.  This  man 
in  recompense  of  some  favour  my  father  had  done  him  (after  his  own  life 
and  his  wives')  made  an  estate  of  a  lordship  of  his  called  Columbine  Hall, 
in  Suffolk,  to  my  brother  William,  and  his  heirs  male,  and  for  want  thereof 
to  me  and  my  heires  male,  and  for  want  thereof  to  my  father  and  his  heires 
for  ever. 

"  My  brother  marries,  and  by  fraudulent  means  privately  cutts  me  off 
from  the  intailes  and  by  the  consent  of  Gardiner  and  his  wife,  makes  his 
own  wife  a  jointure  of  this  lordship.  My  brother  died  without  children. 
Then  it  came  out  that  this  land  was  given  in  jointure  to  his  wife.  I  com- 
menced suit  of  law  with  her,  my  eldest  brother  took  her  part,  by  reason  that 
if  she  had  prevailed,  after  her  life  the  law  had  cast  the  land  upon  him. 
My  sister-in-law  and  I  had  proceeded  so  farre  in  chauncery,  that  the  cause 
was  to  be  heard  and  decided  that  Michaelmas  term  at  St.  Alban's.  Those 
that  I  put  in  trust  to  follow  my  law  business  wrote  to  me  in  plaine  words, 
tnat  neither  they  nor  anybody  else  durst  follow  the  cause,  they  were  so 
bitterly  threatened  by  my  brother's  agent,  who  did  assure  them  my  brother 
would  be  there  himself,  to  see  that  his  sister-in-law  should  have  no  wrong, 
and  then  they  should  see  who  durst  appear  to  contradict  him. 

"  Thus  did  my  brother  by  lu's  power  mean  to  overthrow  my  right  in 
my  absence,  for  hee  assured  himself  I  durst  not  come  too  neare  the  court 
having  so  lately  offended  the  Queen,  and  most  of  my  friends  by  my  marriage. 
But  he  was  deceived,  for  I  having  heard  this  by  my  servant,  that  I  putt  in 
trust  to  follow  my  businesse,  I  presently  resolved  to  come  to  St.  Alban's 
and  to  do  my  best  to  defend  my  own  cause.  I  had  not  been  there  two  days 
but  in  the  lodging  where  I  lay,  my  brother's  man  came  in  to  take  up  a 
lodging  for  his  master.  I  asked  him  were  my  brother  was  ?  He  told  me 
he  was  within  two  miles  of  the  towne  and  was  come  expressly  out  of  the 
Isle  of  Wight  for  no  other  cause  but  a  businesse  in  law,  wherein  he  made 
sure  account  to  overthrow  his  adversary  that  terme,  but  against  whom  it 
was  hee  knew  not.  Hee  took  horse  againe,  after  hee  had  provided  a  lodging 
to  meet  his  master.  Hee  mett  him  not  a  mile  from  the  towne  and  told  him 
that  hee  had  found  mee  there,  and  that  I  lay  in  the  same  house  that  hee 
was  to  lye  in.  My  brother  at  this  newes  was  much  troubled,  and  stood 
musing  with  himself  a  good  space,  at  last  of  a  sudaine  he  turned  his  horse's 

1  Fine,  Trin.  i  Eliz.  4The  Gardiners  appear    in  all  the  Stow 

JC.P.  i.  381.  papers  for  a  series  of  years,  and 

3  Fine,  Mich.  24-25  Eliz.  took  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs 

of  both  parishes. 


STOWMARKET  AND    STOWUPLAND.  233 

head,  and  came  not  at  all  to  St.  Alban's,  but  went  to  Windsor,  and  trusted 
others  to  follow  the  cause.  My  cause  was  so  just  that  I  ended  the  businesse 
that  terme,  overthrew  my  sister's  jointure  and  had  the  land  settled  as  it 
was  in  statu  quo  prius.'" 

The  action  was  by  Sir  Robert  Carey  against  John  Gardiner  and  Agnes 
his  wife,  Martha  Carey,  and  Sir  George  Carey,  and  will  be  found  amongst 
the  Chancery  Proceedings  of  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth.2 

Carey  made  an  effort  at  this  time  to  regain  the  Queen's  favour  by 
appearing  in  a  tournament  as  the  forsaken  knight.  His  outfit  cost  him 
for  horse,  armour,  &c.,  £400.  But  it  was  unsuccessful.  He  was,  however, 
fortunate  in  regaining  her  favour  at  another  period.  Hollingsworth  says  : 
"  Mr.  Gardiner  died  in  1562  and  his  wife  in  1565,"  and  he  cites  from  the 
Parish  Registers,  but  for  all  this  it  seems  doubtful.  The  manor  vested  in 
Robert  Carey,  afterwards  Duke  of  Monmouth. 

There  are  five  other  actions  respecting  this  manor  in  the  time  of 
Elizabeth — Thomas  Tyrell  and  Thomas  Stanbridge  and  another  and  Anne 
Tyrell  v.  the  same  defendants  as  the  last  action,3  and  Thomas  Standbrigge 
(sic)  v.  Thomas  Hales.4  John  Keble  and  others  v.  John  Gardener  touching 
copyholds  of  the  manor,5  and  Henry  Keble  v.  John  Gardner  and  another.6 
There  is  yet  a  6th  action,  but  it  relates  to  parcel  of  a  manor  only,  and  is 
between  Henry  Smithe  and  John  Maslyne.7 

We  also  meet  with  four  fines  levied  of  the  manor  in  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  (i)  In  1587  by  Sir  Edmund  Carey  and  others  against  William 
Carey  and  others  ;8  (2)  in  1589  by  David  Bullevard  and  others  against 
William  Carey  and  others  ;'  (3)  in  1590  by  Sir  John  Heigham  and  others 
against  William  Carey  and  others  ;'°  (4)  in  1602  by  W.  Josey  against  Sir 
Robert  Carey  and  others." 

Some  years  after,  during  the  reign  of  Chas.  I.,  this  ancient  manor-house 
with  its  moat  and  substantial  red-brick  walls,  its  venerable  oak  trees,  and 
peaceful  meadows,  became  the  property  of  Sir  John  Poley/2  and  continued 
in  that  family  for  many  years.  Its  moated  enclosures,  a  good  part  of  the 
original  house,  and  some  very  fine  oak  trees  still  remain  in  excellent 
preservation. 

Sir  John  Poley,  of  Columbine  Hall,  was  son  of  Edmund  Poley,  by 
Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  Grove,  which  Edmund  was  a  younger  brother 
of  John  Poley,  of  Badley.  He  was  knighted  in  Ireland  by  Robert  Devereux, 
the  second  of  that  surname,  Earl  of  Essex.  He  married  Ursala,  the  youngest 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  John  Gilbert,  of  Great  Finborough,  Knt.,  by 
whom  he  had  an  only  child,  Henry  Poley,  who  died  without  issue.  In  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  Sir  John  erected  a  house  in  Stowmarket,  and  removing 
from  Columbine  Hall  made  it  his  residence.  On  his  death  without  leaving 
issue  the  manor  passed  apparently  to  his  cousin,  Edmund  Poley,  of  Badley, 
son  of  Sir  John's  father's  brother,  John  Poley,  and  then  in  the  same  course 
as  the  manor  of  Badley,  in  Bosmere  and  Claydon  Hundred.  In  the  middle 

'Hollingsworth,  Hist,  of  Stowmarket,  p.         'Fine,  Mich.  29-30  Eliz. 

127.  'Fine,  Easter,  31  Eliz. 

2C.P.  i.,  216.  IOFine,  Easter,  32  Eliz. 

3C.P.  ser.  ii.,  B.  clxxix.  la,  B.  clxxxi-4.  "  Fine,  Trin.  44  Eliz. 

4  Ib.  B.  clx.  15.  "  For  family,  see  Badley  Manor,  in  Bosmere 

5C.P.,  ser.  ii.,  B.  cvi.  13.  and   Claydon    Hundred,  and  Box- 

6  Ib.  B.  cviii.  5.  stead    Hall    Manor,    Boxstead,   in 

7C.P.,  ser.  ii.,  B.  clx.  35.  Babergh  Hundred. 

F  I 


234  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

of  the  i8th  century  the  manor  was  vested  in  Ambrose,  eldest  son  of  John 
Crawley.who  died  seised  in  1754  without  issue,  when  it  passed  to  his  sister 
and  coheir  Theodosia,  married  to  Charles  Boone,  and  Elizabeth  married 
to  John,  2nd  Earl  of  Ashburnham,  ist  Lord  of  the  Bedchamber  and  Groom 
of  the  Stole  to  Geo.  III. 

From  this  time  to  the  present  the  manor  has  passed  in  the  same  course 
as  the  Manor  of  Combs,  in  this  Hundred,  and  Badley,  in  Bosmere  and 
Claydon  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  the  Earl  of  Ashburnham. 

MANOR  OF  THORNEY  HALL  (?  MOUNDEVILLE'S). 

This  was  the  Royal  manor  of  the  King,  and  was  given  by  Hen.  II. 
to  Richard  de  Lucy.  Somewhat  later  we  find  it  the  lordship  of  Robert 
Brito,  and  in  the  time  of  Edw.  I.  held  by  William  le  Bretun  and  Robt.  de 
Mounteny,  and  the  heirs  of  Richard  de  Munfichet  and  John  Odinel  de 
Umfravile.'  In  1287  Nicholai,  daughter  and  coheir  of  William  le  Bretun, 
had  this  manor  for  her  share.  She  married  ist  Robert  de  Maundeville 
or  Amoundeville,  and  2ndly  Roger  de  Huntingfield. 

Roger  de  Huntingfield  and  Nicolai  his  wife  claimed  view  of  frankpledge, 
gallows,  and  assize  of  bread  and  beer  here  in  the  time  of  Edw.  I.1 

In  1288  we  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor  levied  by  Joan  de  Hunting- 
field  against  Roger  de  Huntingfeud  and  Nicholai  his  wife.3 

In  1316  the  manor  was  held  by  Sir  Richard  Amoundeville  or  Mandevill 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  passing  from  the  former  to  the  latter  in  1322,*  and 
in  1332  to  their  son  and  heir,  Richard  de  Amoundeville,  who  had  a  grant  of 
a  fair  and  market  here  in  1338.'  A  market  existed  in  this  town  at  a  very 
early  period,  and  is  the  only  one  connected  with  Stow  Hundred  mentioned 
in  Domesday.  The  right  to  the  market  appears  to  have  been  never  dis- 
puted, and  to  have  remained  in  the  abbot,  who  received  from  the  King's 
grant  the  principal  manor,  until  Sir  Richard  de  Amoundeville  claimed  the 
fair  and  market  in  this  town.  The  abbot  presented  a  petition  to  Parliament 
of  which  the  following  is  the  entry  on  the  Rolls  :— 

"  An're  Seignour  le  Roi  and  a  son  Conseil  monstre  1'Abbe  de  Seint  Osith, 
q  come  il  tient  le  Manoir  de  Stowmarket,  en  le  Counte  de  Suff* ,  ove  les 
appurtenances,  en  franche  Almoigne,  desdons  and  confermentez  des 
Auncestres  nre  dit  Seignour  le  Roi  q'U  avoit  le  dit  Manoir  de  Stowemarket, 
la  ou  il  n'avoit  unqs  Manoir  ;  and  p  tiele  fause  suggestion  purchacea  de 
nre  dit  Seignour  le  Roi  chre,  and  Faire,  and  Marchee  en  fon  Manoir  de 
Stowmarket,  lequel  Marche  il  on  fon  temps  p  force  and  maintenance  tient 
en  le  foil  du  dit  Abbe  deinz  son  Manoir  avant  dite  la  au  il  n'avoit  riens  a 
laire,  and  Richard  son  fitz  and  heir  uncore  fait  continuance  de  mesme  le 
tort.  Dont  il  prie  Brief,  de  faire  garnir  le_dit  Richard  fitz  Richard  de  venir 
en  Court,  and  monstrer  purquoi  la  dite  Chre  issint  p  fauce  suggestion  en 
deceite  de  la  Court  and  pjudice  and  desheriteson  du  dit  Abbe  purchace,  ne 
dort  etre  repellez. 

Eit  Brief  en  la  Chauncellerie,  de  garnir  le  dit  Richard  q'il  foit  enjmesme 
la  Chancellarie  a  certein  jour,  a  monstrer  illoeqs  purjuoi  la  dite  Chre  ne 
doit  estre  repelle,  and  q'il  eit  ove  lui  adonqs  mesme  la  Chre." 


•T.  de  N.  295.  'I.P.M.,  16  Edw.  II.  26. 

"Q-W.  730,  732  ;  see  H.R.  ii.  191.  'Chart.  Rolls,  12  Edw.  III.  8. 

s  Feet  of  Fines,  16  Edw.  I.  4. 


STOWMARKET  AND    STOWUPLAND.  235 

The  cause  was  pleaded  at  Westminster.  The  abbot  showed  that  he 
held  the  original  market  rights,  in  right  of  the  Manor  of  Thorney  (in  pure 
Eleemosyna)  and  had  therefore  priority  of  possession.  Amoundeville 
asserted  that  the  abbot  was  only  rector,  and  not  lord.  The  suit  determined 
in  favour  of  the  abbot.  Richard  de  Amoundeville  died  about  1350,  and 
the  manor  seems  to  have  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir  Margery,  married 
to  Nicholas  Fastolf.1 

In  1347  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  by  -  -  against 
Edmund  de  Shelton,  parson  of  Combs  church,  and  John  Spakkyng,  chaplain/ 
and  in  1350  by  Robert  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  Edmund  his  brother, 
and  Adam  Scakelthorp,  parson  of  Causton  church,  against  William  de 
Middleton  and  Isabella  his  wife,  not  only  of  Thorney  Manor  but  of  heredita- 
ments in  Stowmarket,  Haughley,  Old  Newton,  Gipping,  Newton,  Creting, 
and  Combs.3 

The  manor  is  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Edward  Ufford,  Earl  of 
Suffolk,  who  died  4th  May,  1513,  it  being  then  stated  to  be  held  of  the 
King  by  fealty,  and  of  the  value  of  £9  per  annum.4  But  it  seems  that  the 
Earl  had  by  indenture  12  Hen.  VII.  granted  the  manor  in  fee  to  Sir  Robert 
Drury,  Sir  John  Heydon,  and  Edmund  Galgett,  and  others  ;  for  in  1513 
we  find  amongst  the  State  Papers  a  commission  issued  to  make  inquisition 
to  statements  to  that  effect  made  on  petition  of  the  grantees.5 

A  recovery  of  the  Manor  of  "  Mundeville  "  in  1537-8  is  mentioned  in 
the  Egerton  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.6 

The  manor  was  apparently  in  1537  vested  in  Thomas  Woodhouse, 
for  this  year  a  fine  was  levied  of  it  against  him  by  William  Woodhouse  and 
others.7  The  manor  then  passed  to  Francis  Framlingham,  who  died 
seised  of  it  2Oth  Sept.  1544."  The  manor  subsequently  vested  in  Henry 
Reppes,  being  held  of  Sir  John  Tyrell,  Knt.,  as  of  the  Manor  of  Ipswich, 
and  of  the  value  of  £10.  Henry  Reppes  was  of  Mendham,  and  appears  to 
have  been  the  son  of  Henry  Reppes  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Sir  John  Jermy,  of  Metfield,  which  Henry  was  son  of  Henry  Reppes,  of 
Thorpe  Market,  co.  Norf.,  and  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  of  Richard  Holdiche, 
of  Ranworth  and  Didlington,  co.  Norf.,  which  Henry  was  son  of  Sir  Henry 
Reppes,  Knt.,  and  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Fastolf,  which  Sir 
Henry  was  son  of  Sir  John  Reppes  living  in  1373,  son  of  Nicholas  Reppes 
and  Agnes  his  wife,  which  Nicholas  was  the  son  of  Sir  Robert  Reppes, 
valet  to  Sir  John  de  Warren,  Earl  of  Surrey,  22  Edw.  II.,  and  of  Sibile  his 
wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Laurence  Reppes  and  Joan  his  wife,  which  Sir 
Robert  was  the  son  of  Ralph,  son  of  Bartholomew,  son  of  Sir  Robert  de 
Reppes,  son  of  Bartholomew,  son  of  Ralph  de  Reppes,  who  lived 
in  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror.  Henry  Reppes  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  Grimston,  of  Rishangles,  and  died 
seised  of  the  manor  26th  March,  1557,  when  it  passed  to  his  grandson, 
John  Reppes,  son  and  heir  of  Francis,  who  had  died  in  his  father's  lifetime, 
and  of  Catherine,  Francis's  wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lemman,  of  Wralpole.9 

John  Reppes  married  ist  Margaret,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Henry 
Smith,  and  2ndly  Thomasine,  daughter  of  Thomas  Derham,  and  died  25th 

'See  Manor  of  Okenhill  Hall,  Badingham,  5S.P.  5  Hen.  VIII.  4254. 

in  Hoxne  Hundred.  6  Eger.  2713. 

2 Feet  of  Fines,  21  Edw.  III.  13.  'Fine,  Mich.  29  Hen.  VIII. 

3  Sir  John  le  Fitz  Wanter  App.  clam.    (Feet  8 1.P.M.,  37  Hen.  VIII.  92. 

of  Fines,  24  Edw.  III.  16.)  9I.P.M.,  5  and  6  Ph.  and  M.  48. 
4I.P.M.,  5  Hen.  VIII.  i. 


236  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

March,  1561,  leaving  a  son,  Henry  Reppes.  He  married  ist  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Sir  Christopher  Jermy,  of  Cressingham,  Norf.,  and  2ndly 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Lovell,  of  Harling,  Norf.  It  is  stated 
that  in  1572  Bassingbourne  Gawdy,  who  had  married  "  Anne  late  wife  of 
Henry  Reppes,"  was  lord,  and  this  we  are  unable  to  explain,  for  the  manor 
seems  to  have  passed  to  Henry's  son,  John  Reppes,  who  married  ist  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Wooton,  and  2ndly  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
Lambert,  and  had  a  son  Henry  who  married  Ann  Cotterell,  and  died  in 
1628.  This  Ann,  a  widow  (if  she  did  not  die  in  her  husband's  lifetime) 
in  1628,  could  not  have  given  title  to  a  2nd  husband  in  1577,  and  the 
evidence  of  John  Reppes  holding  in  1577  is  a  fine  levied  against  him  this 
year  by  James  Hartestong  and  others.1  In  1591  we  meet  with  another 
levied  by  William  Tyffyn  and  others  against  John  Gardiner  and  others.* 
In  1655  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  Bendish,  Knt.,  and  in  1668 
in  Robert  Jacob. 

In  1808  the  manor  was  vested  in  Charles  Tyrell,  of  Gipping.  The 
custom  of  the  Manor  of  Thorney  Hall  is  gavelkind  according  to  a  note  in 
the  writer's  possession  made  by  the  steward  there  in  1739. 

Arms  of  REPPES  :  Erm.  3  chevrons  Sa. 

MANOR  OF  THORNEY  CAMPSEY. 

This  manor  was  given  at  an  early  date  to  the  Abbess  of  Campsey,  and 
it  remained  in  the  abbey  until  the  Dissolution,  when  it  vested  in  the  Crown, 
and  was  granted  by  King  Hen.  VIII.  in  1545  to  Thomas,  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
who  the  same  year  had  licence  to  alien  it  to  Robert  Downes.  Particulars 
for  the  grant  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  are  referred  to  in  the  loth  Report  of 
the  Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Public  Records.3  Robert  Downes  died  seised 
of  the  manor  26th  Feb.  1547,*  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Francis 
Downes.  It  then  seems  to  have  been  acquired  by  Lionel  Talmash,  for  he 
died  seised  of  the  manor  25th  June,  1552,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Lionel  Talmash.5 

Ten  years  later  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Stephen  Keble,  of  Earl 
Stonham,  son  of  Gregory  Keble,  of  Earl  Stonham,  and  Joan  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Robert  Harlewyn,  of  Ash  next  Campsey,  and  amongst  the 
Chancery  Proceedings  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  is  an  action  respecting 
this  manor  by  Robert  Baldrey  and  Thomas  Kebell,  against  the  said  Stephen 
Kebell  or  Keble.6  Stephen  Keble  had  licence  to  alien  in  1595  to  John 
Gibson  and  others,  probably  by  way  of  settlement,  for  we  find  that  Richard 
Keble  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  had  licence  the  same  year  to  alien  to  Nicholas 
Turner,  and  this  last  licence  was  effectuated  by  a  fine  levied  the  same  year 
by  the  said  Nicholas  Turner  against  Richard  Keble  and  others.7  Nicholas 
Turner  had  licence  to  alien  in  1598  to  Sir  Stephen  Soame,  Knt.  He  died 
23rd  May,  1619,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  William 
Soame,8  Knt.,  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  1632,  who  died  in  1655. 

In  1764  the  manor  was  vested  in  William  Villiers,  Earl  of  Jersey,  who 
died  28th  Aug.  1769.  It  was  subsequently  vested  in  John  Bailey  Tailor, 
who  died  about  1817,  when  the  manor  was  sold. 

1  Fine,  Mich.  19-20  Eliz.  'See  Manor  of   Helmingham  Hall,   Hel- 

*  Fine,  Trin.  33  Eliz.  mingham,  in  Bosmere  and  Claydon 

3App.  ii.  p.  242.  Hundred  ;  I. P.M.,  7  Edw.  VI.  64. 

4I.P.M.,  2  Edw.  VI.  62.  «C.P.,  ser.  ii.  B.  vii.  37. 

7 Fine,  Mich.  37-38  Eli/,. 

8  See  Little  Thurlow,  in  Kisbridge  Hundred 


STOWMARKET   AND   STOWUPLAND.  237 

The  next  lord  was  Charles  Tyrell. 

Arms  of  VILLIERS  :  Arg.  on  a  cross  Gu.  5  escallops  Or. 

MANOR  OF  THORNEY  KEBLES. 
(Probably  same  as  Thorney  Campsey.) 

Of  this  manor  Sir  Stephen  Soame,  Knt.,  died  seised  in  1619,  when  it 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Soame,  and  John  Bailey  Tailor,  who 
died  in  1816,  appears  to  have  been  lord,  but  we  have  no  further  information 
respecting  it. 

MANOR   OF   CLEMENT'S. 

This  seems  to  have  belonged  to  the  Clement  family,  and  Richard 
Clement  held  it  in  the  time  of  Edw.  III. 

In  1338  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  under  the  title  "  Thorney 
Manor,"  by  Robert  le  Hotot  and  Anici  or  Avice  his  wife  against  Richard 
Clement.' 

On  the  death  of  Robert  "  Hotot "  or  Houtot  we  find  in  1345  an  entry 
on  the  Patent  Rolls  to  the  effect  that  the  manor  was  held  by  Avice  late  his 
wife,  and  had  been  held  by  the  said  Robert  in  chief,  when  it  was  granted  in 
fee  to  Richard  Clement,  who  regranted  the  same  to  the  said  Robert  and 
Avice  in  tail. 

It  was  found  by  inquisition  that  the  manor  (5  acres  excepted)  was  held 
of  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  of  the  Manor  of  Battisford,  by  the  service  of  405. 
a  year,  and  by  another  service  of  IDS.  paid  to  the  Bishop  for  the  said  manor 
at  the  castle  of  Dover,  and  the  5  acres  were  held — 3  of  the  Abbot  of  Lesnes, 
one  of  Richard  de  Mundevill,  and  one  of  John  de  Mounteneye  by  divers 


services." 


James  Tyrell  died  seised  of  the  manor  7th  Sept.  1538,  when  it  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Tyrell.3 

MANOR  OF   CARBON'S. 

All  we  gather  of  this  manor  is  that  it  belonged  to  James  Tyrell,  who 
died  7th  Sept.  1538,  and  that  it  then  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John 
Tyrell.4 

MANOR  OF  THORNEY  LIZON'S  AND  LIESNES. 

In  1543  Robert  Downes  held  this  manor,  and  died  seised  of  it  26th 
Feb.  1547, 5  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Francis  Downes,  who  had 
licence  shortly  afterwards  to  alien  to  Robert  Staunto  (?),  who  in  1555 
sold  it  to  John  Keble,  son  and  heir  of  Robert  Keble,  of  Stowmarket.  John 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  King,  and  is  said  to  have  sold  the 
manor  to  Giles  Keble.  Of  course  this  is  possible,  but  Giles  Keble,  who 
was  of  Old  Newton,  was  the  2nd  son  of  John,  and  was  probably  better  off 
than  his  father,  for  he  had  married  Anne,  sister  and  coheir  of  Jeffrey  Went, 

1  Feet  of  Fines,  12  Edw.  III.  37.  4I.P.M.,  32  Hen.  VIII.  22.    See  Manor  of 
*Pat.  Rolls  (4th  May,  1345),  19  Edw.  III.  Columbine  Hall,  in  Stowmarket,  in 

pt.  i."i3<*. ;    see  I. P.M.,  20  Edw.  III.  this  Hundred. 

(2nd  nos.)  55.  '  I.P.M.,  2  Edw.  VI.  62. 
3I.P.M.,32Hen.  VIII.  22. 


238  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

of  Woodbridge.  In  1576  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  this  Jeffrey  Went 
and  Robert  Keble,  probably  as  trustees,  and  on  them  a  claim  was  made 
by  the  Crown  for  forfeiture.1  This  same  year  a  fine  was  levied  against 
Giles  Keble  and  others  by  Geoffrey  Wente  and  others.1  Giles  Keble 
had  licence  to  alien,  and  sold  in  1606  to  Robert  Broke.  He  died  in  1626, 
from  which  time  the  manor  devolved  in  the  Broke  family  in  the  same 
course  as  the  Manor  of  Brokes  Hall,  Nacton,  in  Colneis  Hundred,  certainly 
until  the  death  of  Robert  Broke  in  1714.  The  manor  was  in  1749  vested 
in  William,  Earl  of  Jersey,  who  held  a  court  by  Edmund  Tyrell,  his  steward, 
the  22nd  Dec.  this  year.  In  1835  the  manor  was  vested  in  Edward  Beck. 

The  customs  of  this  manor  will  be  found  on  the  Kent  Rolls  in  the 
Bodleian,3  and  the  Court  Rolls  of  the  manor  from  i  Hen.  VII.  to  7  Hen. 
VII.  amongst  the  same  Rolls.4 

For  Particulars  of  farms  and  rents  in  this  place  see  grant  to  John 
Eyre.5 

Arms  of  KEBLE  :  Barry  nebulae  of  six  Argent  and  Sable,  a  canton 
Gules. 

MANOR  OF  THORNEY  MUMPLIERS  WITH  BRAZIERS. 

The  manor  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  was  styled  Brasiers  al. 
Thorney  Momplers.  It  was  in  1626  vested  in  Robert  Brooke,  who  5th  April 
this  year  held  a  court  for  the  manor  by  Robert  Hamby,  his  steward,  and 
the  manor  probably  descended  in  a  like  course  with  the  Manor  of  Thorney 
Lizon's,  for  in  1750,  like  that  manor,  we  find  it  vested  in  William,  Earl  of 
Jersey,  who  held  a  court  by  Edmund  Tyrell,  his  steward,  2ist  Dec.  that 
year,  and  again  I4th  Feb.  1752. 


1  Memoranda,  18  Eliz.  Mich.  Rec.  Rot.  147.         4  Roll  3. 

'Fine,  Easter,  18  Eliz.  '35  or  36  Hen.  VIII. ;    D.K.R.  9  App.  ii. 

3  Roll  4.  p.  207. 


WETHERDEN.  239 

WETHERDEN. 


MONG  the  lands  of  Hugh  de  Montfort  was  an  estate  in  this 
place.  It  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land  within  the  juris- 
diction of  the  King  and  Earl,  formerly  held  by  17  freemen 
in  demesne  under  Goodmund,  the  predecessor  of  Hugh,  by 
commendation  only.  There  were  10  bordars,  5  ploughteams 
(which  later  decreased  to  4,  but  by  the  time  of  the  Survey 
had  increased  again  to  8),  wood  sufficient  to  support  4  hogs, 
and  6  acres  of  meadow.  Also  half  a  church  living  with  15  acres  of  free 
land  and  i  acre  of  meadow.  The  value  was  formerly  505.,  reduced  to  405. 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey.  It  was  I  league  long  and  half  a  league  broad, 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  25^.,  whoever  was  the  tenant.1 

The  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  had  in  Wetherden  20  freemen  in  the 
Confessor's  time,  holding  2  carucates  of  land,  with  5  ploughteams.  There 
were  also  8  acres  of  meadow  and  half  a  church  living,  with  15  acres  and 
i  acre  of  meadow.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  lands  remained  with 
the  abbot  as  tenant  in  chief,  but  half  a  carucate  was  held  of  him  by  Ralph 
and  40  acres  byErnulf.  There  were  then  13  bordars  and  7  ploughteams, 
and  the  value  was  405.,  as  against  305.  in  Saxon  times." 

Another  estate  here  was  that  of  Walter  the  Deacon,  and  consisted  of 
5  acres  valued  at  12^.,  formerly  belonging  to  a  freeman  within  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Hundred.3 

Another  small  estate  here  belonged  to  Walter  the  Deacon,  and  appears 
under  the  head  Weledana.  It  consisted  of  15  acres  of  land  belonging  to 
William,  a  freeman,  and  2  acres  of  meadow.  It  had  been  formerly  valued 
at  2os.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  its  value  had  decreased  to  55.  This 
land  Theodric,  the  predecessor  of  Walter  the  Deacon,  had  without  livery 
of  seisin  as  the  Hundred  testified.  The  soc  and  sac  belonged  to  the  King 
and  Earl." 

MANOR  OF  WETHERDEN  HALL. 

The  first  lord  after  the  Domesday  tenant  in  chief  we  meet  with  is 
Hubert  de  Burgh,  but  in  the  time  of  Hen.  II.  the  ancient  family  of  Scalariis 
or  De  Scales  held  the  lordship.  Roger  de  Scales  had  the  manor  in  this  reign, 
and  on  his  death  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  Robert,  who  by  a  fine  levied 
in  1198  granted  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Edmunds  the  advowson  of  this  parish 
church  or  rather  a  moiety  of  the  advowson.  Roger  de  Scales,  son  and  heir 
of  this  Robert,  paid  £59  for  scutage  in  1211,  and  in  1219  a  fine  was  levied 
between  Maud,  wife  of  William  de  Beauchamp,  late  wife  of  the  said  Roger, 
and  Robert  their  son,  of  property  at  Middleton,  in  Norfolk,  and  two  marks 
rent  in  this  parish,  claimed  as  dower.  Roger  died  about  1219,  and  his  son, 
Robert  de  Scales  died  about  1275,  leaving  issue  by  Muriel  his  wife,  a  son  and 
heir,  Robert  de  Scales,  who  in  1276  being  in  the  expedition  then  made  into 
Wales  had  scutage  of  all  his  tenants  who  held  their  lands  by  military  service  ; 
after  this  he  took  part  in  several  expeditions  into  France  and  Scotland. 
Robert  was  summoned  to  Parliament  as  Lord  Scales,  and  held  the  manor 
of  the  Honor  of  Hagoneth  (or  Haughley)  Castle.5  In  1290  Robert  de  Scales 
obtained  a  grant  of  free  warren  here,  and  in  1297  he  held  one  knight's  fee 

'Dom.  ii.  408,  409.  4Dom.  ii.  426. 

2  Dom.  ii.  360.  5T.  de  N.  290  ;  H.R.  ii.  192  ;  Q.W.  721. 

3  Dom.  ii.  427. 


240  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

in  this  parish  in  capitf.  He  died  in  1305,  and  from  this  time  to  the  time  of 
Elizabeth,  only  surviving  child  of  Thomas  de  Scales,  7th  Baron,  who  died 
in  1460,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Worlingham 
Scales,  in  Lackford  Hundred. 

There  is  an  order  on  the  Close  Rolls  in  1314  to  the  escheator  not  to 
intermeddle  with  Wetherden  Manor,  taken  into  the  King's  hands  for  tres- 
pass by  Robert  de  Scales,  father  of  Ralph  de  Scales,  who  at  the  time  of  the 
order  held  it,  it  having  been  acquired  by  Robert  de  Scales  in  the  time  of 
Hen.  III.  as  of  the  Honor  of  Boulogne.1  And  we  find  on  the  Close  Rolls 
in  1325  an  order  to  deliver  to  Egelina,  late  wife  of  Robert  de  Scales,  in 
dower  a  fee  in  Wetherden  which  Ralph  de  Scales  held,  of  the  yearly  value 
of  £10.' 

The  manor  then  became  vested  in  Sir  John  Sulyard,  Lord  Chief  Justice. 
He  seems  to  have  acquired  the  manor  in  1463  by  virtue  of  a  fine  levied  this 
year  against  Walter  Bradley  and  Joan  his  wife.3  Sir  John  Sulyard  had  a 
grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1468,  and  the  estate  he  held  here  appears  to 
have  been  that  formerly  belonging  to  Roger  de  Scales,  for  the  form  which 
is  given  on  the  Patent  Rolls  is  "  confirmation  to  John  Sulyard,  then  seised 
of  the  undermentioned  warren  and  tenant  of  the  lands,  of  a  charter  granting 
to  Roger  de  Scales  that  he  and  his  heirs  should  have  full  warren  in 
all  their  demesne  lands  of  Wetherden."4  A  fine  was  levied  against 
him  of  the  manor  in  1575  by  Sir  Thomas  Cornwallis  and  others,  no  doubt 
on  some  settlement  of  the  estate.5  He  married  ist  Anne,  daughter  and  heir 
of  John  Humgate,  and  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Andrews, 
of  Baylham,  and  dying  i8th  March,  1487,  the  manor  passed  to  his  eldest 
son,  Andrew  Sulyard,  by  his  2nd  wife,  for  it  had  been  settled  and  stood 
limited  to  Sir  John  Sulyard  and  Anne  his  wife,  who  survived,  and  the  heirs 
of  their  bodies,  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  his  body,  with  remainder  to 
his  right  heirs.6  The  manor  was  then  worth  £10,  and  was  held  by  John, 
Earl  of  Oxford,  and  William  Tyndale,  by  quarter  of  a  knight's  fee.  From 
the  time  of  Andrew  Sulyard  to  the  time  of  Edward  Sulyard,  who  died  in 
1797,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Haughley,  in 
this  Hundred. 

In  1596  a  fine  was  levied  of  this  manor,  and  also  that  of  Pulham  Hall, 
by  Sir  Thomas  Cornwallis  and  others  (no  doubt  trustees  of  Sir  Edward 
Sulyard's  settlement  of  1575)  against  Edward  Sulyard  and  others,  this 
Edward  Sulyard  no  doubt  being  the  heir-at-law  of  the  settlor  Sir  Edward.7 

The  following  is  a  rental  for  the  manor  in  1750  when  belonging  to 
Edward  Sulyard,  then  held  with  Pulham  Hall  :— 

A  Rental  of  the  Rents  payable  to  the  Manor  of  Wetherden  Hall  with 
Pulham  Hall  in  Wetherden  for  one  whole  year  ending  at  Michas.  1750  :— 

£  s.  d. 

Ambrose  Kedington,  in  Trust  for  Arthur  Heigham,  Esq.,  per 

George  Osborne ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..027 

more  tor  Free  Lands       ..         ..         ..         ..         ..116 

Mr.  Abraham  Cocksedge,  late  Underwood's,  per  Thomas  Bum- 
stead       ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..         ..038 

'Close  Rolls,  7  Edw.  II.3  ;  I.g.D.  8  Edw.  5Fine,  Mich.  17-18  Eliz. 

II.  File  101-10.  'I.P.M.,  4  Hen.  VII.  439,  which  finds  that 
'Close  Rolls,  19  Edw.  II.  33.  Edward,  aged  28,  is  son  and  heir 

3  Feet  of  Fines,  3  Edw.  IV.  4.  of  Sir  John. 

4  Pat.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  IV.  iii.  6.  7  Fine,  Hil.  38  Eliz. 


WETHERDEN.  241 

i   s.   d. 

more  for  formerly  Kemball's         . .          . .          . .  ..030 

more  for  Free  Lands  ..         ..         ..         ..  ..006 

Samuel  Bird,  late  Harrison's         ..         ..         ..         ..  ..070 

more  for  late  Durrant's      . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    014 

George  Osborne,  late  Harrison's   ..         ..         ..         ..  ..034 

Naner  Pretyman,  clerk       \         R  ,      <,      ,                . .  . .     o     i     8 

....more  for  Free  Lands    )  P6                                        ..  . .     o    3  n 

John  Fenn,  late  Chenery's,  per  Wm.  Raffe        . .         . .  Free    023 

George     Pretyman,    clerk,     late     Codd's,    per    James 

Rowland . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    o    2  10 

Martha  Haywell,  widow          )          T    u       -c-  064 

....more  for  Free  Lands       j  Per  Joshua  Enyor  ..     o    o    6 

....  Martin,  per  John  Tricker     . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    050 

Edmund  King,  late  Groom's  f Free    o    o  10 

Edmund  Edgar,  late  Raffe's         . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    014 

Daniel  Meadows,  late  Marlow's       . ")         T 

....  more  for  Free  Lands             . .  j  Per  James  Rowland  °    °  IO 

John  Frewer,  in  Right  of  his  wife  late  Mary  Fuller, for  Castrick's, 

per  T.  Hawkins 024 

Sr  Wm.  Bunbury                   .  )         ~,     ,    c,      ,  017 

....  more  for  Free  Lands     I  Per  EdwcL  Sheafe         . .  ..025 

Nathaniel  Gurdon  Esqr.  per  Thos.  Smy            . .         . .  Free    020 

....   Heron,  widow,  per  Jno.  Shave       . .         . .         . .  Free    014 

Henry  Thorpe,  late  Rosier's          ..         ..         ..         ..  ..oio 

Pett,  per  John  Rust . .          . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    004 

Brook,  per  Ro.  Rodwell       . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    o    2  10 

Elizabeth  Rowland,  late  Firmin's            . .         . .         . .  ...  o    o    ^ 

James  Rowland,  late  Codd's         . .         . .         . .         . .  . .     o    o  10 

John  Bishop,  late  Bloom's            . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    005 

Phillippa  Sulyard,  now  the  Lord's,  per  Ann      . .         . .  4<i. 

Sr  Wm.  Harbord,  per  Saml.  Rout          . .         . .         . .  Free    o    i    o 

Sr  Wm.  Gage,  per  John  Reeve    . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    020 

John  Goodrich          Free    023 

....  Fitters,  late  George  Pretyman        . .         . .         . .  Free    o    o  10 

Samuel  Smith,  per Munnings          Free    014 

Ann  Annis,  late  Williams  . .         . .         . .          . .         . .  Free    005 

Robt.  Pryor,  late  Dumeld's           Free    o    o  n£ 

Samuel  Tanner,  late  Wyard's       . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    004 

John  Firmin,  late  Bruce's Free    002 

....  Marsh,  widow  . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    002 

Town  Lands  of  Wetherden . .         . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    006 

Kedington        . .         . .         . .         . .         . .         . .  Free    047 

John  Edgar               Free    006 

George  Bogges,  per  Richard  Shepherd    . .         . .         . .  ..028 

Lydia  Foster,  late  Coleer,  per  Saml.  Wright     . .          . .  . .     o     i     o 

....  Emerson,  late  Grossman's     . .         . .          . .         . .  Free    020 

....  Bright,  per  ....   Reynolds  . .         . .          . .         . .  Free    020 

Blomfield,  per  Doo  of  Tostock         . .         . .  Free    030 

5  10  10 

•A 

G  I 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

In  1809  Sir  George  Jerningham,  Bart.,  was  lord,  he  having  married 
one  of  the  daughters  of  Edmund  Sulyard.  In  1847  the  manor  was  vested 
in  the  Right  Hon.  Edw.  Thomas  Hovell  Thurlow,  3rd  Baron  Thurlow,  of 
Ashfield. 

Wetherden  Hall  was  an  ancient  mansion,  but  pulled  down  in  the  time 
of  Hen.  VII.,  when  the  present  mansion  was  erected  by  Sir  John  Sulyard. 
He  also  erected  the  porch  of  the  parish  church,  and  a  large  aisle  con- 
tinued from  it  to  the  chancel.  Round  the  porch  of  the  church  and  along 
the  chancel  are  carved  the  arms  and  quarterings  of  the  family  of  Sulyard  to 
the  period  when  the  aisle  was  built. 

Arms  of  SULYARD  :  See  Haughley,  in  this  Hundred. 

MANOR  OF  PULHAM  HALL. 

Probably  this  was  the  lordship  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.  The 
abbot  claimed  free  warren  here  in  the  time  of  King  Edw.  I.1  The  extent 
and  customary  of  the  lands  of  the  abbey  in  Wetherden  in  1357  will  be  found 
amongst  the  Additional  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.1 

From  an  inquis.  p.m.  in  the  time  of  King  Hen.  VII.  we  learn  that  this 
manor,  called  "  Pulham  Hall, "  and  a  tenement  called  "  Westbrom's," 
in  Wetherden  and  Haughley,  worth  £8,  held  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury  by  fealty 
only,  stood  limited  to  the  use  of  Sir  John  Sulyard  and  Anne  his  wife,  who 
survived,  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies,  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  his 
body,  with  remainder  to  his  right  heirs.3  From  this  time  the  manor  seems 
to  have  devolved  in  the  same  way  as  the  main  Manor  of  Wetherden  Hall. 


1  Q.W.  733-  '  I.P.M.,  4  Hen.  VII.  439. 

'Add.  14840. 


THEDWESTRY      HUNDRED 


in  the  Deanery  of  Thedwestry,  Archdeaconry  of  Sudbury, 
Diocese  of  Ely,  and  Liberty  of  St.  Edmund.  It  is  about 
12  miles  in  length  and  six  in  breadth,  and  is  bounded  on 
the  west  by  the  borough  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds  and  Thingoe 
Hundred  ;  on  the  north  by  Blackbourn  Hundred  ;  on  the 
east  by  the  latter  and  Stow  Hundred ;  and  on  the  south 
by  Cosford  and  Babergh  Hundreds. 
It  is  a  fertile  district  rising  in  bold  undulations,  and  watered  by  many 
rivulets  which  rise  within  its  limits  and  form  or  swell  the  sources  of  the 
small  rivers  Gipping,  Lark,  and  Brett.  The  fee  is  in  the  Crown,  and  the 
government  in  the  sheriff  and  his  officers.  The  Hundred  contains  40,851 
acres,  in  24  parishes  and  50  manors,  as  follows  :— 


Parishes. 


Manors. 


Parishes. 


Manors. 


Ampton 

Barton 
(Great) 

Beyton 

Bradfield 
Combust 

Bradfield 
St.  Clare 

Bradfield 
St.  George 

Drinkstone 


Felsham 

Fornham  St. 

Genevieve 
Fornham    St. 

Martin     . . 

Gedding 

Hessett    .... 

Livermere 
(Great)     . . 


Ampton. 
Gt.  Barton. 
Necton  Hall  or 

Conyers  Hall. 
Beyton. 
Bradfield     Combust 

al.  Roos. 
Sutton. 

Bradfield  St.  Clare. 

Bradfield    St. 
George  or  Monks 
Bradfield. 

Drinkstone   Hall  or 
Lovayne's. 

Halls   al.  Timper- 
ley's. 

Felsham  Hall  (or 
Capel's). 

Brook  Hall. 

Maiden  Hall. 

Fornham  St.  Gene- 
vieve. 

Fornham  St.  Martin. 

Gedding  al.  Gedding 

Hall. 
Hessett. 
Livermere  Magna  al. 

Upphall  al. 

Brome  Hall. 
Livermere  Magna  or 

Grange. 


Pakenham 


Rattlesden 


Rougham 


Rushbrooke 

Stanning- 
field 


Pakenham  Hall. 
Newhall  al.  Malkin- 

shall  al.   Beau- 

monts. 
Netherhall  al.  Ladies 

Hall. 
Red  Castle. 

Rattlesden  Hall. 
Woodhall. 
Rattlesden  Castle  or 

Thurmodes. 
Clop  ton  Hall. 
Stanham's  or  Ston- 

ham's. 

-Rougham  Hall. 
Elde  al.  Oldhall  al. 

Oldhaugh  and  Le 

Hoo. 

Lawney's. 
King's  Hall. 
Chavents. 
Lee  Hoo. 
Sudburyes  al. 

Druryes. 
Netherhall    or 

Netherplace. 

Rushbrooke. 

Stanningfield  Hall. 
Coldham  Hall. 
Saxies. 


244 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


Parishes. 

Manors. 

Parishes. 

Manor*. 

Thurston. 

i  Whelnetham  Magna. 

Thurston  .... 
Timworth    .  . 

NetherhaU  or 
Netherplace. 

Timworth. 

Whelnetham 
(Great) 

Ticklesmere  or 
Tygelsmer. 
I  Copdock's    or    Cob- 
(      does  or  Copdoes. 

Tostock   .... 

Tostock. 
Tostock   Hall  or 

Whelnetham 
(Little) 

Whelnetham  Parva 

Berdewell's. 

Woolpit  .... 

Woolpit  or  Cold  Hall 

AMPTON.  245 

AMPTON. 

T  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey  there  were  22  freemen 
with  two  carucates  of  land  here.  Robert  held  of  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Edmunds  half  acarucate  of  land  and  i  ploughteam, 
valued  at  205.  On  the  abbot's  demesne,  for  he  was  the 
tenant  in  chief  of  the  whole,  were  always  5  ploughteams 
and  2  acres  of  meadow,  and  these  freemen  could  give  and 
sell  their  land,  so  that  the  soc  remained  in  the  abbot's 
possession  and  services  in  Ingham.  The  value  of  the  abbot's  holding  in 
Saxon  times  was  205.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  305.  There  was  also 
a  church  here  with  8  acres  of  free  land.  The  length  of  the  whole  was  6 
quarentenes  and  the  breadth  4,  and  it  paid  in  a  gelt  jd.1 

AMPTON  MANOR. 

In  1203  Alan,  son  of  Hamon  de  Flemeton,  held  jointly  with  Peter  de 
Livermere,  a  knight's  fee  in  Livermere  and  Ampton,  and  had  also  the  gift  of 
this  parish  church.  In  the  next  reign  the  manor  and  the  advowson  seem 
to  have  vested  wholly  in  the  Flemeton  or  Flempton  family,  for  in  1269 
we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  both  by  William  de  Bokenham,  parson  of  the 
church  of  Tynewith,  and  Johanna,  daughter  of  Philip  Nowel,  against 
Richard  de  Flempton.2  In  1334  we  meet  with  a  fine  of  the  manor  and  the 
advowson  levied  by  William  de  Ingham,  parson  of  the  church  of  Ampton, 
and  Edmund  de  Rysby,  chaplain,  against  Stephen  de  Ampton  and  Alice 
his  wife.3 

A  little  later  the  manor  passed  to  the  family  of  Strange,  from  which 
it  passed,  in  the  reign  of  Rich.  II.,  to  the  Hethe  family,  they  having  acquired 
from  John  Strange,  of  Brockley,  "  which  late  were  Edmond's  of  Ingham." 
William  Berdewell,  who  had  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hethe, 
only  son  of  Robert  Hethe,  of  Little  Saxham,  had  in  1397  a  release  from  the 
said  Thomas  Hethe  and  his  uncle,  Richard  Hethe,  of  Bury,  all  their  right 
in  the  manor  and  advowson,  and  a  fine  was  levied  the  following  year. 

This  seems  to  have  been  subject  to  the  life  interest  of  Anne,  the  widow 
of  Thomas  Hethe,  who  had  remarried  Sir  Walter  de  Trumpington.  Under 
a  partition  in  1484  the  manor  and  advowson  were  allotted  to  Sir  Thomas 
Darcy,  of  Maldur,  and  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Harleston  by 
Elizabeth  or  Margaret  his  wife,  only  daughter  of  Sir  William  Berdewell. 
As  early,  however,  as  1403  another  Sir  William  Berdewell  and  Margaret 
his  wife4  had  granted  the  manor  and  advowson  to  Sir  Roger  Drury,  Nicholas 
Rys,  Nicholas  Drury,  and  others,  probably  by  way  of  settlement,5  and  the 
manor  is  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John 
Harlyston,  in  1464.' 

A  writer  in  the  "  Collectanea  Topographica  and  Genealogica  "7  says 
that  the  family  of  La  Bole  afterwards  inherited,  from  whom  it  passed  by 
marriage  to  the  Cokets,  for  an  account  of  whom  he  refers  to  the  Gentle- 
men's Magazine  for  1831.'  The  marriage  was  that  of  John  Coket  with 

'Dom.  ii.  363.  Elizabeth,  died  in   1440,  and  was 

2  Feet  of  Fines,  53  Hen.  III.  38.  the  son  of  John,  son  of  Thomas, 

3  Feet  of  Fines,  7  Edw.  III.  10.  son  of  John,  by  his  ist  wife. 

4  Sir  William  Berdewell,  whose  wife  was  5  Add.  Ch.  15551. 

Margaret  de  Palmer,  died  in  1434.  6I.P.M.,  4  Edw.  IV.  23. 

He  was  the  son  of  William,  son  of  rVol.  vii.  p.  292. 

John,    by   his   2nd   wife,    whereas  8Pt.  i.  417. 
William  Berdewell,  whose  wife  was 


246  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Alice,  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  le  Bole,  but  neither  the  1&  Bole  or 
Coket  family  seem  to  have  held  the  manor.  They  were  probably  lessees 
of  it. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VII.  the  manor  became  vested  in  the  Wentworth 
family,  and  in  1511  Thomas  Wentworth  granted  a  lease  of  part  of  the 
manor  to  John  Gere,  of  Ampton,  in  the  following  terms  :  - 

"  This  indenture  made  the  22nd  day  of  September  in  the  3rd  year  of 
the  reign  of  King  Henry  the  Eighth  [1511]  between  Thos.  Wentworth  of 
Bury  St.  Edmunds,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  gentleman,  on  the  one  part, 
and  John  Clere  of  Ampton,  in  the  said  County,  husbandman,  on  the  other 
part.  Witnesseth  that  the  said  Thomas  hath  demised,  granted,  and  to 
ferme  let  to  the  said  John,  parcel  of  the  manor  of  Ampton,  that  is  to 
say  the  manor  place,  with  all  the  houses  thereto  belonging,  and  all  the 
arable  land  with  all  the  rent  to  the  said  manor  pertaining.  To  hold  to 
the  said  John  and  his  assigns  from  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel 
next  ensuing  of  the  date  of  this  indenture,  unto  the  end  and  term  of  five 
years  from  thence  next  and  immediately  following  and  full  complete. 
The  sheep's  pasture  always  to  the  said  Thomas  or  his  assigns  reserved, 
yielding  and  paying  therefore  yearly  during  the  said  time  to  the  said  Thomas 
or  his  assigns  for  the  ferme  of  the  premises  six  pounds  of  lawful  money  of 
England,  at  two  times  hi  the  year,  that  is  to  say,  at  the  feast  of  Easter  and 
St.  Michael  the  Archangel,  by  even  portions  ;  moreover  the  said  John 
bindeth  him  for  to  discharge  the  said  Thomas  of  the  rent  due  to  the  general 
hundred  yearly  during  the  said  term  ;  moreover  the  said  John  bindeth 
him  by  these  presents  to  find  half  the  straw  for  thatching  of  the  houses  and 
the  carriage  of  half  the  clay  to  be  occupied  at  Ampton  aforesaid,  which 
the  said  Thomas  is  bound  to  do.  Also  the  said  John  shall  pay  the  shepherd 
and  his  page  their  wage  and  corn,  that  is  to  say,  i6s.  of  lawful  money  of 
England,  4  quarts  and  i  bushel  of  rye,  4  quarts  and  i  bushel  of  barley, 
I  bushel  and  a  half  of  peas,  i  bushel  and  a  half  of  oats  every  year  during 
the  said  term.  Also  the  said  John  shall  find  hurdles  sufficient  for  the  fold 
during  the  said  term.  Also  the  said  John  shall  carry  two  loads  of  hay  of 
the  said  Thomas  every  year  during  the  said  5  years  in  to  the  barn  of  Ampton 
before  rehearsed  to  lie  to  the  most  profit  of  the  said  Thomas  and  if  shall 
fortune  the  same  John  to  have  any  of  the  land  belonging  to  Ingham  Hall, 
he  to  pay  for  the  same.  Also  the  said  Thomas  granteth  that  the  said  John 
shall  have  40  sheep,  called  ewe  sheep,  going  in  the  flock  of  the  said  Thomas 
in  the  said  town  and  field  of  Ampton  during  the  said  term.  Also  the  said 
John  Clere  shall  have  to  his  proper  use  all  loppings  and  shreddings  of  the 
woods  and  underwoods  there  fermerlike  yearly  during  the  said  term.  Also 
the  said  John  shall  have  the  herbage  and  feeding  for  his  cattle  in  all  the 
pasture  there,  and  over  (moreover)  that  the  said  John  shall  have  his  working 
horses  going  inCachefache  in  every  convenient  season  for  the  pasturing 
during  the  said  term.  Also  the  said  John  shall  have  his  land  folded  with 
the  sheep  of  the  said  Thomas  in  every  convenient  season  in  the  aforesaid 
field  of  Ampton.  Also  the  same  John  shall  leave  all  the  land  pertaining  to 
the  said  manor  in  such  condition  as  they  were  at  his  entering  at  the  end  of 
his  said  year.  Also  it  is  agreed  between  the  said  parties  that  the  said 
John  Clere  shall  '  ere  '  and  break  up  20  acres  in  Dalmer  by  the  space  of 
two  years.  And  that  two  years  the  said  John  shall  lay  20  acres  in  Cache- 
fache  for  the  sheep's  pasture,  and  then  to  break  up  and  '  ere '  the  said  20 
acres  in  Cachefache,  and  then  to  lay  the  20  acres  in  Dalmer  for  the  sheep's 
pasture  and  so  every  ij  year  likewise  forth  during  the  said  term.  Also 


AMPTON.  247 

the  said  Thomas  granteth  that  the  said  John  shall  take  as  many  furs  as 
he  shall  need  to  occupy  for  his  own  expenses  upon  the  said  ground  in  Ampton 
as  other  fermors  have  had  in  time  past  during  the  said  term.  And  if  it 
hap  the  said  ferme  of  £6  to  be  behind  and  not  paid  in  part  or  in  all  by  the 
space  of  4  weeks  after  any  day  of  payment  above  written  that  ought  to 
be  paid,  that  then  it  shall  be  lawful  to  the  said  Thomas,  or  his  assigns, 
in  to  the  said  manor  with  the  appurtenances,  and  in  to  every  part 
thereof  to  enter  and  distrain,  and  the  distresses  so  taken  to  bear,  lead, 
drive,  and  carry  away,  and  to  retain  in  to  the  time  the  said  yearly 
ferme  of  £6,  and  every  part  of  it,  together  with  the  arrears,  damage 
and  cost  be  that  occasion  had  to  the  said  Thomas  or  his  assigns  be  fully 
content  and  paid.  In  to  witness  hereof  to  the  indenture  the  parties  above 
said  interchangeably  their  seal  have  put.  The  day  and  year  above  written." 

Nine  years  later  the  manor  seems  to  have  been  vested  in  Sir  Thomas 
Wyndham,  Knt.,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  for  they  made  a  lease  of  a  manor 
to  Alice  Wentworth  and  John  Croft.  Possibly  Thomas  VVentworth  was  a 
trustee,  for  there  can  be  no  doubt  the  manor  was  vested  in  Roger  Darcy, 
who  died  3rd  Sept.  1507,  leaving  a  son  and  heir  Thomas,1  and  a  widow,  who 
remarried  Sir  Thomas  W3'ndham,  Vice-admiral  and  one  of  the  Privy 
Council  to  Hen.  VIII.  This  accounts  for  their  grant  of  the  second  lease 
above  referred  to.  There  is  an  endorsement  on  it,  as  follows  :— 

"  That  Edward  Coket  hath,  since  the  death  of  Sir  Thomas  Wyndham, 
covenanted  with  Dame  Elizabeth  Wyndham,  Alice  Wentworth,  and  John 
Croft,  gentleman,  for  this  aforesaid  indenture  for  and  all  the  covenant  in 
the  said  indenture  expressed,  wherefore  the  said  Edward  Coket  gave  my 
lady  Wyndham  five  marks,  and  to  Alice  Wentworth  and  John  Croft  £5, 
and  to  John  Clere,  their  fermor,  40^.  Witness  Doctor  Navor  executor 
of  Sir  Thomas  Wyhdham,  Edward  Wygathe,  squire.  And  march  with 
both  ye  of  Sir  Thomas  Wyndham's  servants." 

Thus  the  lease  was  transferred  to  Edward  Cocket/  and  held  by  him 
and  Anthony  his  son  until  1542,  when  the  latter  resigned  all  claims  held 
by  virtue  thereof  to  Sir  Thomas  Darcy,  Knt.,  son  and  heir  of  Dame  Elizabeth 
Wyndham,  Countess  of  Bath,  by  Sir  Roger  Darcy  her  ist  husband. 

"  By  an  indenture  dated  loth  June  in  the  same  year  [1542],  Sir  Thomas 
Darcy  bargains  and  sells  unto  John  Crofts,  Esq.,  '  all  that  the  Manor  of 
Ampton  with  the  appurtenances  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,'  with  the  advow- 
son  of  the  parish  church  of  Ampton,  and  all  those  messuages,  lands,  tene- 
ments, rents,  reversions,  and  services,  liberties  of  fold  and  sheeps  pasture 
and  other  hereditaments  and  commodities  with  their  appurtenances  in 
the  towns  and  fields  pf  Ampton,  Timworth,  Ingham,  and  Livermore  Magna 
and  Livermore  Parva,  Barton,  and  Culford  in  the  said  county,  which  have 
been  at  any  time  before  the  date  hereof  taken  or  esteemed  to  be  any  part 
or  member  of  the  said  manor,  which  the  said  Sir  Thomas  at  the  date  hereof, 
hath  in  possession  or  reversion,  or  in  any  wise  hath  right  or  is  entitled  unto. 
For  which  the  said  John  Croft  covenanteth  to  pay,  or  cause  to  be  paid 
to  the  said  Sir  Thomas  the  sum  of  500  marks,  20  pounds  sterling."  A  fine 
was  levied  accordingly  in  1542  between  John  Crofts  and  Sir  Thomas  Darcy.3 

'I. P.M.,  24  Hen.  VII.  80.  Anne,     daughter    and    coheir    of 

'He  was  the   son  of  John  Cocket   and  Thomas   Froximere,    of   Wych,    in 

Margaret   his   wife,    2nd   daughter  Worcestershire.     He  died  in  1542. 

and   coheir  of  Sir    Rich.  Walden,  3Fine,  Mich.  34  Hen.  VIII. 

of    Erith,    in    Kent,    and    married 


248  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

It  appears  by  a  letter  of  one  Anthony  Ashe,  written  to  William 
Spalding,  that  this  manor  with  the  advowson  in  4  and  5  Phil,  and  Mary 
were  holden  of  the  Queen  as  of  the  Barony  of  St.  Edmund,  by  the  fourth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  that  the  messuage  called  Coket's,  40  acres  of  land, 
2  acres  of  meadow,  10  acres  of  pasture,  and  4  acres  of  wood,  were  holden  of 
the  Queen  as  of  the  Hundred  of  Blackbourn  by  fealty,  and  that  the  tene- 
ment called  the  Chantry  House  was  holden  of  Richard  Codington,  as  of 
Ixworth  by  fealty.  John  Crofts,  to  whom  the  manor  was  conveyed,  was 
the  son  of  John  Crofts  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hervey, 
of  Ickworth,  and  grandson  of  John  Crofts,  who  had  married  Joan,  daughter 
of  John  Coket,  of  Ampton.  He,  John  Crofts,  then  Sir  John,  died  seised 
i.5th  Jan.  1558,'  and  his  son  and  heir  dying  seised  I4th  Feb.  following' 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Crofts,  then  aged  18. 

In  the  inquis.  p.m.  taken  at  Stowmarket  4th  June,  4  and  5  Philip 
and  Mary,  the  jurors  found  that  the  said  Edmund  Croft es  was  seised  of 
the  manors  of  Ampton,  Little  Lyvermere  otherwise  called  Myryelles,  and 
of  the  Manor  of  Calthorp  Hall,  in  Barnham,  and  of  one  tenement  called 
Cokettes,  in  Ampton,  with  40  acres  of  land,  2  acres  of  meadow,  10  acres  of 
pasture,  and  4  acres  of  wood,  to  the  said  tenement  belonging,  and  the 
advowsons  of  the  churches  of  Ampton,  Little  Livermere,  and  St.  Andrew 
in  Barnham,  and  liberty  of  three  faldages  in  Little  Livermere,  Ampton, 
and  Barnham,  and  a  free  fishery  in  Barnham.  And  by  his  will  be  declared 
as  follows  :  "  I  will  and  bequeath  all  my  manors,  lands,  &c.,  called  Ampton 
Hall,  Sampsons,  Muriells,  and  Cokettes,  and  all  other  my  lands  in  Ampton, 
Little  Livermere,  Great  Livermere,  Ingham,  and  Timworth,  and  my  Manor 
of  Calthorp  Hall,  to  my  executors  for  16  years  from  the  date  hereof  towards 
the  payment  of  my  debts  and  fulfilling  this  my  will."  The  jurors  further 
found  that  the  manors  of  Ampton  with  the  advowson  of  the  church  and 
liberty  of  one  faldage  in  Ampton,  were  held  of  the  King  and  Queen  as  of  their 
barony  of  St.  Edmund  by  one  quarter  of  one  knight's  fee  and  worth  per 
annum  £13.  6s.  Sd.  And  the  Manor  of  Little  Lyvermere  with  the 
advowson  and  liberty  of  one  faldage  in  Little  and  Great  Lyvermere,  were 
held  of  the  King  and  Queen  as  of  their  same  barony  by  half  a  knight's  fee, 
and  worth  per  annum  10  marks.  And  the  Manor  of  Calthorp  Hall,  with 
the  advowson  of  St.  Andrew,  in  Barnham,  and  liberty  of  one  faldage  and 
free  fishery  were  held  of  the  heirs  of  Peter  de  Theltham  as  of  his  Manor  of 
Theltham,  but  by  what  services  the  jurors  knew  not,  and  worth  per  annum 
£10.  And  the  tenement  called  Coketts,  &c.,  were  held  of  the  King  and 
Queen  as  of  their  Hundred  of  Blakborne  by  fealty  and  suit  of  court,  and 
worth  per  annum  535.  4^. 

The  manor  then  passed  to  the  family  of  Coell.  The  indenture  by 
which  Thomas  Crofts,  of  West  Stow,  in  Suffolk,  conveys  this  manor, 
advowson,  &c.,  to  Thomas  Coell,  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  gent.,  bears  date 
the  6th  of  September  42  Eliz.  [1600]. 

Mr.  Coell  resided  upon  his  estate  here,  and  in  1609  married  Susan, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Jermyn,  of  Depden,  a  member  of  the  Jermyn  family, 
who  were  owners  of  considerable  property  at  Depden,  in  this  county,  which 
Mr.  Coell  afterwards  inherited,  and  where  he  and  his  descendants  continued 
to  reside  until  the  death  of  Thomas  Coell,  of  Depden  Hall,  son  and  heir  of 
Sir  John  Coell,  Knt.,  when  the  male  line  became  extinct.  He  died  5th 
Oct.  1698,  leaving  Frances,  his  daughter  by  Cecily  his  ist  wife,  daughter 

'I.P.M.,   4   and   5   P.   &   M.   54.  "I.P.M.,   4   and   5   P.    &   M.   21. 


AMPTON.  249 

of  Sir  Henry  Crofts,  of  Little  Saxham,  Knt.,  sole  heir  to  his  estate.     She 
married  Richard  Thornhill,  of  Ollantigh,  in  Kent. 

By  a  deed  dated  2Oth  May,  1615,  Thomas  Coell,  of  Ampton,  grants  to 
William  Whettell,  of  Thetford,  the  manor,  advowson,  &c.,  of  Ampton. 
He  was  the  eldest  son  of  William  Whettell,  citizen  and  merchant-taylor, 
of  St.  Peter's  Hill,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter  and  Benedict,  in  Paul's  Wrharf, 
London.  In  1657  Robert  Cooke,  Clarencieux,  King  of  Arms,  granted  him 
the  following  coat  armour,  namely,  Gules,  a  chevron  Ermine  between  three 
hounds'  heads  erased  Or ;  and  for  his  crest,  on  a  wreath  Argent  and  Gules, 
a  hound's  head  couped  Or,  the  ear  and  collar  Argent. 

In  or  about  1600  Mr.  Whettell  married  Anne,  relict  of  Eustace  Tyrrell, 
of  Boyland  Hall,  in  Bressingham,  co.  Norfolk,  and  resided  at  Thetford 
until  about  1619,  when  he  removed  to  his  estate  in  this  parish.  He  served 
the  office  of  Sheriff  for  this  county  in  1622,  and  continued  to  reside  here 
until  his  death,  which  took  place  igth  Feb.  1628,  and  his  remains  were 
deposited  in  the  chancel  of  Ampton  church,  on  the  north  side  of  which  is 
a  handsome  mural  monument,  bearing  the  following  inscription  to  his 
memory  : — 

Mihi  Christus  est  in  vita  et  morte  lucrum. 

Hie  jacet  corpus  clarissimi  viri  Gulielmi  Whetteli 

armigeri,  qui  fuit  in  adolescentia  optimis  disciplinis 

extritus,  in  virili  aetate  Socius  collegii  Setae 
Trinitatis  in  Academia  Cantabrigiensi0  in  senili 
Eirenarcha  et  Vicecomes  in  comitatu  Suffolciensi 

civis  bonus,  magistratus  melior,  vir  optimus 
Fefor.  19°  An0  Dni  1628,  aetatis  suae  67,  ad  Caelites  migravit. 

"  Henricus  Calthorpe,  armiger  qui  duxit  in  uxorem  Dorotheam 
neptem  (suam)  solus  executor  dicti  Gulielmi  et  illi  devinctissimus,  posuit 
hoc  monumentum." 

W'illiam  Whettell  died  without  issue,  and  the  said  Henry  afterwards 
Sir  Henry  Calthorpe,  inherited  this  property,  for  an  account  of  whom,  and 
his  descendants,  see  "  Gentleman's  Magazine  "  for  1831,  pt.  ii.,  p.  406, 
and  1832,  pt.  i.  pp.  109,  585. 

He  was  the  2nd  son  of  Sir  James  Calthorpe,  of  Cockthorp,  in  Norfolk, 
Knt.,  and  had  married  Dorothy,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Edward  Humphrey, 
who  had  married  the  sister  of  William  Whettell.  He  was  successively 
Common  Sergeant,  Recorder  of  the  City  of  London,  Solicitor-General  to 
Queen  Henrietta  Maria  and  Attorney-General  of  His  Majesty's  Court  of 
Wards  and  Liveries.  He  died  ist  August,  1637,'  and  was  succeeded  by 
Sir  James,  his  3rd  and  only  surviving  son,  then  a  youth  of  n  years  of  age. 
He  served  the  office  of  High  Sheriff  for  Suffolk  in  1656  during  the  pro- 
tectorship of  Cromwell,  by  whom  he  was  knighted  at  Whitehall  loth  Dec. 
in  the  same  year.  He  married  the  2nd  daughter  of  Sir  James  Reynolds, 
of  Castle  Campo,  co.  Cambridge,  sister  of  Sir  John  Reynolds,  Knt., 
Commissary-General  in  Ireland,  on  whose  death  she  became  his  sole  heiress. 
The  marriage  contract  bears  date  loth  May,  1645,  by  whjch  Sir  James 
covenants  to  give  his  daughter  a  portion  of  £800,  for  the  payment  of  which 
he  conveys  over  an  estate  called  Gouldstons  in  the  parish  of  Ashdon,  Essex. 
Mr.  Calthorpe  died  in  July,  1658 ,  and  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the 

'Inquis.   at  Norwich   I4th   Sept.   1637. 
HI 


250 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


parish  church  here  the  ist  Aug.  The  manor  passed  to  his  eldest  son  James, 
the  munificent  founder  of  the  Boys'  Hospital,  in  Ampton.'  He  died  un- 
married 2nd  May,  1702,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  next  brother  Christopher. 
He  married  in  1681  Elizabeth,  one  of  the  daughters  and  coheirs  of  Gardiner 
Kettleborough  of  Elmswell,  and  died  3rd  Feb.  1717,  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  eldest  son  James.  He  was  appointed  Deputy-Lieutenant  of  the 
County  2Qth  Dec.  1727.  By  virtue  of  a  warrant  from  Charles  Fitzroy, 
Duke  of  Grafton,  Lord  Chamberlain,  he  was  sworn  into  the  office  of  Gentle- 
man Usher  Quarter  Waiter-in-Ordinary  to  His  Majesty  ist  Oct.  1731,  and 
i6th  Feb.  1742,  appointed  Yeoman  of  the  Removing  Wardrobe.  He  died 
unmarried  nth  March,  1784,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  vault  at  Ampton. 
The  manor  passed  to  Henry,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Henry  Gough,  of  Edgbaston, 
in  Warwickshire,  Bart.,  by  Barbara  his  wife,  only  daughter  of  Reynolds 
Calthorpe,of  Elvetham,  in  Hants.,  M.P.  for  Hindon  in  Wilts,  in  1698  and  1713, 
to  whom  the  same  had  been  devised  on  condition  of  his  assuming  the  name 
of  Calthorpe.  This  he  did  by  Royal  licence  dated  7th  May,  1788,  and  by 
patent  dated  isth  June,  1796,  was  created  Baron  Calthorpe,  of  Calthorpe, 
in  Norfolk.  He  married  Frances,  youngest  daughter  and  coheir  of  General 
Benjamin  Carpenter,  and  dying  of  a  fever  in  London,  i6th  March,  1798, 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  Charles,  2nd  Baron,  who  died 
unmarried  5th  June,  1807,  when  it  went  to  his  brother  George,  3rd 
Baron,  on  whose  decease  in  Sept.  1851,  the  manor  devolved  on  his 
brother,  Frederick  Gough  Calthorpe,  4th  Baron,  who  married  Charlotte 
Sophia,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  Charles,  6th  Duke  of  Beaufort,  and  sold 
the  manor  and  advowson  in  1860  to  John  Paley,  of  Langcliffe,  co.  York, 
High  Sheriff  1889  and  1890,  who  married  I2th  Sept.  1871,  the  Hon. 
Clare  Emily  Charlotte  Strutt,  only  daughter  of  John  James,  2nd  Lord 
Raleigh,  and  on  his  death  4th  Oct.  1894,  the  manor  passed  to,  and  is  now 
the  property  of,  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  George  Arthur  Paley,  of  Langcliffe, 
and  of  Ampton  Hall. 

A  Court  Roll  of  1363  will  be  found  amongst  the  Additional  Charters 
in  the  British  Museum,  as  will  also  a  deed  entailing  the  manor  in  1380." 

Arms  of  COKET  or  COCKET  :  Party  per  bend,  Argent  and  Sable,  three 
fleurs-de-lis  in  the  same  counter  charged.  Of  COELL  :  Arg.  a  bull  passant 
Gules,  in  a  bordure  Sab.  bezante"e.  Of  WHETTELL  :  Gu.  a  chevron,  Erm. 


'This  charity  was  founded  by  a  deed 
27th  March,  1692,  James  Calthorpe 
conveying  to  Sir  John  Poley,  Knt., 
and  from  other  trustees  his  manor 
of  Aldeby,  called  Aldeby  Hall,  in 
Norfolk,  with  the  messuages,  lands, 
and  tenements  belonging  to  the 
same,  including  a  messuage  and 
orchard  in  Ampton  in  trust  for  the 
erection  and  support  of  a  Hospital 
in  the  parish  of  Ampton  for  the 
maintenance,  clothing,  and  support 
of  six  poor  boys,  and  the  payment 
of  a  suitable  salary  to  the  school- 
master, £20  a  year  to  the  minister 
of  Ampton,  and  £5  a  year  to  the 
parish  clerk.  The  donor  directed 
that  in  cases  of  equal  circumstances 
the  children  of  Ampton  should  be 
prepared,  but  none  of  them  of  the 


time  of  admission  to  the  school 
should  be  over  seven  years  of  age, 
nor  partake  of  the  charity  longer 
than  the  age  of  14,  and  that  they 
should  wear  blue  caps  and  blue 
coats  with  the  letters  "  J.C." 
affixed  on  the  breast  part  of  the 
coats.  At  a  meeting  of  the  trustees 
in  1713,  the  first  six  boys  were 
admitted  ;  at  another  meeting  held 
in  1829  two  additional  boys  were 
admitted,  and  at  a  subsequent 
meeting  held  in  1836,  the  trustees 
came  to  the  determination  of  in- 
creasing the  number  of  boys  to 
nine.  Aldeby  Hall  farm  comprises 
380  acres,  and  the  profits  of  the 
Manor  of  Aldeby  until  recently 
averaged  about  £10  per  annum. 
'Add.  Ch.  91111,  18667. 


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betw.  3  hounds'  heads  erased  Or.  Of  CALTHORPE  :  anciently — Ermine 
a  maunch  Gules ;  later — cheeky,  Or  and  Azure,  a  fesse  Ermine.  Of 
GOUGH  :  Gules,  on  a  fesse,  Argent,  between  three  boars'  heads  couped  Or, 
a  lion  passant  Azure.  Of  PALEY  :  Gu.  a  bend  vaire,  doubled  cotised  Or, 
between  8  crosses-croslet  of  the  last. 


252  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

BARTON  (GREAT). 

ARTON  was  held  in  Saxon  times  by  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds, 
Bishop  Theodred  having  given  one  part ;  Edwin,  a  man  of 
wealth,  another  part ;  and  Eric  the  Provost  the  remaining 
part  to  this  abbey.  The  estate  consisted  in  the  time  of 
Edward  the  Confessor  of  5  carucates  of  land,  22  villeins, 
5  bordars,  4  ploughteams  in  demesne,  6  belonging  to  the 
men,  n  thralls,  3  acres  of  meadow,  wood  sufficient  for 
the  support  of  4  hogs,  4  rouncies,  18  beasts,  44  hogs,  and  402  sheep.  The 
details  had  altered  by  the  time  of  the  Survey,  for  the  ploughteams  in 
demesne  had  come  down  to  3,  the  thralls  to  4,  but  2  hives  of  bees  had 
been  added.  There. were  also  here  72  freemen  who  held  2  carucates  of 
land  and  having  among  them  18  ploughteams.  They  had  also  2  bordars 
and  i  acre  of  meadow.  Over  these  the  abbot  had  soc  and  sac  and  all 
customs,  and  all  belonged  to  the  abbot  except  3.  To  the  church  there 
were  50  acres  of  free  land  as  alms.  The  total  value  was  £16,  but  by  the  time 
of  the  Norman  Survey  it  had  risen  to  £20.  The  total  length  of  the  manor 
was  a  league  and  2  quarentenes  and  the  breadth  a  league,  and  it  paid  in 
a  gelt  2jd.1 

GREAT  BARTON  MANOR. 

This  manor  remained  with  the  monastery  of  St.  Edmund  until  its 
dissolution,  when  it  passed  to  the  Crown,  where  it  remained  until  the  last 
year  of  Edw.  VI.  But  from  the  State  Papers  we  learn  that  in  1542  a  grant 
was  made  from  the  Augmentation*pfnce  to  Richard  Tyrell  of  sheep  pasture 
upon  the  manor,*  and  in  the  same  year  a  lease  was  made  to  Sir  Anthony 
Wyngfeld  of  grain  rent  out  of  the  manor.3  The  manor  was  held  in  1554 
by  Thomas  Audley,  nephew  of  Thomas,  Lord  Audley,  of  Walden,  K.G., 
Chancellor  of  England,  and  by  Katherine  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert 
Southwell,  Knt.,  of  Wood  Rising,  in  Norfolk,  and  they  were  in  1565  called 
upon  to  show  title  to  the  manor,  of  which  they  had  held  the  first  court  in 
the  first  year  of  Queen  Mary.4  Thomas  Audley  died  in  1572,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Audley,  who  married  Katherine,  2nd 
daughter  of  Edward,  3rd  Lord  Windsor,  by  the  Lady  Katherine  de  Vere, 
only  child  of  John,  i6th  Earl  of  Oxford,  by  his  first  wife,  Dorothy  Neville, 
daughter  of  Ralph,  4th  Earl  of  Westmoreland.  This  Robert  Audley  died 
in  1624,  and  by  inquis.  p.m.  i  Car.  was  found  to  have  died  seised  of  this 
manor  said  therein  to  have  been  held  from  the  late  King  James  in  chief 
and  by  knight's  service.  It  is  thought  that  this  Robert  Audley  built  the 
New  Hall  or  New  House,  as  it  is  called  in  an  old  map  of  the  time 
of  Jas.  I.  The  manor,  rectory,  and  advowson,  and  some  lands  in  the 
parish  remained  in  the  Audley  family  till  1704,  when  Henry,  son  of  Sir  Henry 
Audley,  Knt.,  and  grandson  of  the  above  Robert  Audley,  sold  the  whole 
under  an  Act  of  Parliament  to  Thomas  Folkes.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  pro- 
fession, and  elder  brother  of  the  father  of  the  celebrated  Sir  Martin  Folkes, 
President  of  the  Royal  Society.  His  only  child  Elizabeth  married  Sir 
Thomas  Hanmer,  Bart.,  in  1725,  whose  first  wife  Isabella,  Duchess  of 
Grafton,  died  in  1722-3.  Under  the  settlement  made  on  his  marriage 
with  Miss  Folkes,  Sir  Thomas  became  entitled  to  the  manor,  which  he 
devised  on  his  death  in  1746  to  his  nephew,  Sir  William  Bunbury,  Bart., 

'Dom.  ii.  361*.  >Ibid. 

'State  Papers,  1542,  1258.  4M.  7  Eliz.   Rec.  Rot.   155. 


GREAT    BARTON.  253 

who  was  the  2nd  son  of  Sir  Henry  Bunbury  and  Susan  his  wife,  sister  of 
Sir  Thomas  Hanmer. 

From  the  time  of  Sir  William  Bunbury,  who  died  in  1764,  to  the 
present  time  the  manor  has  passed  in  the  same  line  of  devolution  as  the 
manor  of  Mildenhall  Hall,  in  Lackford  Hundred,  being  now  vested  in  Sir 
Henry  Charles  John  Bunbury,  loth  Bart. 

This  manor  is  said  in  the  Baker  MSS.  in  Cambridge  to  have  been 
bought  by  the  University  of  Cambridge." 

Arms  of  AUDLEY  :  Erm.  a  chevron  Gu.  Of  FOLKES  :  Per  pale, 
Vert  and  Gules,  a  fleur-de-lis  Argent. 

NECTON  HALL  OR  CONYERS  HALL. 

Necton  Hall  or  Conyers  Hall  is  probably  the  Manor  of  Berton,  of  which 
John  Maunsell  was  found  to  have  died  seised  in  1271, 2  and  subsequently 
it  vested  in  the  Nectons  and  passed  to  the  Conyers.  Nicholas  Conyers 
held  the  lordship  in  1375,  and  from  this  time  to  the  death  of  Edmund 
Cotton,  who  died  in  1585,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor 
of  Finningham,  in  Hartismere  Hundred. 

In  1403  we  find  a  fine  by  Peter  Crulle,  Roger  Haldenby,  clerk,  John 

Kenune,  clerk,  Thomas  Melreth,  Stephen  Ingelset,  Edw.  Rich 

and  William  Kelet  v.  John  Crulle  and  Rich.  Conyers  and  Joan  his  wife 
of  405.  rent  issuing  out  of  this  manor  and  the  Manor  of  Hepworth.3  The 
manor  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Thomas  Conyers  in 
1480. 4 

Edmund  Cotton,  who  died  in  1585,  apparently  left  his  son  Edmund  an 
infant,  for  he  does  not  appear  to  have  had  livery  of  the  manor  until  1595, 
in  which  year  he  parted  with  the  same  to  Thomas  Laurence.5 

The  manor  house  stood  near  the  church,  where  a  farmhouse  now  stands, 
but  Necton  Hall  was  situated  on  the  edge  of  an  extensive  tract  of  common, 
called  up  to  the  time  of  the  enclosure  of  the  waste  lands  of  the  parish 
Conyers  Green.  This  common  was  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  parishes  of 
Fornham  and  Timworth.  Page  mentions  that  a  farmhouse  encompassed 
by  a  moat,  which  was  bought  by  Sir  Charles  Bunbury  from  Dr.  Ord,  together 
with  certain  lands,  stood  on  the  site  of  old  Necton  (or  Conyers)  Hall. 


'Baker,  xli.  220.  "I.P.M.,  20  Edw.  IV.  74. 

I.P.M.,  57  Hen.  III.  159.  'Fine,  Hil.  37  Eliz. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  4  Hen.  IV.  29. 


254  THE   MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 

BEYTON. 

HE  only  entry  in  the  Domesday  Survey  which  could  well  belong 
to  this  place  is  "  Begatona,"  and  one  estate  is  enumerated 
here.  It  was  held  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  a  freeman  under 
Edith  the  Rich,  and  consisted  of  40  acres  with  half  a  plough- 
team,  valued  at  55.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  estate 
belonged  to  Hugh  de  Montfort,  he  having  taken  it  in  ex- 
change for  other  lands.1 

BEYTON  MANOR. 

Bey  ton  Manor  was  first  heard  of  as  the  lordship  of  Roger  de  Ratlesden, 
and  in  1276  belonged  to  Adam  de  Ratlesden,  after  whom  it  passed  to  Henry 
de  Beyton,  and  in  1316  was  held  as  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  Abbey 
of  Bury.  At  the  Dissolution  it,  together  with  the  advowson,  became  the 
property  of  the  Crown,  and  seems  for  a  time  to  have  been  in  the  Bacon 
family,  John  Bacon,  of  Hessett,  having  at  one  time  the  possession.  In 
1764,  however,  it  was  the  lordship  of  the  Crown,  and  so  continued  in  1855. 

In  1885,  however,  we  find  it  stated  to  be  vested  in  Walter  Thomas 
Walpole,  with  whom  it  remains  at  the  present  time. 


BRADFIELD. 

JN  the  Confessor's  time  a  manor  here  was  held  by  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Edmunds  with  3  carucates  of  land.  There  were  15 
villeins,  18  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne,  4  belonging 
to  the  men,  I  thrall,  7  acres  of  meadow,  3  rouncies,  10 
beasts,  28  hogs,  and  99  sheep. 

By  the  time  of  the  Great  Survey  there  was  i  more  plough- 
team  in  demesne,  5  more  thralls,  and  80  goats.  There  were  also 
three  freemen  with  24  acres  of  land  and  i  plpughteam  and  i  acre  of  meadow. 
Over  these  the  abbot  had  commendation  with  soc  and  sac  as  to  all  customs, 
and  they  could  not  give  or  sell  their  lands  without  the  abbot's  licence. 
There  were  also  nine  freemen  with  a  carucate  of  land,  2  bordars,  3  plough- 
teams,  and  2  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  6s.  These  had  power  to  give  or 
sell  their  lands,  but  the  soc  would  remain  with  the  abbot  and  their  services 
also  whoever  might  buy  the  land.  To  the  church  were  attached  10  acres 
and  a  half  of  free  land  as  alms.  The  manor  was  in  Saxon  times  valued 
at  £6,  but  by  the  time  of  the  Survey  at  £8.  It  was  a  league  long  and  4 
quarentenes  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  $d. 

The  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  also  had  in  Bradfield— evidently  not  the 
same  Bradfield  as  the  last  mentioned,  but  whether  Bradfield  St.  Clare, 
Bradfield  St.  George,  or  Bradfield  Combust,  cannot  be  stated  with  certainty— 
10  freemen  with  2  carucates  and  a  half  of  land,  of  which  Rorie  held  of  the 
abbot  a  carucate  and  a  half.  Falc  the  remaining  half  carucate.  To  the 
estate  were  attached  4  ploughteams  and  a  half,  and  the  value  was  545. 
over  and  above  their  payments.  These  men  had  12  bordars,  with  6 
ploughteams  and  8  acres  of  meadow.  They  could  give  or  sell  the  lands,  so 

'Dom.  ii. 


BRADFIELD.  255 

that  the  soc  remained  in  the  abbot.  The  value  in  King  Edward  the 
Confessor's  time  was  £2,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  £3. 

This  Bradfield  was  10  quarentenes  in  length  and  3  in  breadth,  and 
paid  in  a  gelt  5^.' 

The  only  other  holding  mentioned  in  the  Domesday  Survey  is  amongst 
the  lands  of  Robert,  Earl  of  Moretaigne,  who  held  here  20  acres  which  in 
the  Confessor's  time  had  belonged  to  a  freeman  under  commendation  to 
Bishop  Aylmer  in  the  soc  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.  The  estate  had 
then  attached  to  it  half  a  ploughteam,  reduced  by  the  time  of  the  Survey 
to  i  ox  only.  The  value  was  2s.2 

BRADFIELD  COMBUST  al.  Roos  MANOR. 

The  place  is  called  Brent  (or  Burnt)  Bradfield,  according  to  Page,  on 
account  of  the  destruction  of  the  hall  by  fire  in  1327,  the  period  of  the 
violent  attack  made  by  the  townsmen  of  St.  Edmunds,  Bury,  on  the  abbey 
and  its  possessions.  The  manor  was  probably  the  estate  before  the  Con- 
quest of  Ulfketel,  Earl  of  the  East  Angles,  of  which  he  gave  a  part 
to  the  monks  of  Bury,  but  the  lordship  seems  to  have  been  reserved, 
for  it  is  found  in  the  hands  of  divers  persons  after  the  Conquest. 
First  we  find  it  in  Adam  de  Illey,  then  in  Thomas  Verdon,  and  in 
1234  m  Robert  Peche  and  Agnes  his  wife.  In  1314  the  manor  is 
mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Thomas  Fitz-Talbott  and  Joan  his 
wife.3  A  little  later  it  was  the  lordship  of  Bartholomew  de  Badlesmere, 
of  Badlersmere  and  Chilham  Castle,  in  Kent,  son  and  heir  of  Gunselm 
de  Badlesmere,  justice,  of  Chester,  by  Johanna,  daughter  of  Ralph 
Fitz-Bernard,  of  Kingsdown,  in  the  same  county,  aunt,  and  on  her  issue 
heir  to  Thomas,  Lord  Fitz-Bernard.  Bartholomew  served  in  the  Scottish 
wars  in  1303  and  1304,  and  was  Governor  of  Bristol  Castle  in  1307,  being 
summoned  to  Parliament  as  a  Baron  26th  Oct.  1309.  He  had  a  grant  of 
Leeds  Castle,  and  was  steward  of  the  King's  Household.  Notwithstanding 
the  favours  he  received  at  the  King's  hands,  he  joined  the  rebellion  of  the 
Earl  of  Lancaster  and  was  defeated  with  him  at  Boroughbridge  i6th  March, 
1322,  attainted  and  executed  at  Canterbury  I4th  April,  1322.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas  de  Clare,  a  younger  son  of  Richard,  Earl 
of  Gloucester,  and  aunt  and  coheir  of  Thomas  de  Clare.  On  the  attainder 
of  Lord  Badlesmere  his  estates  were  forfeited  to  the  Crown.  They  were, 
however,  restored  to  his  son,  Giles  de  Badlesmere,  on  his  obtaining  a  reversal 
of  his  father's  attainder  in  1329,  and  though  then  a  minor  he  had  livery  of 
his  father's  estates  in  1333.  He  was  summoned  to  Parliament  as  a  Baron 
22nd  June,  1335-6,  and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Montacute, 
ist  Earl  of  Salisbury,  but  died  without  issue  in  1338,*  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  widow  Elizabeth  for  life  in  dower.  She  took  for  a  second 
husband  Hugh  le  Despencer,  Lord  Despenser,  and  died  before  1342.'  The 
estates  of  Lord  Badlesmere  were  divided  between  his  four  sisters,  this 
manor  falling  to  his  sister  Margery,  who  had  married  William,  Lord  Roos, 
of  Hamlake,  3rd  Baron. 

On  the  Close  Rolls  in  1341  we  find  an  order  to  cause  William  de  Ros 
and  Margery  his  wife,  eldest  sister  and  coheir  of  Giles  de  Badlesmere, 
tenant  in  chief,  to  have  seisin  of  a  third  part  of  certain  lands  and  of  this 

'Dom.  ii.  362,  3626.  4I.P.M.,  12  Edw.  III.  2nd  nos.  54. 

2Dom.  ii.  291.  'I.P.M.,  15  Edw.  III.  and  23  Edw.  III.  42. 

'I.P.M.,  8  Edw.  11.50. 


256         .  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

manor  which  Thomas  de  Verdon  held  for  life  extended  at  £19.  175. 
yearly.1  Lord  Ros  died  in  1342,  and  his  widow  survived  till  1363,'  when 
she  was  succeeded  by  her  son,  Thomas  de  Ros,  5th  Baron,  his  elder  brother 
William,  4th  Baron,  who  had  the  distinction  of  leading  the  second  division 
of  the  English  army  at  the  celebrated  battle  of  Cressy,  and  had  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Ralph  Nevill,  having  died  in  1362  without  issue  in 
the  lifetime  of  his  mother. 

Thomas,  5th  Lord  de  Ros,  married  Beatrice,  widow  of  Maurice 
Fitz-Maurice,  Earl  of  Desmond,  and  daughter  of  Ralph  Stafford,  ist  Earl 
of  Stafford,  and  died  in  1384,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Beatrice, 
who  survived  until  1414. 3  On  her  death  the  manor  seems  to  have  passed 
to  John  de  Ros,  8th  Baron,  the  eldest  son  of  William,  7th  Baron,  by  Margaret 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Arundel.  The  eldest  son  of  Thomas  de  Ros, 
5th  lord,  namely  John,  6th  Baron,  had  undertaken  a  pilgrimage  to  Jerusalem, 
and  died  at  Paphos  in  1394,  leaving  no  issue,  and  his  brother,  William  de 
Ros,  successor  in  the  title  as  7th  Baron,  had  died  ist  September,  1414. 
Consequently  neither  the  6th  nor  the  7th  Barons  had  enjoyed  the  lordship 
of  this  manor  unless,  indeed,  the  latter  did  for  a  few  months.  Sir  William 
de  Ros,  7th  Baron,  did,  however,  in  1400,  levy  a  fine  of  the  manor  against 
Robert  Scales,4  so  that  his  mother  must  have  either  previously  released 
her  life  interest  or  the  fine  could  have  affected  the  reversion  or  remainder 
only. 

John  de  Ros,  8th  Baron,  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir 
Philip  Despencer,  but  had  no  issue.  He  was  killed  in  battle  in  France 
while  serving  under  the  Duke  of  Clarence  in  1421,*  and  the  manor  passed 
to  his  brother,  Sir  Thomas  de  Ros,  gih  Baron,  who  died  in  1431, 6  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas,  loth  Baron,  who  for  his  fidelity  to  Hen.  VI. 
had  his  estates  confiscated  in  1460.  Amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Pro- 
ceedings is  an  action  by  Sir  William  Botreaux,  Knt.,  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Thomas,  then  late  Lord  Roos,  against  Sir  Thomas  Cha- 
worth,  Knt.,  and  Robert  Weman,  Esq.,  feoffees  of  the  said  Lord  Roos,  as 
to  the  manor.7 

The  Crown  granted  a  lease  of  the  manor  for  life  to  John  Gerveys,  of 
Bury,  in  1465,"  and  another  lease  for  life  to  William  Hatclyff  in  1467," 
and  on  Hatclyff s  death  to  George  Cheynewe  in  1480. 10 

In  1497  upon  the  petition  of  Sir  Thomas  Lovell,  who  had  married 
Isabel,  one  of  the  sisters  of  Edmund,  Lord  Ros  of  Hamlake,"  an  Act  of 
Parliament  was  passed  which,  after  reciting  an  Act  of  1485,  which  was  a 
reversal  of  the  attainder  of  Thomas,  loth  Baron,  the  father  of  the  said 
Edmund,  and  the  restoration  of  his  estates,  enacts  that  "  forsomoche 

'Close  Rolls,  15  Edw.  III.  62.  "The  statement  that  Sir  Thomas  Lovell 

*  Extent,  I.P.M.,  37  Edw.  III.  62.  was  the  husband  of  Isabel,  one  of  the 
'I.P.M.,  3  Hen.  V.  44.  sisters  of  Edmund,  nth  Lord  Ros, 
4  Feet  of  Fines,  i  Hen.  IV.  5.  seems  doubtful,  for  Dugdale,  Nico- 
'I.P.M.,  9  Hen.  V.  58.  las,  and  Burke  all  state  that  Isabel 
'I.P.M.,  9  Hen.  VI.  48.  was    married    to    Thomas    Grey, 
7E.C.P.  Bundle  26,  461.  youngest  son  of  Sir  Ralph  Grey,  of 

•  Pat.  Rolls,  5  Edw.  IV.  pt.  i.  7.  Werke.   She  died  without  issue,  and 
'Pat.  Rolls,  7  Edw.  IV.  pt.  ii.  18.  her  sister  Margaret  remarried,  when 

10  Pat.  Rolls,  20  Edw.  IV.  pt.  ii.  i  and  5.  George  Manners,  son  and  heir  of 

the  3rd  daughter  Eleanor,  who  had 
married  Sir  Robert  Manners,  in- 
herited the  honours  of  the  house  of 
Ros  of  Hamlake. 


BRADFIELD.  257 

that  the  said  Edmond  is  not  of  sufficient  disscrecion  to  guyde  himself 
and  his  lyvelode,  nor  able  to  serve  his  Highness  after  his  duetie  .  .  . 
enacteth  .  .  .  that  Thomas  Lovell,  Knyght,  have  the  guydyng  and 
governaunce  of  the  said  Edmond  from  the  Fest  of  Seynt  John  Baptist  in 
the  second  yere  of  the  Reigne  of  our  Sovereign  Lord,  as  well  of  the  said 
Edmond  as  of  all  the  said  .  .  .  Lord  Shippes,  ....  heredita- 
ments and  possessions  ...  to  the  said  Edmond  as  is  afore  rehersed 
restored  .  .  .  and  that  the  said  Thomas  Lovell  ymmediatly  after 
the  decesse  of  the  said  Edmond  shall  mowe  entre  into  all  the  .  .  . 
lordshippes  ...  to  his  own  use,  during  the  lyfe  of  the  said  Thomas 
Lowell." 

Two  rents  of  £40  were  limited  out  of  this  manor  and  other  lands  to 
the  said  Richard  Roos  "  Squier  "  for  life,  and  Elizabeth,  Duchess  of  Norfolk, 
the  latter  to  the  use  of  the  marriage  of  Mary  and  Elizabeth,  daughters  of 
the  said  Richard  Roos.  Edmund  de  Ros  died  unmarried  I3th  Oct.  1508. 

Finally,  in  1539,'  a  grant  of  the  manor  was  made  to  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn, 
and  particulars  for  the  grant  are  still  preserved  and  referred  to  in  the  gth 
Rep.  of  the  Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Public  Records.2  This  Thomas  Jermyn 
died  8th  Oct.  1552, 3  from  which  time  to  the  time  of  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn, 
who  succeeded  his  father  in  1614,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as 
the  Manor  of  Rushbrook,  in  this  Hundred.  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn  sold  the 
manor  in  1620  to  Arthur  Young.  From  him  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Arthur  Young,  who  died  nth  March,  1690,  his  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Bartholomew  Canham,  surviving  him  for  14  years.  On  her  death  25th 
Oct.  1704,  the  manor  passed  to  their  son,  Bartholomew  Young,  who  died 
i2th  Aug.  1724,  at  the  age  of  68,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son,  Arthur 
Young,  LL.D.,  for  40  years  rector  of  the  parish  and  prebendary  of  the  church 
of  Canterbury.4  He  dedicated  to  Dr.  Wilcocks,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  in 
1734,  a  work  entitled  "  An  Historical  Dissertation  on  Idolatrous  Corrup- 
tions in  Religion."  He  married  Ann  Lucretia,  daughter  of  John  Couss- 
maker,  of  Weybridge,  co.  Surrey,  and  died  26th  June,  1759,  aged  66, 
leaving  his  widow,  Ann  Lucretia,  who  survived  till  6th  Oct.  1785,  when 
their  younger  son,  Arthur  Young,  the  celebrated  agriculturist,  became 
lord.  ' 

Arthur  Young  was  a  prolific  writer,  a  man  of  keen  observation,  who  had  a 
profound  knowledge  of  the  character  of  soils  and  their  adaptability  for  the 
purposes  of  agriculture.  His  works  dealing  with  agricultural  and  political 
economy  were  translated  into  most  of  the  important  languages  of  Europe, 
and  his  indefatigable  exertions  in  the  promotion  of  agriculture  and  the 
amelioration  of  the  surroundings  of  the  country  labourer  stand  as  an 
imperishable  memorial  to  his  name.  He  was  secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Agriculture,  and  a  member  of  the  Royal  Society  for  nearly  half  a  century.5 

He  married  Martha,  daughter  of  Martha  Allen,  of  Lynn,  who  died  8th 
April,  1815,  at  the  age  of  75.  Arthur  Young  died  20th  Feb.  1820,  at  the 
age  of  79.  During  the  last  10  years  of  his  life  he  was  blind,  but  with  the 
aid  of  an  amanuensis  he  still  devoted  his  time  to  the  cultivation  of  his 
favourite  pursuits,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  only  son,  the  Rev.  Arthur 

1 A  fine  of  the  manor  seems  to  have  been  2  Anp.  ii.  p.  212. 

levied  by  Thomas  Jermyn,  senior,  '  I.P.M.,  7  Edw.  VI.  66. 

and  others  in  1529  against  Thomas,  4D.N.B.  Ixiii.  357. 

Earl  of  Rutland,  and  others  (Fine,  5D.N.B.  (1909)  xxi.  1272. 
Mich.  21  Hen.  VIII. 

JI 


258  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Young.  This  gentleman  compiled  for  the  Board  of  Agriculture  in  1807 
"  A  General  Report  on  Inclosures,"  and  in  1808  the  "  Survey  of  the 
Agriculture  of  Sussex." 

Page  informs  us  that  Mr.  Young  on  more  than  one  occasion  gave 
expression  to  some  very  singular  ideas  on  politics,  and  soon  after  the  peace 
published  a  declaration  in  the  newspapers  saying  that  he  had  purchased 
lands  in  the  Crimea,  where  no  tax-gatherer  is  seen,  and  inviting  his  country- 
men to  emigrate  with  him  to  that  blissful  region.  He  was  on  his  return 
through  Russia  from  selling  this  tract  of  country,  said  to  amount  to  10,000 
acres,  purchased  by  him  in  1810  (after  drawing  up  "  A  Statistical  and 
Agricultural  Survey  of  the  Government  of  Moscow,"  by  the  appointment 
of  Alexander,  Emperor  of  Russia,  in  1805),  when  his  death  occurred  at 
Kaffa,  in  the  Crimea,  24th  Sept.  1827,  in  the  57th  year  of  his  age,1  when  his 
estate  devolved  on  his  sister,  and  was  recently  vested  in  the  late  Arthur 
John  Young,  who  in  1857  erected  the  present  Bradfield  Hall  on  the  site 
of  the  old  mansion  house. 

Arms  of  YOUNG  :  Argent,  a  bend  cottised,  and  lion  rampant  Sable. 
Of  BADLESMERE  :  Arg.  a  fesse  betw.  2  bars  gamelles  Gu. 

SUTTON  HALL  MANOR. 

This  was  vested  in  Thomas,  Lord  Roos,  at  the  time  of  his  attainder 
in  1461,  and  was  the  same  year  granted  by  the  Crown  to  John  Gerveys 
or  Jervase,  and  passed  to  Jernace,  his  daughter  and  heir,  who  married  Robert 
or  Thomas  Russell,  brother  of  John,  Earl  of  Bedford,  and  their  daughter 
Jane  married  Edmund  Wright.  This  manor,  according  to  Davy,  was  in 
1575  vested  in  William  Spring,  and  in  1609  in  Robert  Cutter. 

Another  Manor  of  Bradfield  was  in  the  time  of  Rich.  II.  held  by  William 
de  Ufford,  2nd  Earl  of  Suffolk,  who  died  in  1382  without  issue,2  when  it 
passed  to  his  three  sisters  and  coheirs — Cecilie,  married  to  John,  3rd  Lord 
Willoughby  de  Eresby ;  Catherine,  married  to  Robert,  Lord  Scales  ;  and 
Margaret,  married  to  William,  Lord  Ferrers,  of  Groby,  but  eventually  this 
manor  seems  to  have  fallen,  probably  in  division  on  partition  to  the 
Willoughby  family,  and  may  have  been  enjoyed  by  John,  3rd  Lord 
Willoughby,  in  right  of  his  wife,  but  certainly  was  by  their  son,  Robert  de 
Willoughby,  4th  Baron  Willoughby  de  Eresby,  nephew  and  one  of  the 
coheirs  of  William  de  Ufford,  Earl  of  Suffolk.  From  this  time  to  the  time 
of  Christopher  de  Willoughby,  8th  Lord  Willoughby,  the  manor  passed  in 
the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Parham,  in  Plomesgate  Hundred,  this 
manor  being  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Elizabeth,  3rd 
wife  of  the  4th  lord  in  I396,3  and  of  the  widow  of  the  5th  lord  in  1433.* 

Sir  Christopher,  8th  Lord,  on  his  marriage  with  Margery,  daughter  of 
Sir  William  Jenney,  of  Knoddishall,  made  a  settlement  of  this  manor  in 
1476.  The  licence  for  Sir  Christopher  to  grant  for  the  purposes  of  this 
settlement  will  be  found  on  the  Patent  Rolls  for  1476.  It  authorises  the 
grant  to  be  made  of  the  manor  held  in  chief  with  the  exception  of  one  acre 
to  William  Jenney,  Edmund  Jenney,  and  others  in  fee  to  hold  to  themselves 
and  the  heirs  of  the  said  Edmund.5 

On  Sir  Christopher's  death  he  was  succeeded  by  his  widow  Margery 
or  Maria,  who  died  i6th  May,  I5i5,6  and  was  succeeded  by  Sir  Christopher's 

'  Page,  Hist,  of  Suff.  p.  708.  4I.P.M.,  12  Hen.  VI.  43. 

•I.P.M.,  5  Rich.  II.  57.  5Pat.  Rolls,  16  Edw.  IV.  pt.  ii.  10. 

'I.P.M.,  20  Rich.  II.  54.  «I.P.M.,  7  Hen.  VIII.  29. 


BRADFIELD.  259 

eldest  son  William,  who  inherited  the  Barony  of  Willoughby  de  Eresby 
as  gth  Baron  on  the  death  of  Joane  Welles,  daughter  of  Robert,  5th  Lord 
Welles  and  8th  Lord  Willoughby,  in  1506.  He  died  in  1525,  and  his 
widow,  Lady  Mary  Salines,  held  the  manor  during  her  life,  and  upon  her 
decease  it  passed  to  Katherine,  their  only  daughter  and  heir,  who  married 
Charles  Brandon,  Duke  of  Suffolk,  and  afterwards  Richard  Bertie,  of 
Bersted,  in  Essex. 

This  manor  was  in  1855  said  to  be  vested  in  the  Rev.  Jas.  William  Wenn. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  a  moiety  of  the  manor  in  1517  by  John  Horsman 
and  others  against  Robert  Barrelland  Joan  his  wife.1  It  included  the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds.  There  were  four  fines 
levied  of  this  moiety  of  the  manor  during  the  reign  of  Hen.  VIII. — one  in 
1526  by  John  Spencer,  clerk,  against  Robert  Wright  and  others  ;a  a  second 
in  1526  by  John  Spencer  and  others  against  Robert  Barell  and  others  ;3 
a  third  in  1539  by  Richard  Spencer  and  others  against  Robert  Barell  and 
others  ;4  and  a  fourth  by  Anne  Wright  against  Edmund  Wright.5  Two  fines 
of  the  manor  were  levied  in  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  one  in  1570  by 
William  Spring  against  Edmund  Wright  and  others,6  and  the  other  in  1594 
by  Robert  Cutler  against  William  Sprynge  and  others.7 

BRADFIELD  ST.  CLARE  MANOR. 

The  manor  was  so  called  from  the  St.  Cleers  or  De  Sancto  Claro,  who 
were  its  ancient  lords.  It  was  vested  in  Gerebert  de  St.  Cleer  in  1207. 
Of  this  family  was  Hamo  de  St.  Cleer,  mentioned  in  the  Pipe  Rolls  in  the 
ist  of  King  Hen.  II.  and  also  in  the  register  of  the  Abbey  of  Colchester. 
The  chief  seat  of  Gerebert  de  St.  Cleer  was  situated  in  this  parish,  within 
a  noble  park.  He  lived  in  the  reign  of  Rich.  I.  and  in  1207  sold  lands  at 
Marlingford,  in  Norfolk.  In  1232  he  conveyed  lands  in  this  parish  to  John 
de  St.  Cleer,  probably  his  son,  who  died  in  1253,"  when  the  manor  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  John  de  St.  Cleer.*  The  manor  was  held  of  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Edmunds  by  service  of  I J  knights'  fees,  i^d.  hidage,6s.  o^d.  to  the  guard 
of  Norwich  Castle,  and  half  a  load  of  oats  to  the  abbot. 

We  find  also  in  1256  stated  on  the  Patent  Rolls  that  John  de  St.  Clare 
held  2  knights'  fees  in  Bradfield  St.  Clare  and  Wattisfield  of  the  abbey,10 
and  in  1302  John  de  St.  Cleer  did  homage  to  the  abbot  for  this  manor. 
The  St.  Clare  family  was  a  family  of  great  honour  and  antiquity,  and  came 
in  with  the  Conquest.  Hugh  was  one  of  the  witnesses  to  King  Stephen's 
charter  in  1136.  In  1317  the  manor,  with  the  advowson,  was  passed  by 
John  de  St.  Cleer  to  William  de  Montechensy,  of  Edwardstone." 

William  de  Montechensy  died  in  1337,' "when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir  Thomas,  who  was  followed  by  John  Rattlesden,  son  of  Sir 
John  Rattlesden,  whose  daughter  Joan  married  ist  Robert  Hovel,  and 
2ndly  Robert  de  Monceux,  who  held  the  manor  in  her  right  in  1393, 
according  to  Blomefield.  There  is  a  fine  levied  in  1362  by  Sir  Thomas 
Mounchesy,  Knt.,  John  Harecourt,  parson  of  the  church  of  Osemundeston, 

'Fine,  Easter,  9  Hen.  VIII.  7Fine,  Mich.  36-37  Eliz. 

2  Fine,  Easter,  18  Hen.  VIII.  8I.P.M.,  37  Hen.  III.  63,  or  File  15  (4). 

3 Fine,  Easter,  18  Hen.  VIII.  i Extent,  12  Edw.  I.;  Add.  14849. 

4  Fine,  Trin.  31  Hen.  VIII.  '"  Pat.  Rolls,  40  Hen.  III.  13. 

'Fine.  Hil.  2g  Hen.  VIII.  "  Feet  of  Fines,  n  Edw.  II.  53. 

6Fine,  Mich.  12  Eliz.  "I.P.M.,  i  Edw.  III.  18;  13  Edw.  III.  26. 


26o  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

William  de  Walsokene,  clerk,  and  William  Berard,  which  included  not 
only  the  manor  but  the  advowson  of  Bradfield  church  and  the  chapel  of 
Leleseye.' 

However  this  may  be,  the  manor  was  certainly  vested  in  Sir  John 
de  St.  Clere,  son  of  Sir  John  de  St.  Clere,  in  the  reign  of  King  Hen.  IV., 
and  passed  to  his  son,  Sir  Philip  de  St.  Clere,'  who  died  in  1408,  leaving  a 
widow  Margaret,  daughter  and  at  length  heir  of  Sir  Michael  de  Loyyne, 
of  Burston,  Surrey,  and  two  sons  —John,  who  died  in  1423  without  issue, 
and  Thomas,  who  died  in  1434,  leaving  three  daughters  and  coheirs,  Elizabeth, 
Alianora,  and  Editha. 

The  manor  subsequently  became  vested  in  the  Jerveys  or  Jarneys 
or  Gervys  by  purchase  from  John  Badwell.  Roger  Jerveys  died  seised 
3Oth  Sept.  1493,  John  Jerveys  aged  2 1  being  his  son  and  heir.  In  the  inquis. 
p.m.  of  this  Roger  Jerveys,3  which  includes  "  Bradfield  Sender  Manor  and 
advowson  and  Manor  of  Capellys  al.  Felsham  Hall  ist  worth  £10.  2nd 
worth  405.  held  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury  by  knight  service,"  and  it  is  stated 
that  John  Legat  and  Robert  Crasche  being  seised  gave  to  said  Roger 
Jervys  in  tail,  with  remainder  to  Katherine  and  Anne,  his  sisters,  in  tail, 
remainder  to  Thomas  and  John  Jerveys,  his  brothers,  successively  in 
tail,  remainder  to  Agnes  Braybroke  in  tail,  remainder  to  Stephen  Fabyan 
and  John  Resshbroke  in  fee  to  use  of  the  will  of  John  Jerveys  his  father. 

The  manor  and  the  advowson  passed  to  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn  in  1536 
by  fine  levied  between  himself  and  Robert  Barfote  and  others4  and  Sir 
Thomas  died  seised  in  1552,  from  which  time  to  the  death  of  Sir  Charles 
Davers,  Bart.,  without  issue  in  1806  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course 
as  the  Manor  of  Rushbrook,  in  this  Hundred.  The  manor  was,  however, 
settle4  I4th  Nov.  1566,  on  the  marriage  of  Sir  Ambrose's  son,  John  Jermyn 
with  Margaret  Stanley,  daughter  of  Edward,  Earl  of  Derby.5  The  manor 
subsequently  became  vested  in  the  Wenyeves,  of  Brettenham,  and  in  1764 
John  Wenyeve  was  lord,  who  dying  in  i8oi,6  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
George  Weneyeve,  and  on  his  death  in  1814  went  to  his  sister  and  coheir 
Henrietta,  married  to  Lieut.-Col.  John  Carnac.  In  1829  the  manor  was 
vested  in  the  Rev.  Robert  Davers,  natural  son  of  Sir  Charles  Davers,  and 
his  (Robert's)  trustees  apparent  still  hold  the  manor  or  until  recently 
exercised  manorial  rights  here. 

Amongst  the  Exchequer  Depositions  taken  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds  in 
1669  we  find  particulars  of  an  action  between  Thomas  Constable  and  William 
Rose  and  others  relating  to  this  manor  and  the  advowson  of  the  church,  and  to 
"  Bringley's  Grove,"  '  Rawood,"  "  Chinsall  Wood,"  and  "  Mumses  Park," 
and  as  to  whether  manor  and  woods  were  parcel  of  the  late  monastery  of 
Bury  and  also  as  to  tithes. 

Arms  of  St.  CLEER  :  Az.  a  sun  in  his  glory,  proper,  differing  apparently 
from  the  branch  at  Withersfield,  in  Risbridge  Hundred,  though  the  same 
family. 

BRADFIELD  ST.  GEORGE  OR  MONK'S  BRADFIELD  MANOR. 

This  was  so  called  because  the  Abbot  and  monks  of  St.  Edmunds  were 
owners  of  the  manor  and  advowson  by  the  grant  of  Earl  Ulfkettel  and 

1  Feet  of  Fines,  36  Edw.  III.  42.  4Fine,  Mil.  28  Hen.  VIII. 

'See  Manor  of  Withersfield , in  Risbridge  5This  John  Jerrayn  died  without  issue. 

Hundred.  6See   Manor  of   Brettenham  in   Cosford 
3  8  Hen.  VII.  813.  Hundred. 


BRADFIELD. 


261 


Bishop  Alfric.  At  the  Dissolution  the  manor  and  advowson  were  granted 
in  1540  to  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  of  Rushbrooke.  The  grant  included  the 
Manor  of  Stanton  and  divers  woods  in  Felsham,  Bradfield  Monks,  and 
Bradfield  St.  Clare,  and  the  advowsons  of  the  churches  of  Bradfield  St.  George 
and  Stanton,  belonging  lately  to  the  monastery  of  Bury.1 

The  manor  subsequently  passed  to  the  Davers,  with  the  Manor  of 
Bradfield  St.  Clare,  in  the  same  line  of  devolution  as  the  manor  of  Rush- 
brooke, in  this  Hundred. 

It  is  now  vested  in  Adolphus  G.  Maskell,  of  Chelmsford,  in  Essex. 


'S.P.  1540,  436(3i). 


262  THE    MANORS    OF    SUFFOLK. 

DRINKSTONE. 

[HERE  were  three  separate  estates  in  this  place  in  Saxon 
times.  The  first  was  held  by  a  freeman  under  the  Abbot 
of  Ely  by  commendation  in  the  soc  of  the  Abbot  of  St. 
Edmunds,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  8  bordars, 
2  thralls  (which  were  reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey), 
ij  ploughteams,  and  4  acres  of  meadow,  the  whole  valued 
at  i6s.  The  Domesday  tenant  was  Robert,  Earl  of  Moretaigne.1 

The  second  was  held  by  n  freemen,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of 
land,  6  bordars,  3  ploughteams,  and  8  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  IDS.  8d. 
In  the  time  of  the  Confessor  they  could  give  and  sell  their  lands  so  that  the 
soc  over  the  land  remained  in  the  possession  of  the  abbot.  At  the 
time  of  the  Survey  this  estate  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.1 

The  third  was  the  land  of  the  Abbot  of  Ely,  and  consisted  of  2  carucates 
of  land,  and  a  church  advowson  with  12  acres,  15  bordars,  6  thralls,  2 
ploughteams  in  demesne  and  3  belonging  to  the  men.  Also  wood  sufficient 
to  support  100  hogs,  6  acres  of  meadow,  2  horses  at  the  hall,  10  beasts,  32 
hogs,  30  sheep,  and  8  goats  valued  at  405.  When  the  Survey  was  taken 
some  of  these  details  had  been  altered  ;  there  were  only  7  bordars,  4  thralls, 
and  i  ploughteam  belonging  to  the  men,  while  the  value  was  then  6os. 
but  it  was  let  to  farm  at  loos,  and  could  not  render  so  much.  The  whole 
estate  was  8  quarantenes  long  and  7  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  n<2.3 

MANOR  OF  DRINKSTONE  HALL  OR  LOVAYNE'S  MANOR. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  the  lordship  was  held  by  Matthew  de  Lovaine 
or  Loveyne,4  and  on  his  death  in  1262  it  passed  to  his  widow  Muriel,  who 
had  a  market,  pillory,  and  ducking-stool,  and  view  of  frankpledge  here  in 
1267,'  also  a  fair.8  On  her  death  the  manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir, 
Matthew  de  Lovaine,  who  died  in  1302. 7  From  this  time  to  the  time  of 
Robert  Devereux,  2nd  Earl  of  Essex,  the  celebrated  favourite  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Bildeston, 
in  Cosford  Hundred."  Amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British 
Museum  is  a  deed  dated  loth  April,  12  Rich.  II.  [1386],  by  which  Alianora, 
who  was  wife  of  Sir  William  "  Bourgchier,"  Knt.,  grants  to  John  Spicer, 
vicar  of  the  church  of  Dunmowe,  John  Basset,  John  Digche,  clerk,  and 
William  atte  Fen  certain  manors  in  Essex  and  the  Manors  of  Drinkstone, 
Shelland,  and  Felsham  called  Swaynes,  and  the  advowson  of  the  church 
of  Drinkstone. 

This  manor  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Henry 
Bourchier,  ist  Earl  of  Essex,  who  died  4th  April,  1483,'  and  amongst 
the  State  Papers  in  1538,  a  year  before  the  death  of  Henry  Bourchier, 
2nd  Earl  of  Essex,  we  find  a  letter  of  his  saying  that  Thomas  Wrenn  never 
had  any  lease  of  the  Earl's  Manor  of  Drinkstone.  His  only  interest  in  it 
was  under  a  lease  made  to  his  uncle,  John  Wrenn,  deceased,  which  was 
forfeited  before  his  death  by  laws  of  the  realm.  Moreover,  since  his  uncle's 


'Dom.  ii.  291. 

2  Dom.  ii.  362*. 

5  Dom.  ii.  3816. 

•  H.R.  ii.  153.  Hundred. 

5H.R.  ii.  196.  "I.P.M.,  i  Rich.  III.  31. 


6  Chart.  Rolls,  51  Hen.  III.  4. 

'I.P.M.,  30  Edw.  I.  37,  Extent. 

•See,  too,  Hopton  Manor,  in   Blackbourn 

Hundred. 
'I.P.M.,  i  Rich.  III.  31. 


DRINKSTONE.  263 

death  he  had  felled,  stabbed,  and  stocked  800  oaks  as  presented  in  the 
manor  court,  for  which  he  had  been  indicted  at  the  assize,  &c.  Neverthe- 
less he  had  felled  and  stocked  additional  100  oaks,  as  would  be  seen  by 
letter  of  Sir  George  Somerset,  the  Earl's  steward.1 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1541  by  William,  Earl  of  Southampton, 
and  others  against  Sir  William  Parr,  Lord  Parr,  and  others,''  and  in  respect  of 
"  Drinkstone,  Shelland,  and  Lovaynes  Manors,"  in  1591,  by  John  Weaver 
and  others  against  Robert  Devereux,  Earl  of  Essex.  They  both  related 
also  to  tenements  in  Woolpit  and  Rattlesden  and  elsewhere.3  Robert 
Devereux,  2nd  Earl,  married  Frances,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Francis 
Walsingham,  and  widow  of  Sir  Philip  Sidney,  and  losing  his  head  on  the 
scaffold  25th  Feb.  1600,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert 
Devereux,  3rd  Earl  of  Essex,  K.G.,  in  1638.  He  died  I4th  Sept.  1646,  and 
was  interred  with  national  obsequies  in  Westminster  Abbey,  the  two 
Houses  of  Parliament  attending  the  funeral.  He  married  ist  Lady  Frances 
Howard,  daughter  of  Thomas,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  from  whom  he  was  divorced, 
and  2ndly  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Paulet,  of  Eddington,  co. 
Wilts.,  one  of  the  natural  sons  of  William,  Marquess  of  Winchester,  and 
had  a  son  Robert,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Robert  Devereux,  3rd  Earl  of  Essex,  seems  to  have  disposed  of  the 
manor  during  his  lifetime,  for  it  was  held  in  1609  by  Sir  James  Skudamore, 
Knt. 

The  manor,  to  which  the  advowson  was  appendant,was  subsequently 
held  by  George  Goodday,  of  Fornham  All  Saints,  from  which  time  to  the 
time  of  John  Moseley  in  1840  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the 
Manor  of  Rattlesden,  in  this  Hundred. 

This  manor  and  that  of  Rattlesden  were  in  Sept.  1829,  offered  for  sale 
in  London,  with  two  farms  of  Rattlesden  Hall  and  Drinkstone  Hall,  and 
three  other  farms  there,  and  at  Gedding  and  Felsham,  adjoining  parishes, 
containing  woods  and  plantations  about  1,070  acres.4  The  same  properties 
were  again  offered  for  sale  I4th  Aug.  1838.  The  Drinkstone  Hall  farm 
was  stated  to  contain  3093.  2r.  24p.,  the  rent  being  £295.  55.  per  annum, 
also  na.  3r.  i6p.  of  wood  and  plantations.  The  Manor  of  Drinkstone 
with  Lovanes  was  stated  to  consist  of  2,000  acres  producing  £99.  145.  3^. 
a  year.  Land  tax  £22.  95.  a  year.  The  White  House  farm  was  stated 
to  be  373  acres,  cottages  and  gardens.  The  Rattlesden  Hall  farm  was 
stated  to  consist  of  155  acres,  and  the  manor  to  produce  £119.  4$.  a  year. 
High  Town  Green  farm  of  102  acres.  The  total  contents  were  1,041  acres. 
The  property  was  knocked  down  for  £32,100,  the  timber  to  be  paid  for  in 
addition  at  a  valuation.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  property  was  bought  by 
the  owner,  John  Moseley.5  A  sale  was  effected  in  1841  of  Drinkstone 
Hall,  apart  from  the  manor,  with  232a.  or.36p.  of  arable  land,  65a.  2r.  22p. 
meadow  and  pasture,  and  na.  3r.  i6p.  of  wood  and  plantation,  to  James 
Gudgeon,  solicitor,  of  Stowmarket,  for  John  George  Hart,  for  £7,000. 

At  the  sale  referred  to,  which  was  on  the  26th  Oct.  1841,  the  manor 
was  bought  in  at  £2,400.  The  fines,  which  are  arbitrary,  were  stated  to 
have  averaged  in  the  10  years  preceding  1838  £82.  2s.  per  annum,  and  the 
quit  and  free  rents  to  £17.  125.  3jrf.,  making  a  total  arising  from  the  manor 
of  £99.  155.  &d.  per  annum.6 


1  S.P.  1538  i.  364.    Ib.  App.  10.  *Bury  Post,  26th  Aug.  1829. 

'Fine,  Hil.  33  Hen.  VIII.  5  Ipswich  Journal,  i8th  Aug.  1838. 

3  Fine.  Mich.  33-34  Eliz.  6  Ipswich  Journal,  3oth  Oct.  1841. 


264  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

The  advowson  was  purchased  by  the  Rev.  Henry  Patteson,  and  has 
since  been  acquired  by  John  Edgar  Rust.  In  1855  the  manor  was  still 
vested  in  John  Moseley.  White  states  that  about  1760  the  Rev.  Richard 
Moseley,  a  rector  and  lord  of  the  manor,  built  here  a  large  and  handsome 
house  for  his  residence,  and  it  was  then  called  the  Rectory  House,  and 
occupied  by  the  incumbent ;  but  it  did  not  belong  to  the  living.  This  no 
doubt  is  the  Richard  Moseley  who  left  £700  to  be  invested  in  the  Funds 
for  the  support  of  day  and  Sunday  schools  for  teaching  poor  children  of 
Drinkstone  and  Rattlesden  to  read  and  write,  which  legacy  was  laid  out 
in  the  purchase  of  £1,091.  35.  6d.  3  per  cent,  consols,  the  dividends  being 
employed  in  supporting  schools  in  the  two  places  last  named. 

The  manor  is  mentioned  in  a  fine  levied  in  1550  by  William  Rysby 
against  Sir  Nicholas  le  Strange.1 

HALLS  al.  TIMPERLEY'S  MANOR. 

In  1402  the  lordship  was  held  by  John  Hall.  He  was  a  party  to  a 
feoff ment  made  in  1395  by  Richard  Parmounter  and  John  Nykeman,  of 
Rattlesden,  to  William  Copynger,  "  clericus  "  of  Buxhale,  John  Chetilbere 
and  John  Goodwyf,  of  Drinkstone,  of  all  the  lands  in  Drinkstone  which 
they  lately  held  by  feoffment  of  Henry  Helle  and  John  Carter,  of  Cokefeld, 
on  payment  of  5  marks  yearly  for  the  next  five  years." 

The  lordship  was  held  of  the  Manor  of  Combs  and  subsequently 
passed  to  William  Timperley,  of  Hintlesham  Hall,  son  of  Nicholas  Timperley, 
who  died  seised  of  it  1st  April,  1528, 3  from  which  time  to  the  time  of  Nicholas 
Timperley,  who  succeeded  his  father  in  1593,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same 
course  as  the  Manor  of  Hintlesham,  in  Samford  Hundred.  After  this 
the  manor  is  difficult  to  trace,  and  there  are  various  conflicting  devolutions. 
In  1612  the  manor  is  said  to  have  been  vested  in  Isaac  Mootham,  from 
whom  in  1658  it  passed  to  Isaac  Mootham,  on  whose  death  in  1663  it  went 
to  another  Isaac  Mootham,  who  died  in  1703.  Another  account  states 
that  the  manor  had  before  this  passed  to  Thomas  Wood,  D.D., 
Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry,  son  of  Thomas  Wood,  of  Hackney,  and 
younger  brother  of  Sir  Henry  Wood,  of  Loudham  Hall,  and  that  he  died 
seised  i8th  April,  1692,  leaving  the  same  by  his  will  dated  nth  Nov.  1690, 
to  his  nephew,  Henry  Webbe,4  he  having  to  take  the  name  of  Wood.  The 
only  matter  of  certainty  is  that  both  these  accounts  of  the  devolution  are 
inaccurate.  In  the  great  deed  of  partition  of  the  estates  of  Sir  Henry 
Wood  5th  Dec.  1747,  a  deed  of  23rd  May,  1671,  is  recited,  in  which  Sir 
Henry  Wood  is  shown  then  to  have  held  the  manor  under  the  name  of 
"  Drinkston-cum-Temperley,"  and  in  fact  he  conveyed  it  by  this  recited 
deed  to  trustees.  The  devolution  would  then  be  as  the  Manors  of  Dunning- 
worth,  in  Plomesgate  Hundred,  and  Staverton.in  Eyke,  in  Loes  Hundred, 
until  1747,  when  by  the  partition  this  manor  was  allotted,  with  the  Manor 
of  Whepstead,  in  Thingoe  Hundred,  to  Penelope,  wife  of  Timothy  Lee, 
and  widow  of  John  Pryte,5  of  St.  Paul,  Covent  Garden,  surgeon. 

Henry  had  a  son,  Henry  Webbe,  who  died  without  issue. 

Extracts  from  Court  Rolls  of  this  manor,  1563,  will  be  found  amongst 
the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum.6 

1  Fine,  Easter,  4  Edw.  VI.  5In   the   account   of   Blythford  Manor,  in 
*  19  Rich.  II.,  Stowe  Ch.  240.  Blything  Hundred,  by  mistake  (p. 

'I.P.M.,  21  Hen.  VIII.  15.  20,  line  15)  printed  "  Prim." 

4 See  Manor  of  Elmswell.  in   Blackbourn  'Add.  Ch.  10535. 
Hundred. 


FELSHAM. 
FELSHAM. 


265 


N  estate  consisting  of  3  carucates  of  land  was  held  here  in 
the  Confessor's  time  by  25  freemen.  To  it  were  attached 
a  villein  and  5  bordars.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  a  caru- 
cate  and  a  half  of  land  were  held  by  Adelund,  and  4  carucates 
by  eight  freemen,  valued  at  505.  Also  among  them  all 
were  8  ploughteams  and  5  acres  of  meadow,  and  they  could 
give  and  seU  their  lands,  the  soc  remaining  in  the  possession 
of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  to  whom  the  estate  belonged  when  the  Survey 
was  taken.  The  value  was  formerly  305.,  but  was  doubled  at  that  time. 

There  was  also  a  church  advowson  with  10  acres  of  free  land  in  alms. 
It  was  8  quarentenes  long  and  6  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  5^.' 

FELSHAM  HALL  MANOR  (OR  CAPELS  ?). 

This  was  the  estate  of  Ulfketel,  Earl  of  the  East  Angles,  which  he  granted 
to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  was  held  by 
Adedelung  of  the  abbot. 

It  was  later  held  by  Robert  de  Pinges,  and  in  1268  by  William  Peche, 
who  this  year  had  a  grant  of  a  market,  a  fair,  and  free  warren  here.2  He 
was  succeeded  about  1313  by  Edmund  Peche,  and  this  year  a  fine  was 
levied  of  the  manor  by  Hugh  de  Morieux  and  John  his  son  against  the  said 
Edmund  Peche  and  Margaret  his  wife.3 

Davy  states  that  in  1344  Gilbert  Peche  was  lord,  but  it  is  apprehended 
that  under  the  above  fine  the  manor  passed  to  the  Morieux  family,  and  in 
X333  Sir  Thomas  de  Morieux,  son  of  Hugh,  apparently  held  this  and  Maiden 
Hall  Manor.  This  year  [1333]  Sir  Thomas  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor  against 
Walter  de  Navetton  and  Joan  his  wife.4  Sir  Thomas  Morieux,  son  of 
Sir  Thomas,  from  whom  it  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir  Mary,  married 
to  Sir  Richard  Walkfare,  and  from  them  to  their  daughter  and  heir  Eleanor, 
married  to  Sir  John  le  Strange.  The  manor  passed  from  them  to  their 
son  and  heir,  John  le  Strange,  from  which  time  to  the  death  of  Sir  Thomas 
le  Strange  in  1544  the  manor  descended  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor 
of  Thorpe  Morieux,  in  Cosford  Hundred.  The  manor  is  specifically 
mentioned  in  the  fine  levied  by  William  Rysby  against  Sir  Nicholas 
le  Strange  in  1550. 5  Davy,  however,  states  that  John  Jervois  died  seised 
of  the  manor  in  1493,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Jervois. 

In  1827  the  manor  was  vested  in  John  Haynes  Harrison,  a  major  in 
the  army.  He  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Harrison,  rector  of  Faulk- 
bourn  and  Earl  Hanningfield,  in  Essex,  and  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  of 
the  Rev.  Thos.  Bernard.  John  Haynes  Harrison  married  Sarah  Thomas, 
daughter  and  heir  of  the  Rev.  John  Fiske,  rector  of  Thorpe  Morieux,  and 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  Thomas,  of  Lavenham.  He  resided  at  Copdock 
Hall,  in  Essex,  and  died  2nd  Dec.  1839,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Fiske  Goodeve  Fiske  Harrison,  who  married  at  Paris  27th  March, 
1826,  Jane,  daughter  of  James  Goodeve  Sparrow,  of  Gosfield  Place,  Essex. 
The  manor  is  now  vested  in  Haynes  Thomas  Harrison. 


'Dom.  ii.  3626,  369. 

2  Chart.  Rolls,  52  Hen.  III.  pt.  i.  10. 


KI 


3 Feet  of  Fines,  7  Edw.  VI. ,32,  Gilbert,  son 
of  John  Peche,  app.  clam. 

4  Feet  of  Fine,  6  Edw.  III.  6. 

5  Fine,  Easter,  4  Edw.  VI. 


ttf 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


A  fine  was  levied  of  a  moiety  of  the  "  Manor  of  Felsham  "  (apparently 
of  this  manor)  and  Thorp  Morieux.and  of  the  advowsons  in  1414,  by  William 
Clopton,  William  Rokewood,  Thomas  Hethe,  of  Mildenhall,  Edmund 
Wynter,  Thomas  Hethe,  of  Saxham,  Giles  de  Perge,  and  Walter  .... 
against  Richard  Hethe  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.1 

A  fine  was  levied  of "  Felsham  Hall  Manor  "  in  1565  by  William  Harwell 
against  Robert  Grene.' 

Sir  John  Cullum  has  a  note  on  the  occupiers  of  the  principal  mansion 
house  of  Felsham,  which  is  of  interest.  He  says:  "John  Reynolds,  Esq., 
who  lived  in  the  Capital  Mansion  in  this  Parish  (Felsham)  thought  differently 
from  all  men  whilst  he  lived  and  resolved  to  continue  this  absurdity  after 
he  was  dead  :  and  was  therefore  buried  in  a  mausoleum  which  he  had 
erected  in  a  Field  at  the  back  of  his  house.  [This  rather  looks  as  if  he  had 
been  not  merely  occupier  but  owner  of  the  Mansion.]  He  died  in  August, 
1759,  aged  85,  and  left  his  estate  to  a  Dr.  Scott,  of  London  (almost  a  stranger) 
upon  condition  that  he  also  shd  be  buried  in  the  same,  but  he  was  buried 
at  Norwich  in  Dec.  1769.  It  is  said  this  Scott  foretold  precisely  the  day 
of  his  death,  and  mentioned  it  in  his  will.  Joseph  Nichol  Scott,  brought 
up  to  succeed  his  father  as  a  Calvinist  divine,  became  an  Arian  and  a 
Physician.  He  dreamed  one  night,  as  it  is  said,  that  he  should  die  that 
day  12  months,  of  which  he  made  a  memorandum,  but  forgot  it  till  the  day 
came,  when  he  was  reminded  of  the  day  of  the  month,  and  this  dream 
recurred  to  his  memory  at  a  tea  party.  He  died  at  9  p.m.  of  an  apoplexy. 
He  was  very  corpulent,  and  the  hearse  broke  down  as  he  was  carrying  to 
the  Old  or  Independent  Meeting  house  at  night." 

MANOR  OF  BROOK  HALL  al.  LOVAYNES. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Matthew  de  Lovaine  in  the  time  of  King 
Edw.  I.  He  died  seised  of  the  manor  in  I3O2,3  when  it  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Thomas  de  Lovaine.  He  and  Joan  his  wife  in  1314  levied  a  fine 
of  the  manor  against  Matthew,  parson  of  Drinkstone  church,  and  Richard 
of  Dunmowe,  parson  of  Parva  Erstangy  church.4  Thomas  de  Lovaine 
died  without  issue,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Matthew  de  Lovaine, 
on  whose  death  in  1320  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas 
de  Lovaine,  who  died  in  I345.5 

The  overlordship  of  the  manor  was  in  1382  vested  in  William  de  Ufford,6 
Earl  of  Suffolk,  and  Joan  his  wife,  for  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  the  former  this 
year  it  is  found  he  died  seised  of  one  knight's  fee  here  called  "Old  Halle  and 
another  called  Le  Brookhalle."; 

Davy  says  that  in  1379  tne  manor  was  in  Thomas  de  Morieux,  who  died 
in  1392,  when  it  passed  to  his  sister  and  coheir  Mary,  married  to  Sir  Richard 
Walkfare,  and  from  him  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir  Alianora,  who 
married  Sir  John  L'Estrange.  We  meet  with  a  deed  dated  loth  April,  12 
Rich.  II.  [1386]  amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum,  by 
which  Alianora,  who  was  wife  of  Sir  William  "  Bourgchier,"  Knt.,  grants 
this  manor  under  the  name  of  the  "  Manor  of  Felsham  called  Lovaynes," 


1  Feet  of  Fines,  2  Hen.  V.  10. 
"Fine,  Easter,  7  Eliz. 
M.P.M.,  30  Edw.  I.  37. 
4  Feet  of  Fines,  8  Edw.  II.  37. 


19   Edw. 
Manor, 


III. 


in 


44.    See 
Cosford 


'Extent,  I.P.M., 

Bildeston 

Hundred. 
'See  Parham  Hall  Manor, in  Plomesgate, 

and  Combs  Manor,  in  Stow  Hundred. 
'I.P.M.,  5  Rich.  II.  57. 


FELSHAM.  267 

to  John  Spicer,  vicar  of  the  church  of  Dunmowe,  John  Basset,  John  Digche, 
clerk,  and  William  atte  Fen.1 

Sir  John  L'Estrange  was  of  Hunston  or  Hunstanton,  in  Norfolk,  and 
died  seised  in  1418,  from  which  time  to  the  death  of  William  Risbie  in  1687 
the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Thorpe  Morieux, 
in  Cosford  Hundred. 

On  the  24th  Jan.  1645,  we  meet  with  a  petition  of  Thomas  Brundishe, 
of  Felsham,  that  Sir  Nathaniel  Brews  may  be  ordered  to  institute  him  to 
the  rectory  of  Felsham  church  upon  the  presentation  of  John  Risby  the 
patron.2  The  order  desired  was  ultimately  made.3 

MAIDEN  HALL  MANOR. 

This  was  apparently  the  lordship  of  Hugh  de  Morieux  in  1234,  and  in 
1332  his  son,  Sir  Thomas  de  Morieux,  held,  as  this  year  he  presented  to  the 
living.  In  1379  the  manor  was  vested  in  Sir  Thomas  Morieux,  son  of  Sir 
Thomas,  his  holding  here  consisting  of  a  fee.  On  his  death  the  manor 
passed  to  his  daughter  and  coheir  Mary,  married  to  Richard  Walkfare, 
and  from  them  to  their  daughter  and  heir  Eleanor,  married  to  Sir  John 
L'Estrange,  of  Hunston  or  Hunstanton,  who  died  in  1418.  From  this  time 
the  manor  devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Thorpe  Morieux, 
in  Cosford  Hundred,  through  the  L'Estranges  to  the  Risbies.  The  manor 
is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  "  Straunge  "  and  Alice 
his  wife  in  I436,4  and  in  that  of  Henry  "  Straunge  "  in  1485. 5  And  we 
find  amongst  the  State  Papers  in  1608  a  licence  to  William  Risby  and  his 
heirs  to  keep  a  market  and  two  yearly  fairs  at  Maydenhall,  in  Felsham.8 


'Add.  Ch.  7906.  4I.P.M.,  15  Hen.  VI.  52. 

2  6th  Rep.  Hist.  Com.  95.  5I.P.M.,  i  Hen.  VII.  52. 

32i  Car. 4.;  House  of  Lords  Journal,  viii.  6S.P.  1608,  406. 
122. 


268  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


FORNHAM  ST.  GEN  EV I  EVE. 

HAMLET  was  held  here  in  the  Confessor's  time  by  the 
Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  again  when  the  Survey  was 
taken,  consisting  of  2  carucates  of  land.  It  is  not  very 
distinctly  put  in  the  Survey,  which  says  :  "  Peter  has  of 
them  2  carucates.  Forty  acres  he  holds  from  the  Abbot, 
2  villeins  and  2  bordars  have  one  carucate  of  them.  And 
the  Hall  to  which  they  belong  is  in  another  Hundred." 

At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Ralph  held  from  the  abbot  12  acres  of  the 

2  carucates,  8  villeins,  3  bordars,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  3  belonging 
to  the  men,  3  thralls,  4  acres  of  meadow,  3  mills,  i  rouncy,  and  100  sheep. 
Further,  six  freemen,  a  villein,  and  5  bordars  had  a  carucate  of  land  and 

3  ploughteams,  and  had  power  to  give  and  sell  their  lands,  the  soc  and 
service  remaining  in  the  abbot's  possession.      They  were  valued  at  los. 
There  was  also  a  church  advowson  with  14  acres  of  free  land  for  alms. 

The  hamlet  was  valued  at  £4.     It  was  9  quarentenes  long  and  4  broad, 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  3d.' 


FORNHAM  ST.  GENEVIEVE  MANOR. 

The  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  had  a  villa  here  and  a  water  mill  for  corn, 
and  the  estate  was  known  in  early  times  by  the  name  of  Abbot's  Mill.  On 
the  suppression  of  the  religious  houses  the  manor  was  granted  in  1539  by 
King  Hen.  VIII.  to  Sir  Thomas  Kytson,  Knt.,  of  Hengrave  Hall,  who 
on  account  of  his  extensive  commercial  transactions  was  styled  "  Kytson 
the  merchant."  The  manor  passed  from  Sir  Thomas  the  father  to  Sir 
Thomas  the  son.1  Davy  says  the  latter  had  licence  to  alienate  the  manor 
to  John  Coggeshall  in  1587.  He  married  1st  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George 
Bacon,  of  Hessett,  and  2ndly  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Wright  alias  Reve,  of 
Thwaite,  and  died  in  1599,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  George 
Coggeshall,  who  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Edwin  Owinge,  of  Bury  St. 
Edmunds,  and  had  licence  to  alienate  in  1606  to  George  Gipps,  who  died  in 
1617.  It  is  true  a  fine  was  levied  in  1588  of  the  manor  by  John  Coggeshall 
against  Sir  Thomas  Kytson.3  But  the  probability  is  that  the  interest  of 
the  Coggeshalls  was  legal  only  and  not  beneficial,  for  it  seems  that  on  the 
death  of  Sir  Thomas  Kytson's  son  in  1602  this  estate  became  tHe  property 
of  the  family  of  Darcy,  Baron  Darcy,  of  Chiche,  and  in  the  next  generation 
passed  into  the  hands  of  Sir  John  Gage,  Bart.,  of  Firle,  Sussex,  who  married 
Penelope,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas,  3rd  Baron  Darcy,  afterwards 
created  Earl  Rivers,  and  it  was  subsequently  held  by  the  Gipps  family.  On 
the  death  of  George  Gipps  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Richard 
Gipps.4 

On  his  marriage  with  Margaret,  daughter  of  Valentine  Pell  the  elder, 
of  Lune,  co.  Norfolk,  he  settled  the  manor  by  deed  dated  4th  April,  1616,  in 
consideration  of  £500  paid  by  the  father  of  the  bride,  under  the  description 

1  Dom.  ii.  362.  4  These  Coggeshalls  held  also  the  Manor  of 

1  See  Hengrave  Manor,  in  Thingoe  Hundred.  Nether  Hall,  Old  Newton,  in  Stow 

3  Fine,  Hil.  30  Eliz.  Hundred. 


FORNHAM    ST.   GENE  VIE  VE.  269 

of  "  All  those  the  Manors  or  Lordships  of  Fornham  St.  Geneveve  and  the 
priory  with  the  appurtenances  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  with  the  Mansion 
House  with  the  appurtenances  situated  there  in  the  tenure  of  George 
Coggeshall  and  all  other  the  lands  tenements  and  hereditaments  with  the 
appurtenances  therein  particularly  expressed  abbuttalled  and  mentioned 
situate  in  Fornham  St.  Martin,  Fornham  St.  Genevese  and  Fornham  All 
Saints  which  George  Gippes  deceased  father  of  the  said  Richard  Gippes 
purchased  respectively  of  George  Coggeshall  of  Fornham  St.  Genevese 
gent.  William  Mason  of  Gray's  Inn  Middlesex  gent.,  John  Coggeshall 
(therein  expressed  to  be  deceased  and  father  of  George  Coggeshall)  to  the 
use  of  Richard  Gippes  until  marriage  then  to  the  use  of  him  and  the 
said  Margaret  for  her  jointure  and  of  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  the  said 
Richard  Gippes  upon  the  body  of  the  said  Margaret  and  in  defaullt  of  such 
issue  to  the  use  of  George  Gippes  one  of  the  brothers  of  the  said  Richard 
and  the  heirs  of  his  body  and  in  default  to  the  use  of  Thomas  Gippes, 
youngest  brother  of  the  said  Richard  and  his  heirs  and  in  default  to  the 
right  heirs  of  the  said  Richard  for  ever." 

The  marriage  took  place  on  the  8th  April,  1616.  Richard  Gippes  died 
about  1644,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Gipps, 
on  whose  death  about  1666  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Richard  Gipps. 
He  was  knighted  at  Little  Saxham  2Oth  Oct.  1676,  and  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Sir  Edmund  Poley,  of  Badley.  He  died  28th  Sept.  1681,  and 
she  in  Nov.  1715,  when  the  manor  passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  Richard 
Gipps,  of  Badley,  a  major  in  the  army.  He  is  described  in  a  deed  by  which 
he  mortgaged  the  manor  for  £1,000  to  Edward  Ventris,  of  the  Inner  Temple, 
by  deeds  dated  igth  and  2Oth  Feb.  1706,  as  of  "  Little  Hollingshearth  alias 
Horringer."  This  mortgage  was  paid  off  and  a  reconveyance  taken  3rd 
March,  1720.  He  sold  the  manor  in  1721  to  Edward  Whitaker,  serjeant- 
at-law,  of  whom  Samuel  Kent  purchased  the  same  in  1731.  Mr.  Kent 
represented  the  borough  of  Ipswich  in  Parliament  for  several  years,  was 
surveyor  to  Chelsea  Hospital,  and  High  Sheriff  in  1730.  He  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  Kent,  of  Christchurch,  Southwark,  an  eminent  Norway  merchant. 
Samuel  Kent  is  described  in  leases  in  1717  as  of  "  St.  Saviour,  Southwark, 
distiller,"  afterwards  of  Vauxhall,  where  he  carried  on  business  as  wholesale 
distiller  with  his  son  Thomas.  By  his  will  he  settled  his  estates  in  strict 
settlement  and  died  8th  Oct.  1759,  his  will  being  proved  P.C.C.  igth  Oct. 
1759.  He  married  Sarah,  only  daughter  of  Richard  Deane,  citizen  and 
distiller,  of  London,  and  left  an  only  daughter  surviving,  Sarah,  married 
to  Sir  Charles  Egleton,  Knt.,  son  of  John  Egleton,  citizen  and  goldsmith, 
of  London,  High  Sheriff  of  the  City  of  London  in  1743,  her  marriage 
settlement  being  dated  26th  Jan.  1742.  Sir  Charles's  will  and  codicils, 
dated  6th  July,  1765,  loth  Sept.  1766,  and  8th  July,  1768,  were  proved 
P.C.C.  i8th  May,  1769.  He  left  an  only  child,  Charles  Egleton,  who 
assumed  the  name  of  Kent  in  compliance  with  the  will  of  his  grandfather, 
and  was  created  a  baronet  in  1782.  He  married  2Oth  May,  1771,  Mary, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  Josias  Wordsworth,  of  Wordsworth,  co.  York,  and 
the  marriage  settlement  is  dated  7th  and  8th  May,  1771.  Sir  Charles  Kent 
sold  the  manor  in  1789  to  Bernard  Edward  Howard,  who  in  1815  succeeded 
his  cousin  to  the  dukedom  of  Norfolk  as  I2th  Duke.  He  married  in  1789 
the  Lady  Elizabeth  Belayse,  3rd  daughter  of  Henry,  last  Earl  of  Fauconberg 
(from  whom  he  was  divorced  in  1794).  He  was  a  Knight  of  the  Garter, 
and  died  i6th  March,  1842,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  only  son,  Henry 
Charles,  the  I3th  Duke  of  Norfolk. 


270  THE    MANORS    OF    SUFFOLK. 

In  July,  1843,  the  estate,  comprising  the  mansion  house  called  Fornham 
Park  and  pleasure  grounds,  the  manors  of  Fornham  St.  Genevieve,  Fornham 
St.  Martin,  with  the  advowson  of  the  rectory  of  the  last-mentioned  of 
these  places,  two  villa  residences,  a  water  corn  mill,  forty  cottages,  and  about 
i, 600  acres  of  wood,  pasture,  and  arable  land,  were  sold  by  public  auction 
for  £75,500,  exclusive  of  the  timber,  to  John  Thomas  Manners  Sutton, 
Baron  Manners,  of  Foston,  co.  Lincoln,  son  of  Thomas  Manners-Sutton, 
Baron  Manners,  sometime  Lord  Chancellor  of  Ireland.1  Lord  Manners 
married  28th  Sept.  1848,  Lydia  Sophia,  3rd  daughter  of  Vice-Admiral 
William  Bateman  Dashwood,  R.N.,  and  in  1862  sold  the  manor  to  Sir 
William  Gilstrap,  Bart.,  for  £85,000.  Sir  William  Gilstrap  died  in  Feb. 
1896,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  relative,  George  Espec  John  Manners, 
of  Fornham  Park,  J.P.,  the  present  lord. 

Fornham  Hall  was  almost  entirely  rebuilt  by  the  I2th  Duke  of  Norfolk. 
Though  pleasantly  situated,  the  surrounding  country  is  not  much  to  boast 
of. 

A  transcript  made  in  the  I5th  century  of  deeds  relating  to  the  manor, 
rentals,  &c.,'  will  be  found  amongst  the  Additional  MSS.  in  the  British 
Museum.3 

The  manor  is  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Sir  John  Curson  in  1471. 4 
Arms  of  GIPPS  :    Az.  a  fess  between  6  stars  Or. 


'Ipswich   Journal,   27th    May   and    22nd         3Add.  MSS.  34689. 

July,  1843.  4I.P.M.,  ii.  Edw.  IV.  32. 

•Will.  I.  1442. 


FORNHAM    ST.   MARTIN.  271 

FORNHAM  ST.  MARTIN. 

MANOR  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  3  villeins, 
4  bordars,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne  (increased  to  2  at  the 
time  of  the  Survey),  4  thralls  (decreased  by  i  at  that  time), 
2  rouncies,  4  beasts,  80  sheep,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey 
12  hogs,  and  10  freemen  and  6  bordars  held  30  acres  of  land 
with  a  ploughteam.  These  were  wholly  under  the  abbot 
as  to  all  customs  and  as  to  the  fold. 

In  this  place  was  also  an  estate  of  a  freeman  consisting  of  12  acres, 
which  land  he  could  give  and  sell,  so  that  soc,  sac,  and  commendation 
remained  in  the  abbot's  possession,  and  16  acres  of  free  land  in  alms 
belonged  to  the  church  of  this  township.  The  Domesday  tenant  of  the 
manor  and  estate  was  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  the  value  being  £4  as 
against  the  value  of  £3  in  the  Confessor's  time. 

It  was  9  quarentenes  long  and  7  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt 


MANOR  OF  FORNHAM  ST.  MARTIN.. 

This  manor,  like  the  Manor  of  Fornham  St.  Genevieve,  on  the 
suppression  of  the  religious  houses  was  granted  by  the  Crown  in  1539  to  Sir 
Thomas  Kitson,  Knt.,  and  from  this  time  to  1707  when  it  passed  to  Sir 
William  Gage,  the  devolution  is  the  same  as  that  of  the  Manor  of  Hengrave, 
in  Thingoe  Hundred. 

In  1717  Sir  William  Gage  sold  this  manor  to  Philip  Holman,  who  sold 
it  by  deeds  dated  24th  and  25th  April,  1760,  to  Sir  Charles  Egleton  as 
executor  of  his  father-in-law,  Samuel  Kent,  from  whom  it  has  descended 
in  the  same  course  of  devolution  as  the  Manor  of  Fornham  St.  Genevieve, 
and  is  now  vested  in  George  Espec  John  Manners. 

The  manor  and  advowson  were  included  in  the  purchase  made  by 
Lord  Manners  as  mentioned  in  the  account  of  the  Manor  of  Fornham  St. 
Genevieve. 

A  I5th  century  transcript  of  deeds  relating  to  the  manor,  rentals,  &c., 
Will.  1-1442,  will  be  found  amongst  the  Additional  MSS.  in  the  British 
Museum,1  and  the  manor,  like  that  of  Fornham  St.  Genevieve,  is  also 
mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Sir  John  Curson  in  I47I.3 

Livery  of  the  manor  and  advowson  was  in  1630  made  to  Thomas, 
Earl  Rivers,  in  right  of  Lady  Mary  his  wife,  daughter  of  Elizabeth,  Lady 
Kitson.4 


'Dom.  ii.  3576,  3616.  'I. P.M.,  n  Edw.  IV.  32. 

"Add.  34689.  4 Chancery  D.K.R.  43,  App.  i.  p.  155. 


THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 


GEDDING. 


\O  holdings    in    this   place    are  mentioned  in  the  Survey. 
The  first   was   formerly  the  estate  of  13  freemen,  and  con- 

s'ste(*  °*  55  acres  °*  'and  a"d  ha'f  a  ploughteam.     The 

nu>n    could   give    and   sell    their    land,    provided    the   soc 

remained  with  the  abbot. 

The  value  was  formerly  i6d.  increased  to  2s .  when  the  Survey 

was  made,  at  which  time  the  estate  was  held  by  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds.  There  was  also  a  church  with  6  acres  of  free  land  in  alms. 
The  Survey  says  :  "  It,"  probably  the  township,  "  was  3  quarentenes 
long  and  2  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  ^d."  Others  had  holdings  here.' 

The  second  estate  was  formerly  that  of  2  freemen  under  the  com- 
mendation and  soc  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.     It  consisted  of  60  acres 


GEDDING  HALL. 

of  land,  3  bordars,  a  ploughteam  (which  had  disappeared  at  the  time  of 
the  Survey),  and  5  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  55.  It  was  held  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey  under  the  Lewes  exchange  by  William  de  Varennes.' 

GEDDING  MANOR  al.  GEDDING  HALL  MANOR. 

This  formed  part  of  the  possessions  of  William  de  Warren  at  the  time 
of  the  Survey.  The  ancient  family  of  Geddyng  derive  their  name  from 
the  parish  of  Gedding,  and  in  the  time  of  Rich.  I.  we  find  a  Gedding  holding 
this  lordship.  A  little  later  in  1196  Adam  de  Gedding  held  the  fourth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  here.  The  advowson  was  apparently  held  with  the 
manor,  and  in  the  time  of  King  John  [1199-1216]  we  find  it  recorded  that 
William,  son  of  Peter,  Archdeacon  of  Rochester,  claimed  the  right  of 
presentation  to  Gedding  church  against  Robert  de  Walsham  and  Basilia 
his  wife.  The  jurors  found  that  William  presented  on  the  last  vacancy, 
and  gave  him  a  writ  to  the  Bishop  to  admit  his  clerk,  the  same  being  then 
vacant.  It  is,  however,  not  unlikely  that  this  claim  related  not  to  the 


'Dora.  ii.  363. 


:Dom.  ii.  398. 


GEDDING. 


273 


274  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK, 

advowson  of  the  Suffolk  Gedding  church  but  of  Gedding  in  Kent.  The 
manor  continued  during  the  I3th  and  well  into  the  I4th  century  in  the 
Gedding  family. 

At  the  close  of  the  I3th  century  the  manor  was  vested  in  Robert  de 
Gedding,  and  passed  on  his  death  about  1308  to  his  son  and  heir,  Edmund 
de  Gedding.  He  was  succeeded,  according  to  Davy,  by  Nicholas  de 
Gedding,  and  he  by  Edward  de  Gedding,  who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren 
here  in  1327.'  We  find,  however,  that  the  presentation  to  the  church 
in  1312  was  made  by  Sir  John  de  Geddyng. 

A  fine  was  levied  in  1341  of  a  moiety  of  this  manor  by  Richard  Freysel 
against  William  de  Stonham,  of  Hegeseth,  and  Joan  his  wife  with  a  moiety 
of  the  advowson  of  Gedding  church.' 

In  1364  the  manor  appears  to  have  been  vested  in  William  de  Pen- 
brigge,  who  presented  to  the  living  loth  Feb.  1364,  28th  Nov.  1374,  4th 
Feb.  1376,  and  2Oth  Feb.  1379.  That  the  whole  manor  was  vested  in  him 
is  evidenced  by  a  fine  levied  in  1365  by  William  Steel.Archdeacon  of  Toton, 
Thomas  de  Gildesburgh,  parson  of  the  church  of  ...  geham,  John 
de  Lakyngheath,  and  Peter  de  Aldewyk,  chaplain,  against  the  said  William 
de  "  Penbrugge  "  and  Margaret  his  wife.  This  fine  related  to  the  Manor 
of  Geddyng,  and  i  messuage,  400  acres  of  land,  30  acres  of  meadow,  80  acres 
of  pasture,  20  acres  of  wood,  and  405.  rent  in  Magna  Welnetham  and  Parva 
Welnetham,  Ratlesden,  Falsham,  Bradefeld  Monachorum,  Drenkeston, 
Bradefeld  Combusta,  Stanefeld,  Hawstede,  and  Lausele,  and  the  advowson 
of  the  church  of  the  said  manor.3 

In  the  time  of  King  Ed'.v.  III.  the  family  of  Chamberlain  were  resident 
in  Gedding,  and  Ralph  Chamberlain,  eldest  son  of  Roger  Chamberlain,4  of 
Stoke  by  Nayland,  held  the  manor  in  1357.  On  Ralph's  death  the  manor 
passed  to  his  widow  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger  Deneys,  Knt.,  of 
Tannington,  who  presented  to  the  church  28th  July,  1428.  She  was 
succeeded  by  her  son  and  heir,  Sir  Roger  Chamberlain,  who  in  1429  pre- 
sented to  the  church,  and  was  Sheriff  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  in  1441.  He 
again  presented  to  the  church  in  1448,  and  married  Margaret,  daughter 
and  heir  of  John  Martin,  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas.  On  Sir  Roger's 
death  in  1464, the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain, 
Knt.,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Fitz  Ralph. 

Sir  Robert  Chamberlain  was  attainted  and  beheaded  in  1491,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  the  Crown,  and  in  1495  was  granted  by  the  Crown  to 
Sir  Roger  Ormeston,  who  had  married  Elizabeth,  widow  of  the  said  Sir 
Robert  Chamberlain. 

Sir  Roger  Ormeston  died  in  1500,  and  his  widow  23rd  May,  1517,' 
when  the  manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir,  Sir  Fitz  Ralph  Chamberlain, 
and  on  his  death  4th  March,  1523,"  without  issue,  went  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Sir  Edward  Chamberlain,  Knt.  The  manor  was  at  that  time  held  of  the 
Bishop  of  Ely,  and  valued  at  £10  per  annum.  The  statement  in  the 
inquisition  is  that  Edward  was  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Fitz  Ralph  Chamberlain, 
but  the  Norfolk  Visitation,7  and  also  the  Davy  MSS.,  state  that  Sir  Fitz 

'Chart.  Rolls,  i  Edw.  III.  50  mentioned ;         4See  Manor  of  Chamberleyns  in  Stoke  by 

Pat.  Rolls,    i  Rich.  II.  pt.  vi.  27.  Nayland,   Babergh   Hundred. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  14  Edw.  III.  19.  5I.P.M.,  9  Hen.  VIII.  117. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  38  Edw.  III.  30.  'I.P.M.,  14  Hen.  VIII.  106. 

'Harl.  1552- 


GEDDING.  275 

Ralph  Chamberlain  died  without  issue,  and  that  Sir  Edward  Chamberlain 
was  his  brother  and  heir.  Sir  Edward  Chamberlain  married  Jane 
Starkey  (the  Davy  MSS.  say  Anne  Storky),  and  in  1528  presented  to 
the  church,  dying  i5th  July,  1541,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir  Ralph,  afterwards  Sir  Ralph  Chamberlain,  who  attended 
Hen.  VIII.  on  the  Field  of  the  Cloth  of  Gold,  and  was  knighted  in  Oct.  1553. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Robert  Fienes,  Knt.,  and 
presented  to  the  church  in  1572.  Amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  in 
the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  is  an  action  respecting  copyholds  of  this  manor 
by  William  Nunne  against  Sir  Ralph  Chamberlain  and  others.1  Sir 
Ralph  Chamberlain  was  succeeded  in  1575"  by  his  son  and  heir,  Fitz  Ralph 
Chamberlain.3  He  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Robert  Dacres,  of 
Hertford,  and  had  a  son  named  Thomas.  Amongst  the  Chancery  Pro- 
ceedings is  a  bill  by  John  Colton  against  this  Fitz  Ralph  Chamberlain  and 
others  for  quiet  possession  under  an  extent  as  to  this  Manor  of  Gedding 
Hall  and  the  manors  of  Thurnewood  and  Stoneham  in  Gedding,  Felsham, 
Rattlesden,  Drinkstone,  Hitcham,  and  Thorpe  Morieux,  the  inheritance  of 
defendant  Chamberlain.4  A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1582  by  William 
Cavendyshe  against  this  Fitz  Ralph  Chamberlain  and  others.5 

By  1599  the  lordship  of  the  parish  had  passed  to  Robert  Page,  of 
Gedding,  yeoman,  who  4th  Sept.  that  year  presented  to  the  church  of 
Gedding.  He  appears  again  to  have  presented  24th  May,  1603,  and  the 
manor  to  have  subsequently  passed  to  Philip  Page.  He  died  in  1619, 
and  was  buried  at  Gedding  2nd  Feb.  1619.  In  1651  the  lordship  was  held 
by  Philip's  son,  John  Page,  and  Margaret  his  wife.  They  7th  July,  1651, 
mortgaged  the  manor  and  advowson  to  Francis  Theobald  as  security  for 
£500.  In  1653  John  Page  was  still  lord,  but  before  1658  the  manor  and 
advowson  had  passed  to  Robert  Page,  who  sold  the  advowson  to  Jeremiah 
Catlyn,  minister,  of  Wickham  Market,  whose  will  dated  3ist  Jan.  1694,  has 
the  following  gift  :  "  Item,  I  doe  hereby  give  the  perpetual  patronage  and 
right  of  nomination  and  presentation  of  a  Clerk  unto  the  Rectory  of  Gedding 
in  Suffolk,  to  the  Corporation  of  Ipswich  in  the  same  County  in  which  I  was 
born,  to  be  disposed  of  freely  by  the  Bailiffs  of  the  same  for  the  time  being, 
together  with  the  eldest  Portman  who  is  not  one  of  the  Bailiffs,  the  Recorder, 
the  Town  Clerk,  or  the  greatest  number  of  them,  whensoever  it  shall  be 
void  by  the  death  or  otherwise  of  my  nephew  Thomas  Ramsford,  to  whom 
I  have  given  the  next  advowson  after  the  advoidance  thereof  by  death  or 
otherwise  of  the  present  Incumbent,  and  I  will  that  the  writings  of  the 
alienation  thereof  from  Robert  Page,  Lord  of  the  Manor  be  accordingly 
delivered  to  them."6  The  advowson  remained  with  the  Corporation  of 
Ipswich  until  1843,  when  it  was  sold  to  William  Sorsby,  of  Doncaster,  whose 
trustees  presented  in  1872-3.  In  1881  it  was  purchased  by  the  Rev.  R. 
Townson,  who  the  following  year  exchanged  livings  with  the  then  rector 
John  Hammersley.  In  1884,  however,  Mr.  Robert  Townson  presented 
another,  and  a  second  time  in  1895.  In  1897  the  advowson  was  purchased 
by  the  present  lord  of  the  manor,  Mr.  Arthur  Wakerley,  and  thus  after  an 

'C.P.  ser.  ii.  B.  cxxxii.  85.  4C.P.  i.  219. 

2  He  was  buried  at  Gedding,  3rd  June,  1575.         'Fine,  Easter,  24  Eliz. 

3  A  "  Ladye  Elizabeth  Chamberleine  "  was         6S.  Pickering's  MS.  Coll.  iii.  fol.  50,  cited 

buried  at  Gedding,  I3th  May,  1586.  E.A.  N.  and  Q.,  3rd  Ser.,  vol.  xi, 

She  was  no  doubt  the  widow  of  Sir  172. 

Ralph.  A  Robert  Chamberlain 
was  baptised  at  Gedding,  2oth 
Sept.  1545. 


276  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

interval  of  about  250  years  the  patronage  has  again  become  linked  with 
the  lordship  of  the  parish.  Mr.  Wakerley  (with  the  consent  of  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury)  presented  the  Rev.  Joseph  Hind,  rector  of  Felsham, 
to  the  living  in  1903. 

In  1658  the  manor  was  held  by  Leonard  Goodburne,  and  shortly  after- 
wards became  vested  in  Thomas  Bokenham,  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Doctor 
of  Physic,  who  was  probably  the  son  of  Reginald  Bokenham,  of  Wortham, 
and  Alice  his  wife,  and  brother  of  Henry  Bokenham,  M.D.,  who  died  in 
1696  at  the  age  of  80,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Gregory's,  Norwich.      Thomas 
Bokenham  in  1664  married  Mary,  daughter  and  heir  of  Timothy  Birchmore, 
of  Hertford,  and  died  I4th  Nov.  1682,  being  buried  at  St.  James's,  Bury. 
His  will  was  proved  26th  Dec.  1682,  by  his  two  daughters,  Mary  and 
Dorothy.      The  latter  died  in  1686,  and  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  St. 
James's  church,  Bury,  her  will  being  proved  in  1686  by  her  sister  Mary, 
who  was  sole  executrix.      The  manor  passed  to  the  elder  daughter  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Buckenham,   Mary,  who   died  igth  Sept.  1691,  and  by  her  will,  in 
which  she  describes  herself  as  of    Bury  St.  Edmunds,  spinster,  refers  to 
her  sister  Dorothy  deceased  and  to  her  cousins  Thomas  Buckenham,  of 
Norwich,  Roger  Seaman  and  Frances  his  wife,  Mary  and  Dorothy  Burton, 
daughters  of  Thomas  Burton,  of  Diss,  Frances  Burton,  and  Buckenham 
Brown.     She  devises  :    "  To  my  cousin  Thomas  Buckenham,  Mercer,  City 
of  Norwich,"  amongst  other  property,  "  all  my  Manor  of  Gedding  with 
Thurmond."       The  will  was  proved  in  November,  1691.       The  cousin, 
Thomas  Bokenham,  was  the  son  of  Henry  Bokenham,  M.D.,  who  died  in 
1696,  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Francis  Nicholson,  of  Ipswich, 
which  Henry  Bokenham  was  the  son  of  Reginald  Bokenham  and  Alice 
Derehaw,  of  Oulton  Hall,  in  Suffolk,  the  brother  of  Thomas  Bokenham,  the 
father  of  the  testatrix  Mary  Bokenham.     Thomas  Bokenham  was  of  Thorpe, 
co.  Norfolk.     He  lost  no  time  in  settling  in  life  so  soon  as  he  received  his 
cousin's  benefit,  for  by  an  indenture  dated  23rd  Jan.  1691,  between  himself 
described  as  "  Thomas  Bokenham  of  the  City  of  Norwich,  Merchant,"  of 
the  first  part,  Henry  Bokenham,  of  the  same  city,  Doctor  of  Physic  (no 
doubt  Thomas's  father),  and  Hamon  Lestrange,  of  Pakenham,  in  the  County 
of  Suffolk,  Esq., of  the  second  part,  and  Judith  Lestrange,  one  of  the  daughters 
of  the  said  Hamon  Lestrange,  of  the  third  part,  the  Manor  of  Gedding  was, 
with  other  properties  in  consideration  of  a  marriage  and  the  payment  of 
certain  moneys  settled  by  Thomas  Bokenham  for  the  benefit  of  his  wife. 
Thomas  Bokenham  and  Judith  were  accordingly  married  at  Barton  Magna 
26th  Jan.  1691-2.      She  died  7th  June,  1739,  aged  76,  and  was  buried  at 
St.  Gregory's,  Norwich.      Thomas  Bokenham  held  his  first  court  ist  Jan. 
1740,  and  died  in  1743,  and  was  buried  also  at  St.  Gregory's,  Norwich.     He 
seems  to  have  had  six  children — (i)  Rev.  L'Estrange  Bokenham,  M.A., 
baptised  at  St.  Gregory's  3ist  Dec.  1693,  but  died  unmarried  in  his  father's 
lifetime,  nth  May,  1719,  being  buried  at  Regrave  St.  Mary ;    (2)  Thomas, 
baptised    24th  July,  1694,  died   22nd  July,  1698  ;    (,3)  Henry,  baptised 
igth    June,    1695 ;   (4)  Judith,    baptised    igth    Jan.    1692-3 ;    (5)  Mary, 
baptised  6th  Dec.  1699 ;    (6)  Elizabeth,  baptised  ist  Dec.  1700.      Henry 
the  son  seems  to  have  died  in  his  father's  lifetime,  or  at  least  soon  after, 
for  the  three  daughters,  Judith,  Mary,  and  Elizabeth,  held  their  first  court 
23rd  April,  1747.      All  these  sisters  were  living  and  spinsters  in  1760,  when 
I7th  Nov.  that  year  they  held  a  court,  but  four  years  later  Judith  and 
Elizabeth  had  died,  and  the  survivor,  Mary  Bokenham,  made  her  will 
dated  gth  Oct.  1764,  and  bequeathed  the  manor  of  "  Gedding  Hall  with 


GEDDING.  277 

Thurmwoods"  to  her  cousin  Mary,  the  wife  of  Samuel  Johnson,  of  Norwich, 
Esquire,  appointing  him  her  sole  executor.  The  will  was  proved  5th  June, 
1766. 

Mary  Johnson  was  daughter  of  Hamon  L'Estrange,  of  Bury  St. 
Edmunds,  and  Christian  Isabella  his  wife,  daughter  of  C.  J.  Harvey,  of 
Cookfield.  This  Hamon  L'Estrange  was  son  of  the  above-mentioned 
Hamon  L'Estrange,  by  Barbara,  daughter  of  James  Bullock,  of  Faulkbourne, 
co.  Essex,  his  and  wife. 

Samuel  Johnson  died  shortly  afterwards,  i8th  Aug.  1766,  and  Mary 
Johnson,  described  on  the  Rolls  as  a  widow,  held  her  first  court  i8th  Aug. 
1767,  and  her  last  court  3rd  June,  1808.  She  left  two  daughters,  Caroline 
Isabella  Johnson  and  Anna  Maria  Johnson,  and  the  manor  appears  to 
have  passed  to  the  elder  daughter,  who  held  her  first  court  for  the  manor 
2gth  June,  1810,  and  her  last  court  in  1830.  On  her  death  about  1830 
the  manor  passed  to  Thomas  L'Estrange  Ewen,  J.P.,  of  Dedham,  who  had 
married  her  niece  Mary,  the  only  child  of  her  sister  Anna  Maria  and  her 
husband,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Greene,  rector  of  Offord  Darcy,  co.  Hunt. 
This  niece  was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Glove  Ewen,  and  on  her  death  the  manor 
passed  to  her  son  and  heir,  Thomas  L'Estrange  Ewen,  of  Dedham.  He 
held  his  first  court  for  the  manor  2nd  Nov.  1840,  and  died  in  1879,  and 
letters  of  administration  with  the  will  annexed  were  granted  nth  Aug. 
1879,  and  the  sole  acting  trustee  under  the  said  will  agreed  i6th  Jan.  1889,  to 
sell  the  manor  to  C.  H.  T.  Marshall  and  Mr.  Potter,  of  Colchester,  from  whom 
it  was  purchased  by  the  present  lord,  Arthur  Wakerley,  of  Gedding  Hall 
and  Leicester. 

TheJWakerleys  were  at  an  early  date  connected  with  Leicestershire 
and  Northamptonshire,  and  the  name,  we  understand,  has  been  said  by 
Professor  Skeat  to  be  one  of  the  rarest  of  English  surnames.  It  is  practically 
limited  to  a  small  area,  comprising  adjacent  portions  of  the  counties  of 
Leicester,  Northampton,  and  Rutland,  and  is  found  in  these  but  rarely. 

In  a  tallage  roll  of  1269  for  the  assessment  of  four  score  marks  from  the 
Borough  of  Leicester,  Galf  de  Wakirle  makes  a  payment  of  6d. 

In  a  list  of  Gild  entries  in  the  same  borough  1311-12  occurs  the  name 
of  Hugo  de  Walkerleye. 

Probably  the  rarity  of  the  surname  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that 
many  of  its  members  were  clerks  in  holy  orders  ;  for  example,  William  de 
Wakerlee  was  rector  of  North  Kil worth,  Leicestershire,  1288  to  1297  ; 
and  in  Bridge's  "Northamptonshire"  the  following  institutions  are  recorded : 
Roger  de  Wakerle,  incumbent  of  Braybrooke,  1292  ;  Henry  de  Wakerle, 
Higham  Ferrers,  1365,  and  of  Hargrave,  1639 ;  Henry  Wakerle,  of 
Stowe,  1386,  and  Laur.  Wakerley,  of  Flore,  1421. 

Sir  John  La  Warre,  in  his  will  dated  nth  August,  1345,  mentions  John 
de  Wakerley,  Hawise  de  Wakerley,  and  John  her  son.  John  de  Sutton,  sen., 
citizen  of  Lincoln,  in  his  will  in  1391  refers  to  Johanna  de  Wakerley.  This 
will  was  made  at  Wakerley  in  Northants.  At  the  same  place  Sir  Roger 
La  Warre  made  his  will  dated  28th  April,  1368,  in  which  he  styles  himself 
"  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Wakerle."  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Sir  Edmund  Bacon, 
also  made  her  will  at  Wakerley  in  1323,  and  John  Huntingdon  in  1409. 

In  1425-6  John  Wakerley  was  High  Sheriff  of  Northamptonshire.1 
In  1442  licence  was  granted  by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  to  John  Wakerley, 

1  Henry  Pyell,  Archdeacon  of  Northampton,  in  his  will  dated  i5th  April,  1379,  refers 
to  Alice,  wife  of  William  Wakelyn,  of  Northampton,  and  to  Agnes,  her  sister,  giving  them 
x,  li.  each.  These  were  not  unlikely  of  the  same  family. 


278  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Catherine  his  wife,  John  VVakerley  their  son,  and  Margaret  his  wife,  for 
the  celebration  of  mass  and  other  divine  offices  in  a  low  voice  within  the 
manor  house  at  Walton,  in  the  parish  of  Paston,  by  a  proper  capellan  in 
the  presence  of  their  children,  servants,  and  friends. 

The  will  of  a  William  Watryley  was  proved  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds  ist 
June,  1488. 

From  the  Archdeaconry  Court  of  Northampton  among  the  wills  filed 
at  Peterborough  Registry  is  that  of  Erne  Wakerley,  of  Peterborough, 
"  wedowe,"  dated  nth  Aug.  1556,  in  which  she  directs  "  her  body  to  be 
buried  within  '  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Peterborough  nyghe  unto  her 
brother  Lord  Byshoppe  of  the  said  Cathedral  Church.' 

A  family  of  the  name  of  Wakely  is  met  with  in  the  County  of  Cork,  in 
Ireland,  in  the  early  part  of  the  i8th  century,  and  a  Samuel  Wakely 
was  a  churchwarden  of  Christ  Church,  Cork,  with  one  John  Terry,  in  1730. 

From  John  VVakerley  who  was  living  at  Twyford,  co.  Leicester,  in 
1583,  Arthur  Wakerley,  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Gedding,  is  the  8th  in  descent,1 
being  the  2nd  son  of  the  late  John  Wakerley  of  Melton  Mowbray,  the 
other  two  sons  being  the  Rev.  John  E.  Wakerley,  Ticehurst,  co.  Suffolk, 
and  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Wakerley,  J.P.,  Melton  Mowbray. 

Mr.  Wakerley's  mother  was  a  Smith,  of  Wyfordby,  the  family  whose 
remarkable  vicissitudes  from  Michael  Carington,  standard  bearer  to 
Richard  Coeur  de  Lion,  has  been  dealt  with  by  the  writer  in  his  book  on 
the  Smith-Carington  family. 

Mr.  Wakerley,  born  at  Melton  Mowbray  in  1862,  is  an  architect  by 
profession,  is  a  J.P.  for  the  County  Borough  of  Leicester  and  for  the  County 
of  Suffolk.  He  was  Mayor  of  Leicester  1897-8.  In  the  general  elections 
of  1895  and  1900  he  waged  strenuous  warfare  against  the  House  of  Rutland 
for  the  representation  of  the  Melton  Division  in  the  House  of  Commons, 
on  the  latter  occasion  being  defeated  by  392  votes.  At  this  juncture  the 
Manners  family  decided  to  abandon  the  contest,  and  Mr.  Wakerley  was 
compelled  to  retire  through  ill-health.  He  married  in  1886  Bertha  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  T.  J.  Gunn,  of  The  Lodge,  Stoneygate,  Leicester,  by  whom  he 
has  living  one  son  and  four  daughters. 

A  representation  of  the  manor  will  be  found  amongst  the  Lansdowne 
MSS.1  The  manor  is  included  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Sir  Anthony  Wing- 
field,  who  died  2Oth  Aug.  1552, 3  leaving  Robert  his  son  and  heir.  A  fine 
was  levied  of  "  Gedding  Hall  Manor  "  in  1565  by  Thomas  Hamond  against 
Robert  Peyton  and  others.4 

Gedding  Hall  is  a  fine  old  moated  mansion  erected  in  the  I3th  century 
by  the  Geddings  and  rebuilt  by  the  Chamberlains  in  the  I5th.  The  hall 
has  been  recently  repaired  and  rebuilt  by  the  present  lord.  The  ancient 
gatehouse  is  now  incorporated  with  the  mansion,  but  the  foundations  and 
walls  of  a  larger  house  or  castle  are  still  visible. 

Rickman  writing  in  the  early  part  of  the  igth  century  describes  it 
as  one  of  the  best  examples  of  brick  architecture  in  the  county.  An 
interesting  feature  is  a  water  door  to  the  moat,  and  a  detail  believed  to 

1  From  the  birth  of  John,  John  Wakerley's  the  unusual  length  for  a  generation 

son,  in    1504   to   that   of   Arthur  average  of  over  38  years. 

Wakerley   in    1862   is   268   years,         "106,  41. 
covered  by  seven  lives,  which  gives         SI.P.M.,  7  Edw.  VI.  65. 

4  Fine,  Mich.  7vEliz. 


GEDDING.  279 

be  unique  is  the  ball  flower  in  brick.     In  the  hall  windows  are  the  arms  of 
De  Geddynge,  Chamberlayne,  and  Bokenham,  impaling  L'Estrange. 

In  the  park  at  Gedding  is  preserved  the  sole  remaining  herd  of  the 
ancient  breed  of  Suffolk  cattle  known  as  Suffolk  Dun  Polls.  They  were 
purchased  in  1904  from  Lord  Iveagh,  of  Elveden,  having  previously  passed 
through  the  hands  of  His  Highness  Prince  Frederick  Duleep  Singh  and  Mr. 
Capel  Lofft  respectively.  The  latter  purchased  them  from  the  executors 
of  the  late  Sir  Thomas  Thornhill,  of  Riddlesworth,  co.  Norfolk.  As 
anciently  there  flourished  a  family  of  "  De  Riddlesworth,"  who  bore  for 
their  arms  a  golden  bull  on  a  green  ground  it  is  possible  that  this  is  an 
allusion  to  these  cattle,  their  colour  being  mostly  of  a  creamy  or  golden  hue. 
Of  their  origin  nothing  certain  is  known,  but  it  is  claimed  that  they  are  a 
survival  of  the  Roman  occupation. 

Arms  of  GEDDING  :  Chequy,  Argent  and  Gules  on  a  fesse  Azure, 
three  buckles  Or.  Of  CHAMBERLAIN  :  Argent,  fretty,  on  a  chief  Sable, 
three  torteaux.  Of  EWEN  :  (?)  Sa.  a  chevron  between  3  fleurs-de-lis  Or. 
Of  WAKERLEY  :  For  a  very  long  period  the  Wakerley  family  has  not  claimed 
the  right  to  bear  the  arms  of  their  ancestors.  From  time  immemorial  they 
have  followed  the  art  or  craft  of  master  masons,  builders,  or  architects,  and  in 
1809  Joseph  Wakerley,  of  Melton  Mowbray,  grandfather  of  the  present  lord  of 
the  Manor  of  Gedding,  had  manufactured  in  Staffordshire  a  large  earthen- 
ware pitcher,  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family,  upon  which  is  painted  not 
only  his  name  with  date,  but  on  one  side  the  representation  of  a  building 
in  course  of  construction,  and  on  the  other  a  shield  upon  which  are  quartered 
many  of  the  tools  and  implements  used  in  building.  These  are  probably 
the  arms  assigned  by  Burke  to  the  Wakerley  family  :  "  Sa.  three  mortars 
Arg.  in  each  a  pestle  Or." 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  court  rolls  made  the  22nd  Jan. 
1607  :— 

GEDDING.  An  Abstract   of    the  Court    Rolls  of    the    Manor  then  made  the 

xxiij  day  of  June  A°  1607  in  the  fifth  year  of  King  James  of  England. 

WITHERSDEN  AND      xiiij   Acres    of  Ffree  Land  by  estimation  called    Withersdens  and 

LIVERFELDE.  Lybcrfelde  by  the  service  of  ijs.  viijrf.  and  halfe  a  pound  of  pepper 

per  arm  :    and 

John  Cage  acknowledged  and  made  ffealty  A°  16°  Hen.   viii. 
William  Berry  acknowledged  certaine  Lands  by  estimation  viij  acres 
of  Land  lying  in  Lyverfelde  called  the  Almes-land  by  ye  rent  of  ijs. 
vii]d.  and  /  pound  of  pepper  A°  12°  Henry  viii.       The  Executors  of 
Michael   Sharpe   hold   Lyverfelde   aforesaid  in  And   Grome 

holds  Wethersden. 

Rent  xxijrf.  Rent  xxijrf.  going  out  of  ye   Lands  and  Tenements  in  Rattlesden  in 

times  past  of  Thomas  Smyth. 

A°  16°  H.  viii.  It  appears  the  Bayliffe  distrained  for  arearages.     A  distress  appears 

A°  15°  Hen.  viii.  for  the  rent  aforesaid. 

THURMWOODS.  One  Close  conteyning  by  Estimation  ij  Acres  of  Land  and  Pasture 

late  in  the  tenure  of  W"1-  Atwood  lying  in  Rattlesden  between  the 
Land  of  the  Manor  of  Thurmswood  on  ye  one  part,  and  ye  Lands  of 
John  Coppings  on  ye  other,  And  abutts  upon  ye  Wood  of  ye  said 
Manor  towards  ye  West,  and  upon  ye  King's  way  leading  from  Bylston 
towards  Woolpet  towards  ye  East. 

Rent  xxijrf.  John  Atwoode  of  acknowledged  by  ye  rent   of    xxijrf.  and 

and  made  ffealty  A°  6°  Hen.  viii. 

Peter  Atwoode  held  of  ye  Dale  of  John  Atwoode  by  ye  rent  of  xxijrf. 
A  distress  appears  A°  28°  Henry  viii.  Now  Nun  of  Wood  holds. 


ago 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


BELPHIN'S  TENEM' 
Rent  xiijrf. 


HODS. 

PAKENHAMS. 
Rent  vrf. 


HOBBYS. 

Rent  lod. 

10  ACRES  NEXT 
MILKER'S. 


HODS. 
RATTLESDEN. 


Coko  Street. 
Rent  i)d. 


PERTRECROFT. 
Rent  id.  ob. 


BLACKSALTES. 
PYKESCROFT. 

Rent  i  pound  of— 
and  i  Capon. 

WENT'S  TENEMENT. 
Rent  xijd. 

BRIGGS  TENEMENT. 
Rent  vjs.  iiijrf. 

WHITEBREDFELD. 
Rent  iijs.  \\i\d. 


WENT'S  TENEMENT. 
BAGGES TENEMENT. 


One  tenement  and  Land  called  Belphin's  tenement  by  ye  rent  of 
xiijrf.  per  ann  : 

Belphins  A°  15°  Hen.  viii.  in  times  past  of  Thomas  John  Scarpe  ought 
to  pay  and  delaines  it.  A  distress  appears  A°  16°  Hen.  viii.  John 
Scarpe  holds  A°  15°  Hen.  viii. 

Lands  of  ye  Lord  of  this  Manor  called  Hods  next  ye  land  of  Agnes 
Boll  A°  15°  Hen.  viii. 

Lands  and  ffrec  tenements  in  times  past  of  Thomas  Pakenham  held 
by  ye  annual  rent  of  vd. 

A  distress  appeares  A°  16°  Hen.  viii.  A  distress  appears  A°  15° 
Hen.  viii. 

One  Close  called  Hobbys  conteyning  by   Estimation  x  Acres  lying 
beneath. 

Ten  Acres  of  Copy  Lands  purchased  of  Robert  Nun  held  by  ye  annual 

rent  of  xd.  and  it  lyes  between  ye  Land  of  George  Nun  called 

ye  March  on  ye  East,  and  ye  Land  of  Agnes   Boll  Widowe  called 

Myllners  on  ye  West  A°  18°  Hen.  viii. 

Robert  Welbury  sold  to  Rob'.  Nun  A°  17°  Henry  viii. 

Robert  Nun  tooke  it  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  Robert 

Welbury  by  ye  rent  of   xd.  A°  18°  Hen.  viii. 

Rob1.  Welbury  tooke  it  to  him  and  his  heires  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye 

Lord  by  ye  rent  of  xd.  and  A°  6°  Hen.  viii. 

Now  in  ye  tenure  of  Martin  Nun  late  of  Richard  Nun  of  ye  surrender 

of  George  Nun  Son  of  ye  said  Richard. 

One  Copy  Croft  called  Hods. 

Agnes  Boll  occupies  and  encroach't  without  title  A°  17°  Henry  viii. 
therefore  . 

One  acre  of  Land  lying  in  Ratlesden  in  a  certaine  Croft  called  Ratlesden 
Croft  between  the  Land  of  Thomas  Spring  on  ye  South,  and  ye  lands 
of  divers  men  on  ye  North  and  abutting  upon  the  Street  called  Coko 
Street  towards  ye  East,  and  upon  ye  Croft  called  Lavenham  Croft 
towards  ye  West. 

Augustina  Seman  Cofeoffee  of  Thomas  Spring  and  his  Attorney  acknow- 
ledged by  ye  rent  of  i]d. 

Late  of  Agnes  Boll  and  made  ffealty  A°  xij  Hen.  viii. 
One  rood  of  Land  lying  in  a  certaine  Croft  called  Pertrecroft  in  Ffelsham 
held  by  ye  rent  of  id.  ob.  per  ann. 
A  distress  appears  of  Wm.  Harmyn,  A°  2°  Ed.  vi. 
A  distress  appears  of  W".  Hamiyn,  A°  37°  Hen.  viii. 
A  distress  appears  of  W1".  Harmyn,  A°  2°  Ed.  vi. 
A  distress  appears  Thomas  Harmyn  in  ye  premises  A°  2°  of  King 
James,   and  in  One  Messuage  and  One  Croft  of  Land  to  ye   same 
adjoyning,  called  Starlings,  late  of  William  Harmyn,  by  ye  rent  of 
id.  A°  37°  Henry  viii. 

One  tenement  called  Blacksaltes  built  with  one  close  adjoyning 
contayning  by  estimation  iiij  acres,  and  lyes  between  ye  Land  ot 
ye  Manor  of  Gedding  called  Pykescroft  on  ye  East,  and  ye  Land  of 
ye  same  of  Robert  Tripp  and  the  Common  towards  ye  West 

and  abuts  upon  the  way  leading  from  towards  ye  Manor  of 

Gedding  towards  the  North  of  ye  rent  of  xiiijrf.  p.  ann.  i  pound  of 
and  i  Capon. 

One  tenement  called  Wents  with  divers  parcells  to  ye  same  belonging 
in  Gedding  by  ye  rent  of  xi\d. 

One  messuage  late  built  and  other  parcells  of  Land  late  of  William 
Scarpe  called  Briggs  Highfield  and  Whitebredfeld  with  ye  appur- 
tenances in  Gedding  by  ye  rent  of  vjs.  iiijrf. 

One  Medow  lies  next  Whitebredfeld  with  ye  appurtenances  in  Gedding 
in  times  past  of  Thomas  Bond  by  ye  rent  of  iijs.  iii]d. 
Roger  Tripp  son  and  heire  of  Robert  Tripp  took  it  to  him  and  his 
heires  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  3°  Edward  vi. 

One  messuage  called  Went's  and  One  tenement  called  Bagges  with 
divers  Lands  to  ye  same  belonging. 


GEDDING. 


281 


BEARN  CLOSSE. 


BUXHALL  YARDE. 
Rent  i  Ib.  Wax. 


HOBBYS. 


TURNORS. 

BRADFELD. 
Rent  viijs. 


HOGGES  MEADOWE. 
Rent  xxijrf. 


EDERYDES. 
MELFELD. 

MELLCROFT. 


Rent  xv)d. 

RYDNALLS. 
M  I 


One  Close  called  Beam  closse  contayning  4  acres  of  Land  and  pasture 

and  one  Meadowe  by  ye  rent  of  xs.  iiijrf.  i  Ib.  of  Wax,  and  i  Capon 

p.  ann.  and 

A  distress  appears  John  Harrys  Brother  and  heire  of  Phillip  Harrys 

for  relief  and  fealty  in  ye  premises  A°  30°  Eliz. 

Now  of  Thomas  Bomsted. 

One  messuage  with  One  Close  of  Land  called  Buxhall  Yarde  late  of 

Petronill  Babon  by  ye  rent  of  i  pound  of  Wax. 
A  distress  appears  Margaret  Grome  daughter  of  John  Grome  who 
ye  aforesaid  to  Margaret  for  term  of  her  life  A°  3°  Edward  vi. 
Roger  Grome  who  dyed  held  ye  premises.    A  distress  appears  of  ye 
heires  thereof  for  fealty.    A°  44°  Eliz. 
Now  ye  heires  of  Roger  Grome. 

The  Tenement  called  Hobbys  containing  by  estimation  ten  acres 
with  the  appurtenances  in  Rattjesden  as  it  lies  between  ye  Land  of 
James  Nun  called  ye  Marsh  towards  ye  East  and  ye  Land  late  of 
John  Harmyn  now  of  Margaret  Harmyn  Widowe  and  held  of  John 
Harmyn  called  Myllner  on  the  West  A°  30°  Eliz. 
James  Nun  Son  of  Robert  Nun  tooke  it  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye 
surrender  of  George  Nun  one  of  ye  Sons  of  George  Nun  ye  elder  by  ye 

rent  of   xd.  A°  30°  Eliz.  ye  said  Robert  upon  condition  A°  2° 

Edward  vi. 

Richard  Nun  tooke  it  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  George 

Nun  one  of  ye  sons  of  George  Nun  ye  elder  by  ye  rent  of   xd. 

A°  30°  Eliz. 

John  Nun,  Robert  Coppinger,  George  Nun  and  Martin  Nun  tooke  it 

to  them  and  their  heires  according  to  ye  effect  of  ye  Testament  of  ye 

aforesaid  Richard  Nun  of  ye  surrender  of  ye  said  Richard  by  ye  rent 

of  A°  4°  King  James. 

Now  of  Martin  Nun. 

One  Close  of  Arable  Land  called  Tumor's  of  ye  Hill  and  one  pightell 

to  ye  same  adjoining,  containing  in  ye  whole  viij  acres 

i  Rood  with  ye  appurtenances  in  Monk  Bradfeld  parcel  of  ye  tenement 
called  Tumor's  tenement  by  ye  rent  of  vijs. 

Henry  Gooth  holds  of  ye  sale  and  surrender  of  Clement  Smyth  A°  i° 
and  2°  Phil.  &  Mary  by  ye  rent  of  viijs. 

Henry  Gooth  and  Catherine  his  wife  tooke  it  to  them  and  their  heires 

of  ye  said  Henry  by  ye  rent  of  viijs.  and  of  xxijrf. of  ye  surrender 

of  Clement  Smyth  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

Katherine  Gooth  holds  by  right  growing  after  ye  decease  of  ye  said 
Henry  Gooth  by  ye  rent  of  viijs.  A°  3°  Eliz. 

Rob'.  Barker  acknowledged  and  sold  ye  premises  in  right  of  ye  aforesaid 
Catherine  his  wife,  by  ye  rent  of  viijs.  Enquire  who  sold.  Now  ye 
Executors  of  John  Smyth  holds. 

Certain  Lands  and  pightell called  Hogges  Meadowe  by  ye  rent 

of  xxijrf. p.  ann. 

Henry  Kembold  acknowledged  and  made  fealty  by  ye  rent  aforesaid 
A°  34°  Henry  viii. 

Mark  Salter  acknowledged  and  made  fealty  A°  i°  of  King  James. 

Three  Closes  called  Ederidds  Melfeld  and  Mellcroft  lying  together 
contayning  by  estimation  xx acres  of  Land  more  or  less,  of 

ye  Lordship  of  this  Manor. 

One  pightell  of  land  to  ye  said  Closes  adjoyning,  likewise  of  ye  said 

Lordship. 

Margaret  Harmyn  Widowe  tooke  it  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord  to 

remaine  to  William  her  Son. 

A°  34°  Henry  viii.  by  ye  renx  of  xv]d. seised  into  ye  hands  of 

ye  Lord. A°  i°  Edward  vi.  for  waste  there  made. 

Margaret  Harmyn  dies  thereof  seised  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 
Two  Closes  with  one  pightle  of  Land  containing  vij  acres  by  estimation 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


Rent  i\d. 


Rent  iiij/.  xiijs. 
iiijd. 


BANTONFELD. 


STONE  WELLS. 


5  ROODS  WITH  A 

COTTAGE. 
Rent 

STONEHAM'S. 
Rent 


Rent 


MANFELD. 
Rent  ijs.  ixd. 

I  Ib.  Wax. 

WOODHALL. 

Rent  iiijs.,  i  Ib.  Wax, 
4i 

COCKENS   R  id. 


BALDMANSCROFT. 


which  said  Close  and  pightell  in  times  past  were  Rydnalls  and  afterwards 

in  ye  occupation  of  Robert  of  ye  Lordship  of  this  Manor 

lying  in   Rattlesden. 

Thomas  Goodwyn  took  it  to  him  and  his  heires  out  of  ye  hands  of 

ye  Lord  by  ye  rent  of  ixd.  p.  ann.  A°  34°  Henry  viii. 

Beatrice  Goodwin  took  it  for  term  of  her  life  of  ye  surrender  of  ye 

aforesaid  Thomas  Goodwin  A°  4°  Eliz.  by  ye  rent  of 

Roger  Goodwin  took  to  him  and  his  heires  after  ye  decease  of   ye 

aforesaid  Beatrice  his  mother  by  ye  rent  of  ixd.  A°  30°  Eliz. 

Certain  Lands  Meadowes  and  Pastures  with  One  Wood  adjoining  lying 

and  being  divers  pieces  in  Ratlesden  and  late  in  the  tenure 

of  John  King  the  Father  of 

Rob'.  King  of  Bretenham  tooke  it  to  him  and  his  heires  out  of  ye 

hands  of  ye  Lord  by  ye  rent  of  iiij/.  xiijs.  iiijd.  (ye  yeare  is  wanting). 

Eight  acres  of  free  Arable  Land  lying  in  Ratlesden  in  Bantonfeld 

by  ye  rent  of  vijs.  and  i  Ib.  of  Wax. 

Wm.  Beryalb  Awsten  purchased    of    Margaret  Warren  Widowe  and 

made  fealty  by  ye  rent  of  vijs.  (the  yeare  wanting). 

William  Beryalb  Awsten  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  xij 

Henry  viii.    Now  John  Moor. 

One  Tenement   with   the  Appurtenances  containing   by  estimation 

Eight  Acres  of  Land  called  Stonewells  in  Ratlesden  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil. 

&  Mary. 

William  Dobbes  of  Bretenham  is  supposed  to  occupy  without  title  A°. 

William  Stonewell  Son  and  heir  of  John  Stonewell  took  it  to  him 

and  his  heires  A°  X°  H8  (Henry  VIII.). 

William  Stonewell  Son  and  heire  of  John  Stonewell  tooke  it  to  him 

and  his  heires  A°  18°  Henry  VII. 

Michael  Stonewell  Son  and  heir  of  William  Stonewell  took  it  to  him 

and  his  heirs  A°  21°  Henry  VII. 

Anne  Stonewell  Sister  and  Heire  of  ye  aforesaid  Michael  Stonewell 
took  it  to  her  and  her  heirs  A°  3°  Henry  viii. 

Roger  Salter  and  Margaret  his  Wife  took  it  to  them  and  their  heires 

of  ye  said  Margaret  upon  condition  of  payment  of  ye  surrender  of 

Eliz.  Widow  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.   &   Mary.      Now    Anthony 

Scarpe. 

One  Cottage  with  a  Close  adjoining  containing  by  estimation  five 

roods  lying  in  Rattlesden  by  ye  rent  of  xviijrf.  and 

Walter  Amor  purchased  it  of  John  Grome  and  made  fealty  A°. 

Divers  parcels  of  Land  called  Stoneham  by  the  rent  of  xviijrf.  One 
Messuage  and  certaine  Lands  called  Stoneham  in  times  past  Rush- 
brooks  late  of  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary 
and  i;  Capons. 

Divers  parcels  of  free  Land  late  of  John  King  of  Brettenham  by  ye 
rent  of  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

One  acre  late  of  Stephen  rent  p.  ann.   i  Ib.  of  Wax.      A° 

i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

Certain  parcels  of  Land  of  ye  tenement  called  Manfeld  by  ye  rent 
of  and  i  Ib.  of  Wax. 

One  Messuage  with  certain  Lands  called  Manfeld  late  of  William 
Edwards  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

Certain  Lands,  parcel  of  ye  Manor  of  Woodhall  by  ye  rent  of  iiijs. 
i  Ib.  of  Wax,  one  Messuage  called  Woodhall  and  certaine 

Lands  to  ye  same  belonging  late  of  John  Ward  by  the  rent  aforesaid 
A°i°&2°Phill.&Mary. 

Certain  Lands  called  Cockens  by  ye  rent  of  id.  p.  ann. 

Certain  Lands  late  of  George  Haman  in  times  past  of  Thomas  p.  ann.  xd. 

A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

ij  acres  of  Land  in  Baldmanscroft  late  of  Alexander  p.  ann. 

i]d.  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

John  Spring  of  Loneham  made  fealty  for  ye  premises  by  ye  rent 

aforesaid  A°  23°  Henry  VII. 


GEDDING. 


283 


WOODHALL. 

TOWNEMEADOWE. 
BOMSTED'S  TENT. 
BERELANDES. 
HARDHEDS. 
WHYTESCROFT. 


SLYESTOFT. 
BUXHALL. 


RAMSEY'S 

TENEMENT. 
Rent  iijs.  iiijrf. 


RAMSEY'S 


WHITEBREADFELD. 


UPON  YE  KING'S 

WAY. 


One  messuage  called  Woodhall  by  ye  rent  of  iiijs.  i  Ib.  Wax,  and  other 
parcels  of  Land  late  of  John  Spring,  Knight,  held  by  ye  rent  of 
xxixs.  ixd.  ob.  iiij  Ib.  of  Wax,  I  Ib.  of  Comyn  &  2  Capons  p.  ann.  and 
A  distress  appears  of  Wm.  Spring  Esqre  upon  ye — for  ye  rent  aforesaid 
A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

One  Meadow  called  Towne  Meadowe  late  of  James    by  ye  rent 

of  vijs.  v]d.  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

One  Messuage  and  certain  Lands  late  of  John  Bumpsted  afterwards 

of  John  Seaman  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  iiijrf.  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

One  Close  of  Land  called  Berelands  late  of  George  Seaman  by  ye 

rent  of  vi]d.  A°  i°  &  2=  Ph.  &  Mary. 

Certain  Lands  called  Hardheds  late  Lompkyn  p.  ann.  vijd.  i  Ib.  Comyn 

A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

One  Croft  of  Land  called  Whytescroft  late  of  George  Seaman  p.  ann. 

ij  Ib.  of  Wax. 

Certain  Lands  late  of  Simon  Brend — p.  ann.  iiijs.  iiijrf.  ob. 

One  pightell  of  Land  called  Slysetoft  late  of  ye  said  Alexander  and 

late  Baldwin  id.  Cookhedge,  and  One  Croft  of  Land  in  Brettenham 

called  id.  Cookins  late  of  Walter  Wright  p.  ann.  i\d. 

A  distress  appears  of  Thos.  Rydett  Gent,  Son  and  heire    of    James 

Rydett  Esq.  to  make  fealty  A°  32°  Eliz. 

Certain  Lands  in  Jacob's  Croft    late    of  W1".  Edwards    p.  ann.  vj. 

A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

One  Barn  called  Buxhall's  bam  late  Lompkyn  before  that  of   Richd. 

Rushbrooke  by  ye  rent  of  xvjd.  ye  yeare  aforesaid  for  ye   whole 

29$.  2d.  ob.  4  Ibs.  of  Wax  and  i  Ib.  Comyn. 

A  distress  appears  of  Wm.  Spring  Esq"  upon   ye   premises  late  of 

John  Spring  Knt  for  a  release  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary,  and 

a  distress  appears  of  the  said  Wm.  Spring  A°  4°  Eliz.  A°  6°  Eliz.  Wm. 

Spring  Eliz.  by  Wm.  Povie  his  Attorney   acknowledged  ye  premises 

by  ye  Rent  aforesaid  and  made  to  ye  Lord  fealty. 

One  free  Tenement  late  of  William  Ramsey. 

William  South  purchased  of  Isabell  Rushbrook  wife  of  John  Rushbrook 
A°  i°  H  viii. 

William  Sowth  made  fealty  free  by  Charter  by  ye  rent  of  iijs.  iiijrf. 
A°  3°  and  A°  3°  H  8.  A°  12°  H  8  The  Wife  of  William 

Sowth  acknowledged  to  hold  free  of  ye  Lord  certaine  Land  and 
tenem"  free  in  Gedding  by  ye  rent  of  iijs.  uijd. 

A°  12°  H  8  also  saith  that  William  Sowth  dyed  since  ye  last  Court 
who  held  of  ye  Lord  free  by  Charter  certain  Lands  and  tenements  in 
Gedding  but  the  quantity  they  know  not  therefore  a  day  is  given  to  better 
enquire  against  ye  next  Court  by  Knight. 

One  Tenement  with  divers  Lands  and  pastures  to  ye  same  belonging 
in  Gedding  called  Ramsey's  containing  by  estimation  xxij  acres. 
Thomas  Sowth  acknowledged  to  hold  free  by  ye  rent  of  iijs.  ii\]d.  and 
made  fealty. 

Two  pieces  of  Land  lying  in  the  field  called  Whitebreadfeld  and  one 
piece  of  Meadow  whereof  the  first  piece  of  Land  contains  i  acre  and 
an  halfe  by  estimation  and  lyes  in  Geddinge  betweene  ye  Land  of  ye 
Lord  on  ye  East  and  ye  free  land  of  Roger  Tripp  before  of  Robert  Tripp 
his  Father  on  ye  West  and  abutts  upon  ye  Land  of  ye  said  Lord  towards 
ye  North  and  upon  ye  Water  Course  towards  ye  South. 

The  seconde  piece  contains  three  acres  of  Land  by  estimation  and 
lyes  between  ye  free  Land  of  ye  said  Robert  Tripp  late  of  Roger  Tripp 
on  the  East,  and  ye  Land  of  Thomas  Strange  Knt  now  of  Wm.  Risbye 
Gent,  on  ye  West,  One  head  abutts  upon  ye  Copy  Meadowe  of 
Robert,  late  of  ye  said  Roger  Tripp  towards  ye  South  and  upon  ye 
King's  way  towards  ye  North :  and  ye  aforesaid  piece  of  Meadow 
contains  iij  roods  and  lyes  at  ye  South  end  of  ye  said  piece  of  Land 
between  ye  Copy  Land  of  ye  aforesaid  Thomas  Strange  now  William 
Risby  towards  ye  South  and  ye  aforesaid  iij  acres  of  Land  towards 
ye  North.  One  head  abutts  upon  ye  free  land  of  ye  said  Robert 


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THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


BLACKSALTS. 
Rent  ijs.  iiijrf.  and 
i  Capon. 

Rent  xviijrf. 


LE  DOWNE. 
Rent  vjrf. 


BR ANTON FELP. 


BRODEWAYE. 


late  of  Roger  Tripp  towards  ye  East  and  upon  ye  Copy  Meadowe 
late  of  John  Harwyn  now  Abraham  Harwyn  called  Reynes  towards 
ye  West. 

Rob'.  Tripp  and  Roger  Tripp  ye  Sonne  took  to  them  and  their  heires 
out  of  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord  by  ye  rent  of 

for  free  Land  abutting  by  ye  rent  of  iijrf. 

Roger  Tripp  sonne  of  ye  aforesaid  Robert  Tripp  acknowledged 
ye  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  3°  E.  vi. 

Appears  after  ye  death  of  Roger  Tripp  A°  4°  Elir. 

Thomasin  Wife  of  Rob'.  Daniell,  Johanna  Tripp,  Susan  Tripp,  Rose 
Tripp  ye  daughters  and  heires  of  Roger  Tripp  are  admitted  to  them 
and  their  heires  A°  4°  Eliz.  by  ye  rent  of  nijs.  \i\]d. 
William  Tripp  brother  of  Roger  Tripp  the  Father's  brother  and  heire 
of  Elizabeth  Tripp  took  ye  fifth  part  of  ye  after  ye  death  of 

ye  said  Elizabeth  A°  6°  Eliz. 

Robert  Daniell  and  Thomasine  his  Wife,  Johanna  Tripp,  Susan  Tripp 
and  Roger  Tripp  ye  daughters  and  heires  of  ye  aforesaid  Roger  Tripp 
took  to  them  and  their  heires  A°  5°  Eliz.  by  ye  rent  of  viijs.  viijrf. 
Walter  South  took  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  Henry 
Oilman  who  had  ye  of  ye  surrender  of  Richard  Daniell  and 

Thomasine  his  Wife  A°  32°  Eliz. 

A°    42°    Eliz.  appears  for  made    by    Walter 

South  and  ye  ,  ye  same  year. 

Thomas  South  took  to  him  and  his  heires  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  of  ye 
surrender  of  ye  aforesaid  Walter  South  A°  2°  King  James. 
One  messuage  and  certain  Lands  to  ye  same  belonging  called  Blacksalts 
in  times  past  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  iiijrf.  i  Capon. 

Roger  Tripp  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 
A°  23°  Hen.  viii.  now  Thomas  or  Thos.  Symonds. 

One  free  tenement  with  iij  roods  of  Land  by  estimation  by  ye  rent 

of  xviijrf.  and 

Robert  Beamond  acknowledged  and  made  ye  Lord  fealty  A° 

xx°  Henry  viii. 

Forty  yards  of  free  Land  by  estimation  by  ye  rent  of  vs.  vi]d.  and 

p.  ami. 

John  Grome  acknowledged  and  made  fealty  A°  xx°  Hen.  viii. 
Three  acres  of  free  Land  lying  in  ye  field  called  Le  Downe  in  times 
past  of  Alice  Abell  by  ye  rent  of  v\d.  p.  ann.  and  John  Moore. 
Ten  acres  of  free  Land  late  purchased  of  William  Abury  by  ye  rent 
of  vijs.  and  i  Ib.  of  Wax  p.  ann. 
Now  John  Moore. 

John  Grome  acknowledged  and  made  fealty  to  ye  Lord  A°  20°  Hen.  viii. 
Eight  acres  of  free  Land  lying  in  Brantonfeld  by  ye  rent  of  vijrf.  I  Ib. 
War. 

Wm.  Beryall  Awsten  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  12° 
Henry  viii. 

It  appears  a  distress  George  Grome  son  and  heire  of  John  Grome 
for  a  relief  and  fealty  after  ye  death  of  ye  said  John  by  ye  rent  aforesaid 
A°  3°  Edward  vi.  Now  Jno.  Moore  holds. 

Two  Closes  of  Copy  Land  contayning  by  estimation  xxvj  acres  of 
Land  and  pasture  Salter. 

John  Sadler  purchased  to  him  and  his  heires  of  Rob1.  Nun  A°  22° 
Henry  viii.  Now  Gyles  Keeble. 

xxvj  acres  of  Copy  Land  lying  in  Ratlesden  in  a  certain  field  called 
le  whereof  one  Close  lyes  between  ye  Land  of  John  Springe 

Esquire  on  ye  East  and  ye  land  of  Agnes  Campe  on  ye  West  and  one 
head  abutting  upon  ye  Land  of  ye  Lord  toward  ye  North  and  ye  other 
head  upon  ye  Land  of  ye  said  John  Spring  towards  ye  South.  Now 
Edward  Skott. 

Another  close  lying  between  ye  King's  way  called  Brodewaye  towards 
ye  East  and  ye  Lands  of  ye  Lord  towards  ye  West.  The  North  head 
abutting  upon  ye  Land  of  ye  Lord  and  towards  ye  South  upon  ye 
Land  of  ye  said  John  Springe  in  part  and  upon  the  said  Close  of  ye 
said  Robert  Nun  towards  ye  South. 


GEDDING. 


285 


Rent  xiiij<i. 


BRIGGESCROFT. 
BRIGGIS  HIGHFELD. 


DEBONS. 

Rent  I  Ib.  of  Wax. 


BALDEMANSCROFT. 
Rent  i)d. 

BUBSALYSCROFT. 


COLMANS 
BUSHOPPESCLOSE. 


Rent  iijs.  iiijrf. 


John  Salter  Sen'  and  Edmund  Salter  his  Son  took  it  to  them  and 
their  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  Robert  Nun  A°  22°  Henry  viii.  by  ye 
rent  of  xiiijrf.  p.  ann.  and 

Robert  Barwell  tooke  one  Close  called          late        into  ye  hands  of 
ye  Lord  out  of  his  hands  A°  x°  Hen.  viii.  late  of  Richard  Torrington. 
John  Salter  took  to  him  and  his  heires  by  ye  rent  of  xiii)d.  of  ye  sur- 
render of  Edmund  Salter  A°  i°  Edward  vi. 

Elizabeth  Salter  took  ye  aforesaid  xxv  acres  of  Land  until  John  Salter 
should  come  to  his  age  of  xxij  yeares  of  ye  surrender  of  John  Salter 
by  ye  rent  of  xiiijrf.  A°  3°  Eliz. 

Roger  Grome  held  certain  Copy  Lands  upon  condition  of  payment 
of  of  ye  surrender  of  John  Salter. 

Thomas  Py          Esqre  took  ye  of  ye  sale  of  John  Salter  and 

Dorothy  daughter  of  George  Grome  deceased  Son  and  heire  of  Roger 
Grome  and  of  ye  release  and  surrender  of  ye  said  John  Salter  A°  i° 
of  King  James. 

Baggescroft  A°  15°  Hen.  viii. 

A  certain  messuage  and  Land  called  Briggescroft  containing  by  estima- 
tion ij  acres  and  »  halfe  of  Land.    Now  Thomas  Bomsted. 
One  field  called  Briggis  Highfeld  held  by  ye  annual  rent  of  iijrf.     Now 
Thomas  Bomsted. 

A  distress  appears  Roger  Tripp  and  John  Skarpe  upon  ye  for 

ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  6°  Henry  viii. 
A  distress  appears  A°  17°  Henry  viii. 

A  distress  of  ye  Tenants  aforesaid  for  ye  rent  of  ii]d.  aforesaid 
A°  18°  Henry  viii.  A  distress  appears  Robert  and  John  Skarpe  for 
ye  rent  of  \\}d.  and  for  thereof  for  13  yeares  xxxixrf. 

A°  20°  Hen.  viii.    A°  15°  Henry  viii.    A  distress  appears. 

Land  called  Debons  late  of  Alice  Wentworth  Widowe  held  by  ye 

rent  of  i  Ib.  of  Wax. 

It  appears  ye  Bailiff  distrayned  ye  Tenants  of  ye  Land  aforesaid  for 

of   rent   aforesaid.    A°    16°    Henry   viii. 

John  Sampson  dyed  seised  thereof  A°  x°  Hen.  viii.  Now  John  Cooke, 
Gent  holds. 

Two  acres  of  free  Land  lying  in  ye  field  called  Baldemanscroft  held 
by  ye  annual  rent  of  \\d. 

A  distress  appears  A°  16°  Henry  viii. 

One  Croft  called  Bubsalyscroft  p.  annual  rent  of  i  Ib.  of  wax,  and 

The  wife  of  William  Crofts  Gent,  daughter  and  heire  of  Alice  Wentworth 
Widowe  holds  a  distress  appears  for  a  relief  and  fealty  after  ye  death 
of  ye  said  Alice  A°  17°  Henry  viii.  Now  John  Cooke. 

Two  acres  of  free  Land  held  by  ye  rent  of  v\d. 

Robert  Warreyn  died  seisen  William  Warreyn  to  his  son  and  heire. 
A  distress  appears  A°  17°  Hen.  viii. 

A  distress  appears  William  Warren  for  ye  rent  afores'd  and  for 
fealty  A°  xx°  Henry  viii. 

Two  acres  of  Copy  Land  in  times  past  William  Colmans  and  late  of 
John  Smyth  (Jenkyn)  lyes  next  ye  close  called  Bushoppesclose 
between  ye  Land  of  ye  said  Robert  Yaxley  on  both  parts. 

Robert  Yaxley  Gent  holds  without  Title  therefore  appeares 
A°  17°  Henry  viii. 

Appears  and  issues  \\d.  A°  18°  Hen.  viii.  into  ye  hands  of 

Robert  Yaxley. 

Issues  i]d.  seised  into  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord  ye  first  proclamation  A°  3° 
Ed.  vi.  and  likewise  in  issue  A°  2°  Ed.  vi. 

The  were  seised  into  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord  and  in  issue  A°  i° 

Ed.  vi.  in  issue  A°  4°  Eliz.    Now  William  Colman. 

Which  Land  and  tenements  William  Sowth  holds  free  by  Charter  in 
Gedding  by  Knl  service  and  rent  of  iijs.  iiijd.  p.  ann.  A°  13°  Henry  viii. 
One  piece  of  Land  containing  v  acres  of  Land  and  iij  roods  of  Meadow 


286  THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 

KENVS  ALS:  KINGS,  called  Kenys  (Keyings)  with  ye  appurtenances  in  Gedding  whether 
more  or  less  lying  next  ye  land  of  (now  Geffery  Bury)  Thomas  Strange 
Knight  on  ye  East  and  ye  Land  of  John  Abbott  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds 
called  Cartheward  and  ye  Land  of  ye  said  John  Harmyn  towards  ye  West 
and  abutting  upon  King's  way  leading  from  Gedding  towards  Bury 
St.  Edmunds  towards  ye  North  and  upon  ye  Land  of  ye  said  Thomas 
Strange  K'  and  ye  Land  of  W™  Ostler  afterwards  of  John  Harmyn 
towards  ye  South. 

A°  15°  Hen.  viii.  from  Rob'  Justin  and  others  to  Stephen  for 

life  to  remain  to  Ralph  Chamberleyn  Knight  and  his  heirs. 
A°  34°  Eliz.  7  April  Edward  Rookwood  and  others  gave  ye  aforesaid 
piece  by  rent  of  of  8  acres  by  ye  rent  of  \]d.  to  Robert  Beane 

and  his  heirs  viijrf. 

A°  35°  Eliz.  Edward  Rookwood  covenanted  with  Rob'  Page  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  John 

Harmell  and  his  heires  to  perfect  Robert  Beane's  estate  in  ye  Copyhold. 

John  Harmyn  took  to  him  and  his  Assigns  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord  by  ye  rent  of  viijs. 

A°  24°  Hen.  viii. 

Margaret  Harmyn  took  to  her  h  her  assigns  after  ye  death  of  John  Harmyn  A°  4°  Eliz- 

The  eighth  of  October  A°  xvj°  Eliz.  it  is  found  that  Abraham  Harwell  xxi°  April  last  sold 
ye  aforesaid  Land  called  Kenes  to  Ralph  Chamberleyn  Lord  of  ye  Manor  and  his  heires  and 
ye  aforesaid  Abraham  surrendered  ye  premises  to  ye  said  therefore 

i  October  A°  xvj  Eliz.  it  is  found  that  Abraham  Harwell  about  ye  Feast  of  ye  Purification 
last  sold  to  Robert  Barker  and  his  heires  certain  Copy  Lands  called  Kenes  and  that  the 
said  Robert  Barker  the  first  of  April  last  sold  ye  premises  to  ye  said  Ralph  Chamberleyn 
Knight  and  his  heires. 

John  Harmyn  surrendered  ye  same  to  ye  use  of  Margaret  his  Wife  for  life,  remainder  to 
John  her  Son  and  his  heires. 

John  Harmyn  desired  to  be  admitted  into  his  remainder  after  ye  decease  of  ye  said  Margaret 
but  because  upon  ye  premises  was  made  by  one  Robert  Beane  who  clayms  ye 

premises  free  by  Charter  therefore  ye  Lord  will  be  advised.  A°  42°  Eliz.  and  A°  44°  Eliz. 

Two  acres  of  free  Land  in  Gedding. 

Thomas  Bacon  Gent  purchased  of  John  Attwood  Sheppard  A°  28° 

Henry  viii. 

Alice  Atwood  Widowe  holds  of  ye  Sale  of  Thomas  Bacon  gent  A°  28° 

Henry  viii. 

Rent  xd.  Two  acres  of  free  Land  in  Gedding  by  ye  rent  of  xd.  and  John  Grome 

purchased  of  Walter  Amor  and  made  fealty. 

Rent  xd.  Two  acres  and  i  Rood  of  Land  by  estimation  in  one  piece  by  ye  rent 

of  xd. 
John  Grome  acknowledged  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 

COWPER'S  CROFT.       One  Croft  of  Land  called  Cowper's  Croft  lying  in  Ratlesden  as  appears 

Rent  xvjd.  A°  13°  Ed.  iv. 

Robert  King  and  Johanna  his  Mother  took  to  them  and  their  heires 
of  ye  said  Robert  as  Son  and  heire  John  King  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye 
Lord  upon  showing  his  Copy  of  A°  3°  Ed.  iv.  aforesaid  A°  x°  Hen.  viii. 
and  A°  19°  Hen.  vii.  ye  like 

Robert  King  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  of  xvj<*.  A°  xij  Hen.  viii. 
Now  Stephen  Downing. 

HOBHAUNCELLS.          Nine  acres  of  Arable  Land  parcell  of  ye  tenement  called  Hobauncells. 

PELLEYSWHITE  One  acre  of  Land  called  Pellers  lying  in  White  Street.     Now  Thomas 

STREET.  Brandish. 

John  Bomsted's  Son  took  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of 
John  Bomsted  A°  x°  Hen.  viii.  and  likewise  A°  18°  Henry  vii. 

TURNOR'S  TENEMENT.  One  tenement  called  Tumor's  with  xv  acres  iij  roods  and  halfe  a  rood 
Rent  xm)d.  of  Land,  Meadowe  and  pasture  in  Munck  Bradfeld. 

Clement  Smith  and  Marion  his  Wife  took  for  terme  of  their  lives  of 
ye  surrender  of  ye  said  Clement  to  remain  to  John  Smith  Son  and 
heire,  gent,  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary  by  ye  rent  of  xiiijrf.  parcell  of 
xxijs.  besides  viijs.  residue  of  ye  aforesaid  xxijs.  to  be  paid  by  Henry 
Gooth  and  bonds  iiijs.  annual  rent  to  be  paid  to  ye  Lord  and  his  heires 
by  ye  assent  and  command  of  Thomas  Jermyn  Knl  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil, 
and  Mary. 


GEDDING. 


287 


BRADFELD 
(now  Rob' 
Barker) 

GIPPESFELD. 

HELLS. 

Rent  iiijs.  vjd. 


BOGEYS. 
SOUTHFELD  AND 
ROMBRYDGE. 


SOUTHFELD. 
Rent  i]d. 

MELCROFT.  Rent  id. 
WHYTEBREADFELD. 


PARKMEADOWE. 
Rent  v']d. 


SHEPPARD'S  TENT 
Rent  iiijrf. 

SOUTHFELD. 
Rent  ii]d. 


LEVERFELDE. 
Rent  ijs.  v]d. 
i  Ib.  pepper. 


COWARD'S  CROFT. 


Anno  34  Eliz.  John  Smith  obtayned  to  pay  xxjs.  for  of  rent 

of  a  certaine  tenement  called  Tumor's  and  xv  acres  iij  roods  and  a 
halfe  of  meadow  and  pasture  for  one  year  and  a  halfe  ending  at  ye  end 
of  ye  last  year  past  xiiijei.  p.  ann.  but  because  it  appears 

that  he  paid  xviijrf.  p.  ann.  therefore  ye  Lord  will  advise  A°  34°  Eliz. 
Lawrence  Whytaker,  George  Hunt,  John  Buckenham,  and  Henry 
Wright  junr.  Executors  of  ye  Testament  of  John  Smyth  took  ye 
premises  for  xij  yeares  of  ye  surrender  of  ye  said  John  A°  2°  of  King 
James. 

Eight  acres  of  Land  in  Bradfeld  and  lyes  between  ye  Land 

of  ye  Manor  of  Bradfeld  on  ye  one  part  and  ye  Land  of  ye  Manor 
of  parva  of  ye  other  A°  2°  of  King  James. 

Two  acres  of  Land  called  Gippesfeld. 

One  rood  of  Meadow  called  Hell's  Hill  late  of  John  Tonny  held  by 
ye  rent  of  iiijs.  v]d.  and 

A  distress  appears  Ambrose  Jermyn  Kn*  after  ye  death  of  Thomas 
Jermyn  K*  for  rent  rel.  aforesaid  A°  i°  &  2°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

The  distress  aforesaid  appears  A  mbrose  Jermyn  Kn'  upon  ye  by 

ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  3°  Eliz. 

A  distress  appears  Robert  Jermyn  fC'  A°  2°  of  King  James. 
One  called   Bogeys    and    contayns    Land    called  and 

ij  pieces  of  Land  called  Southfeld  and  Rombrydge  with  ye  appur- 
tenances in  Felsham  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  vjd.  and 
A  distress  appears  Robert  Risby  Gent  A°  i°  et  2°  Phil.  &  Mary  after 
ye   decease   of  William   Risby   of  his   father. 

A  distress  appears  of  ye  Tenants  of  ye  Land  of  Robert  Risby  upon 
ye  for  fealty  A°  4°  Eliz. 

A  distress  appears  Wm.  Risby  Gent  A°  2°  of  King  James.  Now 
William  Risby  Esquire  sold. 

Anno  i  Eliz.  enquiry  made  who  held  a  certain  piece  of  Land  in  times 
past  of  the  heires  of  Thomas  Norrys 
It  lies  in  ye  field  called  Southfeld  held  by  ye  rent  of  ijd. 
One  Croft  called  Melcroft  by  ye  rent  of  id.  in  times  past  of  Geffory. 

One  Croft  of  Land  enclosed  contayning  by  estimation  iij  roods  in 
Gedding  parcell  of  Whytebreadfeld  between  ye  Copy  Land  of  ye 
Lord  of  this  Manor  in  ye  tenure  of  Thomas  Knopwood  on  ye  East 
and  ye  Lands  of  ye  Manor  of  Felsham  on  the  West  and  abutting  upon 
the  King's  way  leading  from  Gedding  to  Bury  towards  ye  South  and 
upon  ye  Meadow  of  ye  Lord  called  ye  Park  Meadow  towards  ye  North. 
Thomas  Knopwood  took  to  him  and  his  heires  out  of  ye  hands  of 
ye  Lord  by  ye  rent  of  vjd.  A°  4°  Eliz.  Now  in  ye  tenure  of  Rob'. 
English  without  title  there  appeares  A°  44°  Eliz. 

It  appears  to  be  seised  A°  2°  King  James,  held  by  ye  rent  of  vjd. 
Now  Poskill  sold. 

One  free  tenement  and  i  Garden  with  a  in  times  past  of 

Walter  Sheppard  afterwards  of  Thomas  by  rent  of  iiijd. 

Halfe  an  acre  of  Land  in  Southfeld  in  times  past  of  Thomas  Sheppard 

and  before  of  Thomas  Wood  by  ye  rent  of  iijr/.  late  of  James 
before  of  Robert  Maiden. 

Robert  Barker  acknowledged  and  made  fealty  A°  14°  Eliz.  by  ye  rent 
aforesaid.  Now  Anthony  Sharpe  holds. 

Divers  Lands  in  ye  field  called  Le  Berfeld  (Leverfeld).  Now  in  ye 
tenure  of  Michael  Sharpe  Copy  Tenant  of  ye  rent  of  ijs.  vjd.  i  Ib.  of 
pepper. 

The  same  Michael  is  to  show  at  ye  next  Court  A°  44  Eliz. 

Distress  John  Scarpe  Sonne  of  Michael  Scarpe  deceased  for  a  relief 
and  fealty  A°  i°  of  King  James. 

A  distress  appears  ye  aforesaid  John  Scarpe  A°  2°  King  James.  Now 
John  Skarpe. 

One  free  pightell  called  Coward's  Croft  containing  by  Estimation 
ij  acres  in  Gedding,  lies  between  ye  Land  of  Thomas  Strannge  K'  on 
ye  East,  and  ye  Land  late  of  Robert  Heyward  on  ye  West  and  abutts 


J8S 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


LB  WATERCOURSE. 
Rent  iiij  and  i  Ib. 
pepper. 


WOODHALL. 

Rent  iiijrf.  i  Ib.  Wax. 

HARDHEDS. 

R.  vi]d.  i  Ib.  comin. 

BUXHALL  BARNE. 

Rent  xvj;/. 


Rent  vs. 
divided. 


George  Grome 

ijs.  vjrf. 
Roger  Grome 

iijs.  id. 


A°  5°  Eliz. 
BUXHALL  LANE. 
Rent  xxd. 


Rent  xd. 


NUN  PLACE 
part  of 
WOODHOUSE  LAND. 


Rent  xd. 


STONEHAMS. 

Rent  xvti]d. 

ij  Capons. 


upon  ye  King's  Way  leading  from  Gedding  to  Ffelsham  towards  ye 
South  and  upon  ye  Watercourse  towards  ye  North  late  of  John  Scarpe 
by  ye  rent  of  iiijrf.  and  one  Ib.  of  pepper  A°  30  Hen.  vii. 
A  distress  appears  Jeronomas  Heyward  for  release  and  fealty  A°  2° 
of  King  James;    now  Jeronomas  Heyward. 

Certain  Lands  in  Ratlesden  called  Woodhall  by  ye  rent  of  iiijrf.  and 
i  Ib.  of  Wax. 

One  Tenement  and  Containe  free  Lands  in  Ratlesden  contayning 
50  Acres  called  Hardheds  by  ye  rent  of  vijd.  and  i  Ib.  comin. 
Contains  liree  Lands  called  Huxhall  barne  held  by  ye  rent  of  xvjd. 
There  appears  a  distress  for  release  and  fealty  Thomas  Pyvett  Esquire 
after  ye  decease  of  James  Pyvett  Esq're  A*  2°  of  King  James  relief 
vs.  xjd.  i  Ib.  of  Wax  and  i  Ib.  of 

The  effect  of  ye  agreement  of  George  Grome  and  Roger  Grome  for 
ye  rent  of  one  and  one  acre  of  meadow  lying  near  unto  Bond's 

Croft  with  xxxiiij  acres  of  Land  medow  and  pasture  called  Coldham 
lying  in  Ratlesden  late  Cage's  and  George  Nun,  and  after  John  Grome 
holden  by  ye  rent  of  vs.  vijrf.  p.  aim.  because  ye  said  John  Groome 
was  owner  of  all  ye  and  He  did  give  part  of  ye  said  Coldhams 

with  an  acre  of  meadow  and  an  to  Grome  and  ye  other  part  of  Coldhams 
to  Roger  Grome  all  ye  said  John  Grome  bought  of  one  John 

Nun  by  estimation  xx  acres. 

It  is  agreed  that  ye  said  George  shall  pay  for  his  part  of  ye  said  rent 
ijs.  v]d.  p.  ann.  and  ye  said  Roger  to  pay  for  his  part  iijs.  id.  p.  ann. 
and  ye  said  George  and  Roger  have  at  this  Court  paid  ye  said  rents 
each  of  them  according  to  ye  said  division  and  done  their  fealty  to  ye 
Lord  A°  6°  Eliz. 

A°  6°  Eliz.  The  Jury  aforesaid  say  that  Walter  South  Son  and  heire 
of  W*  South  who  held  of  ye  Lord  of  this  Manor  certain  Lands  and 
Tenements  by  Knights  service  is  of  full  age  viz  xxi  years.  And  because 
therefore  it  appears  the  Bailiff  distrayned  ye  aforesaid  Walter 
against  ye  next  Court  to  make  to  ye  Lord  homage  and  fealty. 
See  deposition  to  proove  ye  way  of  ye  Lord  from  Ffelsham  to  Drinkston 
called  Buxhall  Lane. 

Thomas  Callowe  Son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Callowe 
held  A°  44  Eliz.  A  distress  appears  lyes  in  Brettenham  by  ye  rent 
of  xxd.  A°  44°  Eliz. 

And  Lands  Robert  Cobbold  holds  A°  44°  Eliz.  ij  acres  free  in 

i  pightell  in  Ratlesden  which  he  purchased  of  Azaria  Ramp  ton  by 
ye  rent  of  xd.  as  appears  A°  44°  Eliz.  Appears  a  distress 

Reynold  Cobbold  Son  and  heire  of  R1  Cobbold  for  rent  and  relief 
xxd.  A°  2°  of  King  James. 
All  the  Customary  Lands  held  of  that  Manor. 

John  Browne  surrenders  to  ye  use  of  Rob1.  Thompson  and  his  heires 
A°  19°  Eliz.  Now  Thomas 

Andrew  Hawes  and  George  Hunt  tenants  of  this  Manor  upon 

ye  homage  A°  19°  Eliz. 

Anno  19°  Eliz.  there  say  that  the  place  called  Nun  parcel  of  ye 
Woodhouse  Land  doth  abutt  from  ye  Ash  standing  on  the  South  end 
into  a  maple,  ye  North  side  ye  Westhead  abutting  upon  ye  Queen's 
Land  and  ye  East  upon  the  Queen's  highway  leading  from  Ratlesden 
to  Bylston  and  contains  by  estimation  ij  acres  more  or  less  and  that 
this  abutt  all  hath  been  altered  at  ye  West  end  before 
this  time,  and  that  William  Elye  continues  the  same  conversion  and 
altering  of  ye  bounds  until  this  present. 

ij  Acres  of  pasture  with  ye  appurtenances  by  ye  annual  rent  of  xd. 
Ralph  Nun  Son  and  heire  of  Martha  Elye  late  Wife  of  Ralph  Nun 
of  Woodhouse  made  reliefe  and  fealty  A°  30°  Eliz.    Now  ye  Wife  of 
Tho.  Norman. 

One   Tenement   with   the   appurtenances   called   Stonehams. 
Robert  Rushbrooke  Son  and  heire  of  John  Rushbrooke  made  fealty 
by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  19°  Henry  vii. 


GEDDING. 


289 


HODGES  CLOSE. 


MANOR  OF 

TURNEWOODS. 
Rent  xxi\d. 


WALLMANS. 
Rent  \}d. 


ROBERT  WARREN. 

JUXTA  RIVOLUM. 
id. 


JUSTANS. 

Rent  xd. 
DOWES  CLOSE. 


MELLCLOSE. 
Rent  id. 

LEHAWE. 
Rent  i)d. 
Rent  v\d. 
ALICE  BELL. 
LEDOWNE. 
xijd. 


LE  SEATE. 


Rent  xxxiijs.  i 


COLDHAMS. 
Rent  vs.  vi]d. 

GEORGE  NUN. 


NI 


Robert  Rushbrooke,  Son  and  heire  of  John  Rushbrooke  of  Ratlesden 
desired  to  be  admitted  and  acknowledged  to  hold  by  ye  rent  of  xx 
and  ij  Capons  p.  ann.  A°  10°  Hen.  viii.  Now  of  Anthony  Skarpe. 
One  close  of  Land  and  pasture  called  Hodges  lying  in  Ratlesden 
between  ye  Land  of  ye  Manor  of  Thornwoods  on  ye  one  part  and  ye 
Lands  of  John  Coppinger,  now  of  Henry  Coppinger,  on  ye  other  part, 
and  abutts  upon  ye  Wood  of  ye  Manor  towards  ye  West  and  upon 
ye  King's  way  leading  from  Bylston  to  Woolpit  towards  ye  East  by 
ye  rent  of  xxd.  A°  4°  Eliz. 

John  King  of  Brettenham  made  fealty  A°  16°  Hen.  vii. 
Cecilia  Kimbald    Widow  acknowledged  and  made  fealty  by  ye  rent 
of  xxijrf.  A°  4°  Eliz.     Now  Mark  Salter. 
Certain   Lands   called  Wallmans. 

2  acres  of  Land  in  times  past  Wallmans,  before  Parker's. 

By  ye  rent  of  v]d.  A°  22°  Hen.  vii.  J"°  Rushbroke  did  fealty. 
Thomas  Spring  of  La  purchased  of  John  Rushbrooke  A°  5°  Henry  viii. 
Thomas  Goode  dyed  seised  of  Wallman's  Croft  held  by  ye  rent  of 
xviijd.  A°  5°  Eliz. 
iij  Acres  of  free  Land 

held  of  ye  sale  of  John  A°  5°  Henry  viii. 

One  Meadow  contayning  i  acre  and  a  halfe  by  ye  rent  of  id.  lying  in 
Ratlesden  next  ye  River  on  ye  North  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 
Thomas   Rushbrooke   held   by   ye   homage   A°    i°   Hen.    viii.    and 
acknowledged. 

Thomas  Rushbrooke  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  12° 
Henry  viii. 

Two  pieces  of  Land  called  Justans  by  ye  rent  of  xd  and  John 

Cage  acknowledged  A°  i°  Henry  viii.    Now  Roger  Groome 
Cocksedge. 

One  Close  called  Dowes  Close  contayning  vij  acres  lying  in  Ratlesden 
A°  12°  Henry  viii.  by  ye  rent  of  xiiijrf. 
Thomas  Rushbrooke  acknowledged  A°   i°  Henry  viii. 
Thomas   Rushbrooke  acknowledged   by  ye  rent    aforesaid  A°   12° 
Henry  viii.  and  other  Lands  and  Meadows  in  Ratlesden  by  ye  rent 
of  xd.    Now  Richard  Baker. 

One  close  called  Mellclose  by  ye  rent  of  id.  A°  16°  Eliz.  This  Croft 
is  presented  to  be  in  ye  hands  of  John  Harwell  of  Ffelsham  by  ye 
rent  of  id. 

One  acre  of  Land  lying  in  Lehawe  by  ye  rent  of  i\d. 
John  Boll  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  i°  Henry  viii. 
Three  acres  of  free  Land  held  by  ye  annual  rent  of  vj^. 
Died,  and  held  a  distress  appears  A°  18°  Henry  viii. 
Three  acres  of  free  Land  lying  in  ye  field  called  Ledowne  together 
with  Robert  Warren  by  ye  rent  of  xi\d.  p.  ann.  and 
Alice  Abell  Widow  by  William  Abury  also  William  Austin  made 
thereof  fealty  A°  15°  Hen.  viii.  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  xi]d. 
xxx  acres  of  Copy  Land  by  estimation  called  Le  Seate.  Robert 

Nun  dyed  and  surrendered  to  ye  use  of  Robert  Nun  and  his  heires 
A°  18°  Henry  viii. 

One  Close  called  Le  Sete  as  it  lies  together  in  Ratlesden. 
Robert  Nun  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  George 
Nun  by  ye  rent  of  xxxiijs.  iii)d.  p.  ann.  A°  18°  Hen.  viii. 
One  field  called  Le  Sete. 

John  Bowden  and  George  Nun  tooke  to  them  and  their  heires  of 
ye  surrender  of  Thos.  Harwell  A°  21°  Henry  vii. 
George  Nun  held  to  him  and  his  heires  and  assigns  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye 
Lord  after  seisure  by  ye  rent  of  xxxiijs.  iiijrf.  A°  xij  Henry  viii. 
xx  acres  of  Land  and  pasture  free  called  parcell  of  Coldhams  by  ye 
annual  rent  of  vs.  vij^.  per  ann.  together  with  another  parcell  of  ye 
same  pasture  called  Coldhams  in  ye  tenure  of  Henry  Cage, 
held  and  dyed  A°  18°  Henry  viii.  divers  parcells  of  free  Land  called 
Coldhams  held  by  ye  rent  of  vs.  v]d. 

Henry  Cage  Son  of  Wm  Cage  made  thereof  fealty  by  ye  rent  aforesaid 
A°  20°  Henry  vii. 


THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 


COLDHAM  LAND. 
Rent  xd. 

Rent  xvrf.  ob  halft 
a  pound  of  Wax. 


SKABBCROFT. 
Rent  iiijs. 


CHIRCHES. 
JONES  CLOSE. 
GOODWINSCROFT. 
BULLSMEADOWE. 


OXENEY. 

Rent  xijrf. 


OXENEY'S. 
Rent  \}d. 
WHYTEBREDFELD. 
Rent  vjs.  viijrf. 

MELFELD. 
Rent  ixs. 
EDRYERS. 
Rent  vijs. 

PELLERS  PIGHTLES. 
Rent  ijs.  iiij 


There  appears  a  distress  George  Grome  Son  and  heire  of  John  Grome 

(or  one  and  for  another  after  ye  decease  of  Martha 

Grome  late  ye  Wife  of  ye  aforesaid  John  Grome  A°  6°  Edward  vi. 

Three  acres  of  Land  late  of  Rob'  Juxton  called  Coldham  Land  with 

one  Croft  contayning  ij  acres  of  Land  by  ye  annual  rent  of  \d.  and 

Four  acres  of  Land  in  times  past  of  John  Colvy  and  before  of  William 

Comayn  by  the  rent  of  xvd.  ob  and  halfe  a  pound  of  Wax. 

Anne  Rushbroke  Widowe  acknowledged  to  hold  ye  premises  by  ye 

rent  aforesaid  A°  15°  Henry  viii. 

Ten  Acres  of  Customary  Land. 

Wm  Abury  sold  to  John  Grome  A°  xix  Henry  viii.  issue  iijs.  iiijrf. 

A°  19°  Henry  viii. 

xx  acres  of  free  Land  held  of  Henry  Cage. 

John  Nun  sold  to  John  Grome  A°  19°  Henry  viii. 

One  tenement  with  iij  acres  of  free  Land. 

Margery  Amor  sold  to  Rob'  Beamont  A°  19°  Henry  viii.  5  acres  of 

Land  called  Skabbcroft  by  ye  service  of  iiijs.  per  ann. 

Peter  (•  lain  field  acknowledged  to  owe  to  ye  Lord  of  ye  ffee  aforesaid 

for  xiiij  yeares        vjs.  A°  19°  Henry  viii. 

A"  19°  Eliz.    They  say  that  the  way  leading  through  Skabbecroft 

at  ye  North  end  thereof  is  parcell  of  ye  Lord's  Customary  ground, 

and  that  that  Croft  doth  extend  to  ye  ditch  beyond  ye  trees.    Now  in  ye 

tenure  of  Robert   Dynes. 

vj  acres  of  Land  late  of  John  Atmor  ye  Ffatherin  times  past  Chirches 

by  ye  rent  of  xxd. 

John  Atmor  Son  made  ffealty  by  ye  rent  of  xxd.  A°  i°  Henry  viii. 

One  Close  contayning  xx  acres  by  estimation  called  Jones  Closes. 

Thomas  Hunt  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord 

by  ye  rent  of  xxijs.  A°  i°  Henry  viii. 

One  Croft  of  Land  contayning  by  estimation  one  acre  of  Land  called 

Goodwingscroft  lyes  between  ye  Land  of  this  Manor  on  ye  one  part 

and  ye  Land  of  Thomas  Harwell  on  ye  other  and  abutts  upon  ye 

Meadowe  called  Bull  Meadowe  towards  ye  East  and  upon  ye  Land 

of  ye  said  Thomas  towards  ye  West. 

Thomas  Harwell  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye 

Lord  A°  3°  Henry  viii. 

Six  acres  of  Land  lying  in  Ratlesden  in  a  field  called  Oxeney  in  times 

past  of  Peter  Motheham. 

Robert  Warren  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  of  xijrf.  per  ann.  Anno  xij° 

Henry  viii. 

One  pightell  called  Oxeneys  in  Ratlesden  by  ye  rent  of  \\d. 

Robert  Skarpe  made  fealty  by  ye  rent  of  vjrf.  A°  i°  of  King  James. 

One  acre  of  Land  and  meadowe  in  Whytebredfeld. 

Robert  Scarpe  acknowledged  to  hold  at  farm  by  ye  rent  of  vjs.  viijrf. 

A°  xij°  Henry  viii. 

One  close  called  Melfeld  by  ye  rent  of  ixs. 

One  tenement  called  Endryers  by  ye  rent  of  vijs. 

Margaret  Harwell  and  John  Harwell  took  to  him  and  his  assigns 

out  of  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord  A°  2°  Henry  viii. 

Two  acres  of  Land  called  Peller's  Pightles. 

William  Ridnall  acknowledged  in  right  of  his  Wife  and  made  fealty 

by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  n\]d.  A°  22°  Henry  viii. 

Robert  Pryse  and  Johanna  his  Wife  tooke  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord 

to  them  and  their  Assigns  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  \\\}d.  A°  3°  Henry  viii. 

One  Piphtle  contayning  ij  acres  called  Pellers  protell. 

William  Brome  took  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  Robert 

Pryse  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  iiijrf.  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 

Robert  Thompson  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of 

John  Brome  A°  22°  Eliz.  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  iiijrf. 

Thomas  Brandish  and  Agnes  his  Wife  tooke  to  them  and  their  heires 

of  ye  said  Thomas  of  ye  surrender  of  Robert  Thompson  A°  4°  of  King 

James. 


GEDDING. 


291 


LE  SETE.  Containe  Lands  called  le  Sete  contayning  xxxv  acres  of  Land  Copy 

lying  in  Ratlesden  between  ye  Land  of  John  Springe  Esquire  on  ye 
North  and  ye  Copy  Land  of  John  Salter  which  were  part  of  le  Sete 
on  ye  South  and  one  head  abutts  upon  ye  King's  way  leading  from 
Woolpit  to  Bylston  towards  ye  East,  and  ye  other  head  upon  ye 
Land  of  John  Crofts  Son  in  part  and  upon  ye  Land  of  Agnes  Campe 
widow  in  part  towards  ye  West  late  of  George  Nun  as  appeares  in 
ye  Roll  A°  18°  Henry  viii. 

Rob'  Nun  took  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  regrant  of  ye  Lord  by  ye 

rent  of  xijs  m]d.  per  ann.  A°  22°  Hen.  viii. 

Rob'  Nun  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  regrant  of  ye  Lord   by 

ye  rent  of  xixs.  iiijd.  per  ann.  A°  23°  Hen.  viii. 

William  Nun  Son  and  heire  of  Rob'  Nun  was  admitted  to  him  and 

his    heires  by  ye  rent  of  xixs.  \i\\d.  36  acres  A°  i°  Eliz. 

One  tenement  built  called  Le  Seate  and  divers  Closes  in  Ratlesden 

contayning  together  by  estimation  xxx  acres  parcell  of  xxxvj  acres. 

Edmund  Skott  junr  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of 

Edmund  Skott,  Sen.,  of  ye  rent  of  xixs.  iii]d.  A°  4°  of  King  James. 

One  tenement  with  ye  appurtenances  called  Woods  by  ye  rent  of  ii]d. 

John  Awoode  of  Ffelsham  acknowledged  and   made   fealty  A°  20° 

Hen.  vii. 

One  messuage  with  certain  Lands  Copy  lying  in  Ffelsham  and  Gedding. 

John  Awoode  acknowledged  free  by  ye  rent  of  i\\d.  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 

Eight  acres  of  free  Land  by  estimation  lying  in  Ffyschcroft  and 

Welymarshe. 

John  Amor  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  of  xxd.  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 

One  close  with  a  parcell  of  Meadowe  called  Ffysheroft  lying  in  Gedding 

held  free  by  ye  rent  of  xd. 

Two  acres  of  ffree  Land  lying  in  Ratlesden  by  ye  rent  of  xd. 

Azarias  Rempton  Purchased  of  Rob'  Grome.  A  distress  appears  A° 

44°  Eliz. 

One  acre  and  a  halfe  Copy  by  estimation  lying  in  le  Highfelde. 

John  Amor  acknowledged  by  Copy  by  ye  rent  of  xi]d.  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 

John  Springe  Gent  for  Lands  and  tenements  called  Woodhall  for 

Lands  called  Stonehams  i\]d.  in  times  past  of  Robert  Rushbroke  for 

a  certaine  meadow  for  Lands  and  tenements  called  Biimsteds  n]d. 

for  Lands  called  Manfelds  ii]d.  for  Lands  called  Berelands  for  Lands 

called  Berdhedds  \\]d.  for  Lands  called  Whyttecroft  u\d.  for  Lands 

called  Bulls  iijrf.  for  Lands  late  of  Stephen  Wymbysch  ii\d.  for  Lands 

late  of  Thomas  u]d.  and  Alice  Spring  widow  for  Lands 

called  Brend's  place  iijrf.  for  Lands  called  Cockins  \\]d.  for  Lands 
called'  Kinges  of  Brettenham  ii]d.  and  for  Lands  late  of  Godwine 
Cokkyssage  Chey  A°  16°  Hen.  viii. 

One  messuage  with  certain  free  Lands  called  Woodhall  by  ye  rent  of  iiijs.  i  Ib.  Wax. 

One  messuage  with  certain  free  Land  called  Stonhams  by  ye  rent  of  \vi\\d.  and  2  Capons. 
Towne  Meadowe  by  ye  rent  of  vijs.  v\d. 

One  messuage  with  certain  Lands  late  of  John  Brumpsted  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  iiij^.  per  an. 

One  messuage  with  certain  Lands  called  Manfelds  by  ye  rent  of  ijs.  ixd.  and  i  Ib.  Wax. 

One  close  called  Berelands  by  ye  rent  of  vi]d.  per  ann. 

One  messuage  and  certain  Lands  called  Hardhead,  by  ye  rent  of  vi\d.  and  i  Ib. 

One  Croft  called  Whytecroft  by  ye  rent  of  i  Ib.  Wax  and  ye  feast 

One  acre  late  of  John  Boll  called  Bollys  by  ye  rent  of  \\d. 

Certaine  Lands  late  of  Stephen  Wymbysch  by  ye  rent  of  ixd.  ob  i  Ib.  Wax. 

Certaine  Lands  late  of  Thomas  Illes  by  ye  rent  of  xd. 

Rent  xxis.  John  Spring  Esqre  by  William  Brett  his  Attorney  acknowledged  to 

hold  ye  premises  after  ye  death  of  Thomas  Spring  Esqre  and  made 
to  ye  Lord  ffealty  and  gave  release  xxis.  A°  18°  Hen.  viii. 
Wm  Spring  Esqre  by  W1"  Poley  his  Attorney    acknowledged    and 
made  fealty  A°  6°  Eliz. 

There  appears  a  distress  of  Thomas  Pyvett  gent  Son  and  heire  of 
James  Pyvett  Esqre  for  a  release  iiijs.  A°  30°  Eliz. 


Rent  xijs.  \i\]d. 


LE  SEATE. 


WOOD'S  TENEMENT. 

Rent  \\}d. 
Rent  i\\d. 

WELYMARSHE. 
FFYSCH  CROFT. 
Rent  xxd. 
FFYSHCROFT. 
Rent  xd. 
Rent  xd. 


HIGHFELDE. 
Rent  x\]d. 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


Kent  id.  Ffolsham. 


Bl'LLESMEADOWE. 


HlGHFELDE. 

Rent  x\\d. 


Rent  x\]d. 
Rent  xd. 

LE  DOWNE. 
Rent  v\d. 

BADGECROFT, 
BRYDGES 

HlGHFELDE, 

WHYTEBREDFELDE. 
Rent  ijs. 

BRIDGEHIGHFELD. 

\\HlFEBREDFELD. 

Rent  iiijs.  iiij</. 


HlGHFELD. 

Rent  y.\]d. 


PYSSERS  TENT. 


One   messuage  and  one  Croft  adjoyning  with   ye  appurtenances  in 

Ffelsham  by  ye  rent  of  id.  per  ann. 

Margaret  Harwell  Widow  acknowledged  and  made  fealty  by  ye  rent 

aforesaid  A°  16°  Henry  vni. 

One  Croft  of  Land  by  estimation  j  acre  lyes  between  ye  Lands  of  ye 

Lordshipp  and  this  Manor  of  ye  one  part  and  ye  Land  of  ye  said  Thomas 

Harwell  of  ye  other  part  and  abutts  upon  ye  meadowe  called  Bull 

Meadowe  towards  ye  East  and  upon  ye  Land  of  ye  said  Thomas  towards 

ye  West. 

Robert  Harwell  Son  and  heire  of  Thomas  Harwell  who  was  of  ye 

age  of  xvj  years  took  by  Margaret  his  Mother  during  his  minority  of 

age  to  his  age  took  to  him  and  his  heires  ye  premises  A°  7°  Henry  viii. 

ij  pieces  of  Customary  Land  contayning  by  Estimation  ij  acres  of 

land   more  or  less. 

Ann  ye  Wife  of  Geoffrey  Barker  ye  daughter  and  heire  of  John  Amor 

son  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  after  ye  decease  of  ye  said  John  A°  22° 

Henry  viii. 

John  Almor  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  John  Atmor 

his  Ffather  A°  21°  Henry  vii. 

It  is  put  to  ye  homage  to  enquire   by  what  right  William  Bowie 

occupies  ye  premises  A°  4°  Eliz. 

John  Barker  Son  and  heire  of  ye  aforesaid  Anne  Barker  tooke  to  him 

and  his  heires  A°  30°  Eliz. 

John  Barker  Son  and  heire  of  John  Barker  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires 

A°  4°  of  King  James. 

Certaine  ffree  Lands  which  they  know  not  viz  x  acres  of  Land  and 

Meadowe  called  Highfelde  by  ye  rent  of  xijd.  A°  30°  Eliz. 

Ann  ye  Wife  of  Geffery  Barker  daughter  and  heire  of  ye  aforesaid 

John  Amor  is  heire  thereof.    A  distress  appeares  A°  22°  Henry  viii. 

John  Barker  made  thereof  fealty  by  ye  rent  of  xi]d.  A°  30°  Eliz. 

Anne  Barker  late  Wife  of  John  Barker  made  fealty  and  relief  by  ye 

rent  of  xi)d.  A°  4°  of  King  James. 

One  Croft  of  ffree  Land  contayning  vj  acres  in  Ratlesden  late  of  John 

Grome  his  Ffather  by  ye  rent  of  xd. 

One  ffree  tenement  and  one  piece  of  Land  called  Le  Downe  in  Ratlesden 

by  ye  rent  of  vjd.  of  John  Grome  ye  Ffather.     Roger  Grome  made 

ffealty  A°  i°  et  2°  Phil.  &  Mary  by  ye  rent  aforesaid. 

One    messuage,    empty,    called    Badgccroft,  Bridges    Highfelde  and 

Whytebredfelde  whereof  ye  aforesaid   void   messuage  contayns  by 

estimation  i  acre  and  a  halfe  of  Land. 

A  certaine  piece  of  Land  contayning  iij  acres  by  Estimation  late 

parcell  of  Whytebredfeld  with  ye  appurtenances  in  Gedding,  lyes 

between  ye  Land  of  ye  Manor  of  Ffelsham  on  both  parts  by  ye  rent 

of  ijs.  per  ann.  and 

One  field  called  Bridges  Highfeld  contayning  by  Estimation  ij  acres 

and  an  halfe. 

A  certaine  piece  of  Land  parcell  of  Whitebredfeld  contayning  by 

estimation  iij  acres  and  an  halfe  with  ye  appurtenances  in  Gedding  by 

ye  rent  of  iiijs.  ui]d. 

Upon  agreement  between  ye  Lord  and  Roger  Tripp    and  Robert 

Heyward   made  ye  same — Tenants  made  to  ye  Lord  ffealty    and 

attorned  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  A°  i°  Phil.  &  Mary. 

vj  acres  ffree  Land  called  Highfeld  Croft  contayning  vj  acres  held 

by  ye  rent  of  xij<*. 

John  Warde  dyed  thereof  seised  and  gave  ye  premises  to  Agnes  Warde 

his  Wife  for  terme  of  life,  ye  remainder  to  George  Warde  his  Son  and 

heire,  and  made  ffealty,  A°  5°  Eliz. 

One  tenement  of  late  built  called  Pyssers  with  a  gardine  adjoyning 

and  one  Shopp,  and  one  ffabrik  to  ye  same  tenement  annexed. 

One  piece  of  Meadowe  or  pasture  enclosed  called  Pyssers  Meadowe 

lying  next  ye  said  tenement  contayning  by  estimation  one  acre  in 

Gedding. 

Said  tenement  with  ye  Gardine  adjoyning  is  situate  and  lyes  between 

ye  Common  way  leading  from  Ffelsham  to  ye  Manor  of  Gedding 


GEDDING. 


293 


WALLMANSCROFT. 


SOUTH  MEADOWE. 

MEADOWE. 
Rent  xxs. 

HlGHFELDE. 


on  ye  West  of  ye  said  meadowe  called  Pyssers  Meadowe  towards  ye 

North  and  upon  ye  Common  way  leading  from  Ffelsham  to  Ratlesden 

towards  ye  South. 

And  ye  aforesaid  Meadow  lyes  between  ye  Land  late  of  Roger  Tripp 

on  ye  East,  West,  and  South  parts  and  ye  said  Common  way  from 

Ffelsham  to  Ratlesden  on  ye  North  by  ye  rent  of  xxxiijs.  iiij^.  per  ann. 

Michael  Bumpsted  tooke  out  of  ye  hands  of  ye  Lord  to  him  and  his 

heires  by  release  by  ye  rent  aforesaid,  A°  16°  Eliz. 

Thomas  Bumpsted  tooke  to  him  and  his  heires  of  ye  surrender  of  ye 

aforesaid  Michael  A°  35°  Eliz. 
ROGEN'S  TENEMENT.   One  Messuage  with  one  acre  of  ffree  Land  lying  in  Ratlesden  called 

Rogens  by  ye  annual  rent  of  xvii]d.  and  suits  in  times  past  of  Johanna 

Grome. 

Walter  Amor  dyed  and  held  A°  18°  Henry  viii. 

John  Rushbroke  made  thereof  ffealty  by  ye  rent  of  xviijd.  A°  23° 

Henry  vii. 

Walter  Amor  acknowledged  by  ye  rent  of  xviijd.  A°  12°  Henry  viii. 

One   tenement   with  acres   called   Wallmanscroft. 

Alice  Beamont  Widow  holds  A°  18°  Henry  viii. 

Thomas  Goode  died  seised  of  one  Croft  called  Wallmanscroft  held  by 

ye  rent  of  xviiid.  A°  5°  Eliz. 

One  Copyhold  Meadowe  called  Southmeadowe  contayning  ij  acres  of 

Meadowe  with  ye  appurtenances  in   Gedding  and   Ffelsham. 

One  acre  of  Meadow  late  of  Henry  Peyton  lying  in  Gedding  aforesaid. 

iiij  acres  of  Arable  Land  lying  in  divers  pieces  in  ye  Towne  aforesaid 

in  ye  field  called  Highfield  late  in  ye  tenure  of  Peter  Drought  by  ye 

rent  of  xxs.  per  ann. 

And  Sutc 

Thomas  Bedge  Rector  of  ye  Church  of  Ffelsham  holds  therefore  appears 

seisure  A°  18°  Henry  viii.     He  held  for  term  of  xxiij  years. 

Thomas  Knopwood  holds  without  title  after  ye  terme  of  xxiij  years 

ended  by  ye  Feast  of  ye  Annunciation  of  Mary  A°  17°  Henry  viii.    As 

it  is  presented  A°  20°  Henry  viii. 

One  acre  of  ffree  Land  lying  in  Le  Shone  between  ye   Land  of  ye  Bf 

of  Ely  in  ye  tenure  of  Thomas  Springe  late  of  John  Bomsted  on  ye 

South  and  ye  Land  of  ye  said  John  Boll  on  ye  North  and  abutts  upon 

ye    Land   of   ye    Bp    of    Ely   towards    ye   West    and    East. 

Agnes  Boll  Widowe  late  Wife  of  John  Boll  of  Bablyshew  made  ffealty 

and  acknowledged  to  hold  by  ye  rent  of  \]d.  and  of  Court    A°    6° 

Henry  viii. 
BIGGONS  TENEMENT.    One  tenement  with  ye  appurtenances,  hedges  and  ditches  situate  in 

Gedding  between  the  demesnes  of  this  Manor  on  both  parts  and  abutts 

upon  ye  Land  of  ye  Manor  towards  ye  North  and  upon  ye  Land  of 

ye  said  Manor  towards  ye  South. 

Robert  Scarpe  acknowledged  and  made  ffealty  by  ye  rent  of  iii]d. 

and  A°  7°  Henry  viii. 

Thomas  Knopwood  made  ffealty  for  one  tenement  late  of  Thomas 

Biggon  and  afterwards  Robert  Scarpe  by  ye  rent  of  iiijrf.  A°  28° 

Henry  viii. 

Robert  Scarpe  acknowledged  free  by  ye  rent  aforesaid  one  messuage 

in  which  he  abides  and  containing  Lands  to  ye  same  belonging  A°  12  ° 

Henry  viii. 

Certaine  Lands  ffree  late  of  Robert  Scarpe  held  by  rent  of  iiijrf. 

Robert  Heyward  purchased  of  Rob'  Scarpe  by  ye  rent  of  iiijrf.     A 

distress  appeares  A°  28°  Henry  viii. 


LE  SHONE. 
Rent  \}d. 


Rent  iiij^. 


Rent  iiijrf. 


294  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

HESSETT. 

HERE  were  two  estates  in  this  place  mentioned  in  the  Survey. 
The  first  was  formerly  that  of  six  freemen  under  com- 
nu'iidation  to  the  Abbot  of  Ely  in  the  soc  of  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds,  consisting  of  a  carucate  of  land,  a  bordar, 
3  ploughteams  (reduced  to  i  at  the  time  of  the  Survey), 
and  an  acre  of  meadow,  valued  at  6os.  When  the  Survey 
was  taken  this  was  the  estate  of  Frodo,  the  abbot's  brother, 
and  was  worth  only  2os.' 

The  second  was  held  by  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  at  the  time  of  the 
Survey.  It  consisted  of  5^  carucates  of  land  and  6  bordars,  formerly  held 
by  60  freemen.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  half  a  carucate,  2  bordars,  and 
a  ploughteam  were  held  by  Berard,  and  valued  at  2os.  over  and  above  his 
payment  (?).  Among  the  freemen  were  6  ploughteams  and  5  acres  of 
meadow,  and  these  freemen  were  able  to  sell  and  give  their  land,  the  soc 
remaining  in  the  abbot's  possession,  and  they  owed  all  services  in  Rougham. 
All  except  6  belonged  to  the  abbot's  fold,  and  12  acres  belonged  to  the  church. 
The  value  of  this  estate  was  405.  It  was  8  quarentenes  long  and  7  broad, 
and  paid  in  a  gelt  i8d.  whoever  had  the  lands." 

MANOR  OF  HESSETT. 

This  manor  with  the  advowson  was  given  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds 
by  Earl  Ulfketel,  and  continued  with  the  abbey  until  the  suppression  of 
that  house  by  King  Hen.  VIII.,  who  in  1540  sold  and  conveyed  the  manor 
to  Thomas  Bacon. 

The  assurance  included  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Hessett,  Chevins 
Wood,  and  Monkes  \Vood,  and  other  lands  and  hereditaments  in  Hessett, 
Beyton,  Bury,  Thurston,  Drinkstone,  and  Monks  Bradfield,  and  were  to 
be  held  of  the  King  in  chief  by  the  service  of  the  twentieth  part  of  a  knight's 
fee  and  a  payment  of  £2.  75.  annually.3 

The  Bacons  had  long  been  settled  in  Hessett,  certainly  from  the  time 
of  Edw.  I.,  when  we  find  Robert,  2nd  son  of  Adam  Bacon  living  here. 
The  Crown  grantee,  Thomas  Bacon,  was  the  son  of  John  Bacon  by  Margery 
Tyllott,  which  John  was  the  son  of  Stephen  Bacon  who  died  in  1444. 

Thomas  Bacon  married  ist  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Jarvis,  of 
Long  Stratton,  and  2ndly  Ann,  daughter  of  Henry  Rows,  of  Dennington, 
who  after  his  death  remarried  Robert  Gosnold,  of  Otley. 

Thomas  Bacon4  died  2nd  June,  1547, 5  wnen  the  manor  passed  under  his 
will  dated  in  1546*  to  his  eldest  son,  Edmund  Bacon,  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Page,  of  Weelley.  He  made  his  will  in  1553,  and  says  : 
"  I  will  have  dealte  the  day  of  my  burialle  to  the  poore  and  nedye  people 
of  the  same  towne  twentie  shillings.  Item,  1  will  have  dealte  and  given 
to  the  poore  people  of  that  same  towne  that  day  xii  months  twentie  shillings. 
And  so  fourthe  by  the  space  of  fyve  yeres  every  yere  twentie  shillings." 
He  gives  to  Johne  Bacon  his  eldest  sonne  his  "  best  goun  of  chamblet 
furred  with  foynes,"  or  tooynes. 

In  Canon  Cooke's  "  Materials  for  a  History  of  Hessett,"7  he  says  : 
"  He  (Edmund)  leaves  the  larger  part  of  his  lands  with  the  manor  and 

1  Dom.  ii.  355.  Francis  Bacon,  the  celebrated  Lord 

*Dom.  ii.  3626.  Verulam. 

'Harl.  1232;  S.P  1540,  436  (58).  'I.P.M.,  I  Edw.  VI.  29. 

4  He   was   the   great-grandfather   of     Sir         6  Liber  Alen,  p.  41 ,  P.C.C. 

TSuff.  Inst.  vol.  v.  p.  85. 


HESSETT.  295 

advowson  of  Hessett  to  his  wife  Elizabeth  for  her  life  :  other  lands  to 
his  eldest  son  John  ;  and  bequests  of  land  and  money  to  his  son  William, 
to  his  son  Fraunces,  at  this  date  under  twenty-one  years  of  age,  to  his 
daughter,  Marie  Fuetner,  who  is  called  Mary  Fuller  in  the  will  of  his  widow, 
and  to  his  brother-in-law,  Robert  Kene  ;  and  mentions  '  one  Anne  Gosnolde 
my  mother-in-law,'  (once  in  the  will  by  a  clerical  error  called  brother-in-law) 
'  now  the  wife  of  Robert  Gosnolde  of  Ottley  gen  tilman  '  ;  and  he  names 
'  one  annuitie  of  sixe  poundes  by  yere,  which  I  am  bounde  to  pay  to  the 
said  Anne  during  her  lief  naturalle  '  ;  i.e.,  bound  by  his  father's  will. 
And  it  seems  that  he  had  called  two  sons  by  the  name  of  John,  as  is  made 
clear  in  his  widow's  will  :  for  he  makes  this  bequest  :  '  Item  I  give  and 
bequeathe  to  John  Bacon  my  son  of  Callys  three  score  pounds  sterling.'  " 

The  name  in  the  will  is  distinctly  "  John  of  Callys,"  but  it  ought  to 
have  been  written  either  Gatles,  as  in  the  will  of  John  Bacon  the  elder, 
or  Catelys,  as  in  the  inquisition  taken  at  the  death  of  John  Bacon,  the  eldest 
son  of  this  Edmund,  "  omnia  ilia  terras  tenementa  .  .  .  vocata  seu 
cognita  per  nomen  de  Cateleis."1 

The  testator  died  loth  Oct.  1553, '  and  the  manor  passed  under  his 
will  to  his  widow  Elizabeth  for  her  life,  with  all  the  lands  both  free  and  bond, 
meadowe, pastures,  rents,  and  services, and  also  the  "capital  house  in  which 
he  was  dwelling  as  well  as  the  lands  which  he  had  purchased  lately  of  Sir 
Thomas  Jermyn."  By  an  inquisition  made  at  Bury  2nd  of  June,  1554, 
he  was  found  to  hold  of  the  King  in  capite  by  service  of  the  twentieth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  and  a  rent  of  95.  id.  the  Manor  of  Hessett,  with  the 
advowson  of  the  church,  two  woods,  Chevins  and  Monks,  six  messuages 
with  760  acres  of  land  in  Hessett  and  Monks  Bradfield  :  to  hold  of  the  King 
in  socage  three  messuages  with  519  acres  of  land  in  Thurston,  Drinkstone, 
Bayton,  and  Tostock  :  to  hold  by  fealty  only,  of  the  Manor  of  Lytton  in 
Norton,  one  messuage  called  Barton  Mere,  with  248  acres  of  land  ;  and  to 
hold  of  the  King  in  socage  as  of  his  Hundred  of  Thedwastre  one  messuage 
and  228  acres  in  Thurston  at  a  rent  of  ios.3 

John  Bacon,  son  and  heir  of  Edmund  Bacon,  who  resided  at  Troston, 
never  came  into  possession  of  the  manor,  for  he  died  I3th  Jan.  1566-7* 
three  years  before  his  mother's  death.  He  had  married  twice,  ist  Barbara, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  of  Rushbrook,  and  2ndly  Katherine 
Perient,  and  dying  I3th  Jan.  1567,  intestate,5  the  manor  passed  to  his 
son  and  heir,  Edmund  Bacon.  By  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  Bacon,  26th 
May,  1567,  he  was  found  to  have  had  the  reversion  of  all  the  manors, 
messuages,  lands,  and  tenements  which  formed  the  jointure  of  his  mother  ; 
and  to  have  held  of  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  the  Lord  Keeper,  as  of  his  Hundred 
of  Blackbourn,  lands  and  tenements  in  Troston,  Great  and  Little  Livermere, 
Ixworth  Thorpe,  Sapiston,  and  Honington.  His  son  and  heir  was  declared 
to  be  Edmund,  who  on  the  day  of  his  father's  death  was  of  the  age  of  13 
years  and  13  weeks.  His  widow  Elizabeth  died  in  1570. 

Edmund  Bacon  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Cornwaleys, 
of  Shotley.  He  obtained  from  the  King  authority  to  alienate  this  manor 

'Liber  Tasche,  fol.  20,  P.C.C.  "I. P.M.    at   Bury,    26th    May,    1567. 

"I.P.M.    at    Bury,    7th    March,    1553-4,          5The    inquis    p.m.    of    this    John    Bacon 
i   Mary,   112.  from  the  Harl.  MSS.  639,   145,  is 

3  Suffolk  Inst.  vol.  v.  p.  52.  printed  at  length  in  the  Suff.  Inst. 

v.  86-88. 


296  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

in  1606,  and  in  hisVill  dated  in  1624  he  states  that  he  had  already  made 
conveyances  of  his  manors,  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  according  to 
his  mind  and  good  liking.  His  first  bequest  is  as  follows  :  "  ffirst  and 
above  all  things  I  commend  my  soule  into  the  most  mercifull  hands  of 
allmightie  God,  assuredly  trustinge,  that  by  the  death  and  meritts  of  my 
sweet  Saviour  Christe  Jesus,  I  shall  have  free  remission  of  all  my  sinnes  and 
transgressions,  and  that  I  shal  be  pertaker  of  the  heavenly  ioyes  prepared 
for  his  elect  ;  my  bodie  I  comitt  to  the  earth  from  whence  it  came."  He 
leaves  to  the  poor  of  Hessett,  Woolpit,  and  Drinkstone  twenty  shillings 
and  to  the  poor  of  Beyton  ten  shillings  ;  to  one  servant  ten  pounds  ;  to 
each  of  four  other  servants,  six  pounds  thirteen  and  fourpence  ;  and  to 
each  of  other,  three  pounds.  He  makes  provision  for  the  poor  of  Hessett  : 
"  Item  I  will  that  soe  soon  after  my  death  as  convenientlie  maie  bee  my 
executors  shall  deliver  into  the  hands  of  six  men  or  moe  of  the  honest 
inhabitants  of  the  toune  of  Hedgessett  aforesaid  five  pounds  of  lawf  nil  English 
money  to  bee  imployed  to  some  profitt  and  to  remayne  in  a  stocke  for  the 
releife  and  benefitt  of  the  poore  of  yc  said  towne  of  Hedgessett  for  ever, 
and  the  same  five  pounds  to  be  so  disposed  of  from  tyme  to  tyme  and  at  all 
tymes  as  that  some  six  or  moe  of  the  honest  inhabitants  of  the  said  towne 
of  Hedgessett  for  the  tyme  beinge  in  all  tymes  to  come  maie  allwaies  have 
the  government  of  the  same  five  pounds  and  the  disposition  of  the  profitt 
which  shall  be  raysed  thereof  at  all  times  to  the  benefitt  of  the  most  poore 
and  needy  people  of  the  saide  towne  of  Hedgessett.  .  .  .  Item  I 
will  that  soe  soone  after  my  death  as  convenientlie  may  bee  my  executors 
shall  deliver  ten  pounds  into  the  hands  of  those  honest  inhabitants  of  the 
saide  towne  of  Hedgessett  which  shall  have  the  government  of  the  aforesaid 
five  pounds  given  for  a  stocke  for  the  poore  there  as  aforesaid  and  they  to 
have  the  government  of  the  saide  tenn  pounds  for  the  releife  and  benefitt  of 
Jane  Jennings  my  poore  servant  duringe  all  her  life  and  out  of  the  same  ten 
pounds  and  of  the  profite  which  maie  bee  made  thereof  by  some  ymploy- 
ment  thereof  to  bee  made  to  give  what  shalbe  needful  towards  the  mayntenance 
releife  and  comfort  of  the  said  Jane  duringe  her  life.  And  after  her  decease 
the  saide  ten  pounds  or  what  shalbe  left  thereof  unspent  by  the  said  Jane 
to  goe  and  bee  alwaies  imployed  to  the  increase  of  the  aforesaid  stocke 
given  for  the  benefitt  of  the  poore  in  Hedgessett  as  aforesaid  and  to  bee 
alwaies  imployed  as  I  have  appoynted  the  said  five  pounds  to  bee  for  the 
releife  of  the  poore  in  the  said  toune  of  Hedgessett." 

He  mentions  that  his  eldest  son  Edmund  has  deceased,  and  names 
ten  of  his  children  who  are  alive.  He  calls  "  the  wife  of  his  loveinge 
brother  Robert  "  the  Lady  Harris  ;  to  her,  to  Robert  Bacon,  and  to  the 
wife  of  his  son  Lionel  "  for  a  remembrance  of  his  love  and  hartie  affeccyon," 
and  to  each  of  his  ten  children  "  in  remembrance  of  his  love  "  he  gives  "  a 
peece  of  plate  of  the  value  of  five  pounds,  to  bee  bought  and  delivered  to 
every  of  them  "  by  his  executors.  He  leaves  his  plate  and  household 
stuff,  mentioned  afterwards  in  his  will,  to  his  well-beloved  grandchild, 
Edmund  Bacon,  "  the  sonne  and  heire  of  his  eldest  sonne  Edmund  Bacon 
deceased  when  he  shall  attayne  to  the  full  age  of  twentie  and  one  yeres  ; 
and  if  the  saide  Edmund  his  grandchild  shall  die  before  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  to  his  grandchild  Thomas  the  brother  of  the  said  Edmund  his  grand- 
child, to  be  delivered  to  him  at  his  full  age  of  twenty  and  one  yeres."  The 
plate  named  by  him  is  "  my  best  bason  and  ewer  of  silver  parcell  giult, 
my  nest  of  bowles  with  the  cover  to  the  same  silver  and  gilt,  my  standinge 


HESSETT. 


297 


cuppe  silver  and  gilt,  my  silver  salt  gilt,  my  trencher  salt  of  silver  and  gilt, 
my  dozen  of  apostle  spoones  of  silver  parcell  gilt."1 

The  above  is  taken  from  the  will  as  printed  in  the  paper  of  Canon 
Cooke,  to  which  we  have  already  referred. 

Edmund  Bacon  was  buried2  in  Hessett,  against  the  south  wall  of  the 
chapel  of  which  is  a  rectangular  tablet  of  black  marble  in  a  white-flowered 
border  of  Jacobean  character  bearing  an  inscription  in  capital  letters  :— 

HERE     LYE     INTERRED    THE     BODYES     OF     EDMUND 

BACON  ESQ.  AND  ELIZABETH  HIS  WIFE  DAUGH 
TER     OF      RICHARD     CORNWALEYS     ESQ.     WHICH 

EDMUND    AND    ELIZABETH    LIVED     HAPPILY 
TOGETHER      IN     VVEDLOCKE      BY     THE      SPACE      OF 
LII    YEARES    AND    HAD    ISSUE    VIII    SONNES    AND    VIII 
;  DAUGHTERS.       ELIZABETH     DYED     UPPON     THE 

XXV™     OF     DECEMBER      1624    AND      EDMUND     UPP 
ON  THE  IX™  OF  FEBRUARY  NEXT  FOLLOWING. 

Above  are  the  arms  of  Bacon  impaling  Cornwallis.  The  crest  is  broken, 
but  sufficient  remains  to  show  it  to  be  on  a  torse,  a  talbot  passant  holding 
in  his  mouth  a  deer's  leg. 

The  manor  passed  to  Edmund  Bacon's  grandson  and  heir,  Edmund 
Bacon,  son  of  Edmund  Bacon  (who  died  in  1617  in  his  father's  lifetime) 
by  his  wife  Phoebe  Marsham,  youngest  daughter  and  coheir  of  John 
Marsham,  of  Badwell  Ash. 

Edmund  Bacon  died  in  1627,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother  and 
heir,  Thomas  Bacon,  who  died  i8th  Dec.  1635,  without  issue.  The  manor 
then  passed  to  Henry  Bacon,  the  uncle  of  Thomas,  the  3rd  son  of  Edmund 
and  Elizabeth,  who  died  without  issue  in  1651,  when  it  went  to  Lionel 
Bacon,  the  5th  son  of  Edmund,  who  also  died  without  issue  in  1653,  when 
the  estate  became  the  inheritance  of  the  surviving  sisters  and  coheirs. 
Elizabeth,  the  eldest,  married  Calibut  Walpole,  of  Houghton,  in  Norfolk, 
ancestor  of  the  Earls  of  Oxford.  Ann,  another  daughter,  married  John 
Aldrich.  The  manor  or  a  moiety  passed  to  Robert  Walpole,  the  grandson 
of  Elizabeth  and  Calibut  Walpole.  This  Robert  Walpole  died  in  1700, 
when  his  interest  vested  in  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  his  son. 

In  1708  Aubrie  Porter  appears  as  lord  and  patron,  and  his  nephew, 
John  Porter,  and  others  sold  the  manor  and  advowson  in  1724  to  Thomas 
Le  Heufe,3  by  whom  they  were  settled  on  Michael  le  Heufe  his  son  on  his 
marriage  with  Elizabeth  Gery  in  1729.  Thomas  Le  Heufe  died  26th  Dec. 
1736,  at  the  age  of  69,  and  was  buried  in  Hessett,  where  at  the  east  end 
of  the  chancel  is  a  marble  mural  monument  to  his  memory  and  that  of  his 
wife,  who  died  24th  Dec.  1725.  Michael  was  secretary  of  the  presentations 
to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  died  seised  of  the  manor  23rd  July,  1749,*  when 
it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Michael  le  Heufe.  He  married  in  1755 
Merielina,  one  of  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Thomas  Discipline,  and  died 
9th  April,  1792,  aged  60.  His  wife  predeceased  him  six  days,  and  the 
inscription  on  the  wall  of  the  north  aisle  towards  the  westward  in  an  oval 
tablet  of  white  marble  states :  "  They  were  lovely  and  pleasant  in  their  lives 


'  Suff.  Inst.  vol.  v.  90  and  92. 
'I.P.M.,    Bury,    I3th    April,    1625. 


01 


3  Thomas  Le  Heufe  does  not  seem  to  have 
purchased  Thomas  Aldrich's  moiety 
until  1730. 

*24th  July,  Gent.  Mag.  1749,  p.  332. 


298  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

and  in  their  death  they  were  not  divided."  The  manor  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Michael  William  le  Heufe.  He  married  a  Waddington,  and  on 
his  death  22nd  June,  1809,  the  manor  went  to  his  only  son,  Michael  Peter 
le  Heufe,  who  died  loth  Dec.  1837,  without  surviving  issue  (his  only  child 
Merielina  Agnes,  married  to  Michael  Peter  Carpenter,  having  died  2Oth  April 
preceding  her  father's  decease),  when  the  manor  passed  to  the  issue  of 
Merielina  Agnes,  Michael  Peter  le  Heufe's  sister,  wife  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Ellis  Rogers,  rector  of  Hessett  and  Lackford,  namely,  their  only  son, 
Michael  Edward  Rogers. 

Canon  Cooke,  writing  in  1873,  says  that  upon  the  death  of  Michael 
William  Le  Heufe  in  1809  the  manor  and  advowson  passed  to  his  two 
daughters,  Mrs.  Rogers  and  Mrs.  Cocksedge,  and  were  then  in  the  joint 
possession  of  their  representatives,  the  families  of  Marshall  and  Tinling. 
Mrs.  Rogers  died  I2th  May,  1816,  at  the  age  of  25. 

In  1853  the  manor  belonged  to  Mrs.  M.  E.  Rogers  and  Mr.  Charles 
S.  Tinling,  in  1885  to  C.  T.  Tinling  and  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Marshall,  and  in 
1896  to  Thos.  Tinling  and  Mrs.  White,  and  now  to  Mrs.  Tinling  and  Mrs. 
White. 

Page  says  that  the  family  mansion  of  the  Le  Heufes  in  Hessett  was 
destroyed  by  fire  and  never  rebuilt.  They  afterwards  resided  at  Bury 
St.  Edmunds.1 

Arms  of  BACON  :  Argent  on  a  fesse  engrailed  betw.  3  escutcheons  Gu. 
3  mullets  of  the  field.  Of  LE  HEUFE  :  Gules,  three  bee-hives,  beset  with 
bees,  diversely  volant,  Or. 


'Page's  Hist,  of  Suff.  p.  722. 


LIVERMERE.  (GREAT)  299 

LIVERMERE  (GREAT}. 

HE  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  had  the  only  estates  in  this  place 
mentioned  in  the  Survey  under  Thedwestre. 

The  first  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land,  3  ploughteams, 
and  2  acres  of  meadow,  formerly  held  by  10  freemen  who 
could  both  give  and  sell  their  land  so  long  as  the  soc 
remained  to  the  abbot.  The  value  was  IDS.  8d. 

The  second  was  held  when  the  Survey  was  taken  by 
Frodo,  and  consisted  ot  12  freemen  with  2  carucates  of  land  and  5  plough- 
teams,  valued  at  6os. 

The  third  was  also  held  by  Frodo,  and  consisted  of  a  freeman  formerly 
under  Edric,  of  Laxfield,  with  2  carucates  of  land,  and  his  wife  under  the 
abbot.  There  were  also  two  villeins,  8  bordars,  2  thralls,  2  ploughteams 
in  demesne  and  2  belonging  to  the  men,  and  4  acres  of  meadow.  The  men 
could  give  and  sell  their  lands,  but  the  sac,  soc,  and  commendation  over 
the  woman  had  to  remain  in  the  abbot's  possession.  The  man's  land  the 
King  received  from  the  abbot  and  gave  to  Gernon  de  Peiz,  who  later  by 
the  King's  licence  becoming  a  monk,  gave  back  the  land.  The  value  of  it 
was  405.  There  was  also  a  church  advowson  with  12  acres  of  land.  This 
estate  was  10  quarentenes  long  and  8  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  I2d.' 

Under  Lackford  we  find  the  following  entry  of  lands  in  Livermere  : 
In  Saxon  times  a  manor  was  held  in  this  place  byGoodmund  under  the  Abbot 
of  Ely,  and  he  could  not  sell  it.  It  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land,  4 
villeins,  3  bordars,  3  serfs,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  2  belonging  to 
the  men,  4  acres  of  meadow,  a  fishery,  a  horse,  3  beasts,  10  hogs,  and  160 
sheep.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  manor  was  held  by  Hugh  de  Beverda 
of  Hugh  de  Montfort,  and  the  serfs  were  reduced  to  i,  the  ploughteams 
belonging  to  the  men  to  i,  the  hogs  to  3,  and  the  sheep  to  100.  The  soc  and 
sac  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  Ely.  And  the  said  Hugh  de  Montfort  held 
80  acres  which  three  freemen  under  Goodmund  by  commendation  and  by 
soc  and  sac  under  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  had  formerly  held,  and  half 
the  commendation  of  one  freeman  (?)  with  the  land  which  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds  had  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor.  Among  them  all  were  2 
ploughteams  and  an  acre  of  meadow.  The  manor  was  valued  at  405., 
and  the  freemen  at  135.  It  was  6  quarentenes  long  and  4  broad,  and  paid 
in  a  gelt  4^.* 

There  were  two  other  holdings  in  this  place.  The  first  estate  belonged 
to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  was  held  by  Fulcher.  It  consisted  of 
two  freemen  with  20  acres  of  land,  a  bordar,  half  a  ploughteam,  and  half 
an  acre  of  meadow.  These  men  could  give  and  sell  their  lands,  but  the 
sac,  soc,  and  commendation  remained  in  the  possession  of  the  abbot.  The 
value  was  35.' 

The  second  estate  was  held  by  three  freemen  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely, 
by  commendation  only,  in  the  soc  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  con- 
sisted of  29  acres  of  land  and  half  a  ploughteam,  valued  at  55.  It  was  held 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey  by  the  Abbot  of  Ely.* 

MANOR  OF  LIVERMERE  MAGNA  al.  UPHALL  al.  BROME  HALL. 

The  abbot  and  convent  at  Ely  held  a  manor  in  Great  Livermere  in  1045, 
and  Wilfric,  the  6th  abbot  of  that  house,  privately  made  over  the  same 

'Dora.  ii.  3636.  3Dora.  ii. 

2Dom.  ii.  4Dom.  ii. 


300  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

to  his  brother  Gudnund.  The  monks  re-claimed  the  same,  and  Thurston, 
his  successor,  prosecuted  their  claim  and  came  to  an  agreement  that 
Gudnund  should  enjoy  it  for  life.  In  the  interval  the  Norman  invasion 
occurred,  and  Hugh  de  Montfort,  who  accompanied  the  Conqueror  as 
standard  bearer,  obtained  possession  of  the  'manor  and  withheld  it  from  the 
monastery.  Under  Hugh  de  Montfort,  Hugh  de  Bemda  held. 

The  manor  was  vested  in  Matthew  de  Thelnetham  in  the  reign  of 
Hen.  III. 

Peter  de  Thelnetham  held  a  fee  here  in  1240,  and  in  1274-5  Matthew 
de  Thelnetham  was  lord.  A  Court  Roll  of  his  will  be  found  amongst  the 
Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum.1  In  the  time  of  Edw.  II. 
Sir  John  de  Thelnetham  was  lord.  The  manor  no  doubt  descended  in 
the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Thelnetham,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred. 

In  1318  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  John  de  Thelnetham  and 
Matilda  his  wife  against  Edmund  de  Gunvill,  parson  of  Russheworth  church, 
and  Peter,  son  of  Robert  de  Hoo,  of  Bernham.1  The  fine  included  also 
the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Magna  Livermere.  Davy  says  that  Peter 
de  Thelnetham,  his  son  and  heir,  was  the  next  lord,  and  that  his  daughter 
and  heir  Juliana  succeeded,  and  married  Hugh  de  Bokenham,  but  this  is  not 
exactly  correct. 

In  1339  the  manor  and  the  advowson  were  in  Matthew  de  Thelnetham 
and  Margaret  his  wife,  for  this  year  they  levied  a  fine  of  them  against  Robert 
Peyvere,  parson  of  the  church  of  Magna  Livermere  and  William  Payn, 
parson  of  the  church  of  Flemton.3  The  manor  continued  with  the  family 
of  Thelnetham  until  it  passed  to  the  Bokenhams  in  the  person  of  Juliana, 
daughter  of  Peter,  and  sister  and  heir  of  John  de  Thelnetham,  widow  of 
Hugh  de  Bokenham,  of  Snetterton,  in  Norfolk,4  who  had  died  in  1373. 

It  is  said  Juliana  concurred  with  her  trustee  in  1385  in  settling  the 
manor  on  Hugh  de  Bokenham,  her  son,  on  his  marriage  with  Joan,  daughter 
of  Robert  Ashfield,  but  as  John  de  Thelnetham,  Juliana's  brother,  is  said 
not  to  have  died  until  1399,  an<^  Joan.  tne  w^e  °f  Hugh  de  Bokenham, 
died  about  1393,  it  is  not  easy  to  see  how  this  could  be.  Amongst 
the  Harleian  Charters  in  the  British  Museum  is  a  lease  of  Brome  Hall 
Manor  with  the  advowson,  &c.,  dated  i8th  Rich.  II.  [1394.]  It  is  a  demise  by 
Robert  de  Aisshefeld  to  Hugh  Bokynham  and  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  of 
the  said  Robert,  and  includes  5  acres  of  land  and  2  acres  of  pasture  in  Great 
and  Little  Livermere,  and  £7  rent  in  the  same  manor.5 

In  1399  the  trustees  of  Hugh  de  Bokenham  covenanted  to  settle  the 
manor  on  Hugh  and  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Brewse,  Knt.,  and  their 
heirs  male,  reserving  Juliana's  life  interest  in  it. 

Hugh  de  Bokenham,  died  before  1425,  and  from  this  time  to  the  time 
of  Sir  John  Carry  11,  son  of  Thomas  Carry  11  and  Dorothy  Bokenham  (which 
John  had  livery  of  the  manor  in  1577),  ^  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the 
Manor  of  Thelnetham,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred.  This  manor  is  specifically 
mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  Bokenham,  who  died  in  1484,'  of 
George  Bokenham,  who  died  the  2ist  Sept.  1523,'  of  Thomas  Bokenham, 
who  died  9th  Dec.  1534,'  and  of  John  Bokenham,  who  died  ist  Aug.  1551.* 

'Add.  Ch.  9096,  9007.  5Harl.  45  D.  27. 

•Feet  of  Fines,  12  Edw.  II.  39.  M.P.M.,  2  Rich.  III.  7. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  12  Edw.  III.  38.  H.P.M.,  16  Hen.  VIII.  44. 

4  See  Thelnetham  Manor,  in  Blackbourn  M.P.M.,   27   Hen.   VIII.   26. 

Hundred.  M.P.M.,  6  Edw.  VI.  56. 


LIVERMERE    (GREAT).  301 

A  fine  was  levied  of  this  manor  and  of  the  manors  of  Furneux,  What- 
field,  Worlington,  Hethese  (?)  and  Mildenhall  in  1558,  by  Richard  Nye 
against  Thomas  Carill  and  others. ' 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1588  by  Henry  Campyon  against 
Sir  John  Carill,2  and  he  levied  one  in  1590  against  Edmund  Buckenham,3. 
but  he  does  not  appear  to  have  retained  the  manor  long,  as  before  the  end 
of  Queen  Elizabeth's  reign  we  find  it  vested  in  Hamon  Claxton. 

Page  gives  an  account  of  this  family,  in  which  he  says  that  Hamon 
Claxton  was  the  2nd  son  of  William  Claxton,  of  Chediston,  in  Blything 
Hundred,  and  of  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Throgmorton,  of 
Allhallows,  in  South  Elmham.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Clarke,  of  Oakley,  in  Somersetshire.  She  died  in  1605,  and  the  property 
(Page  rather  infers  the  manor)  passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  Hamon 
Claxton. 

Davy  does  not  give  this  devolution  of  the  manor,  but  states  that  it 
passed  from  Hamon  Claxton,  who  died  in  1592,  to  his  son  and  heir,  John 
Claxton,  and  that  two  other  John  Claxtons  succeeded,  being  sons  of  those 
formerly  holding  the  lordship.  This  devolution  of  Davy  is  verified  by  one 
of  the  Rawlinson  MSS.,  in  the  Bodleian,4  where  it  is  stated  that  in  1597 
John  Claxton  was  the  holder  of  the  Manor  of  Uphall,  and  we  find  that  in 
1613  John  Clayton  (no  doubt  an  error  for  Claxton)  was  called  upon  to 
show  title  to  the  manor  and  the  advowson.5 

The  descent  of  the  manor  is  perfectly  clear.  On  Hamon's  death 
2oth  Aug.  1594,*  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow  Anne,  and  on  her  death 
in  1605  went  to  Hamon's  son  and  heir,  John  Claxton.  He  married 
Bridget,  daughter  of  Thomas  Barrow,  of  Shipdam,  in  Norfolk,  and  dying 
was  buried  26th  Jan.  1619,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir 
John,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Newtas,  of  Ham,  in 
Middlesex.  On  his  (John  Claxton's)  death,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Hamon  Claxton,  who  married  Philippa,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert 
Bacon,  of  Redgrave,  Bart.,  and  died  igth  June,  1671,  his  widow  surviving 
until  I3th  Jan.  1683.  On  her  death  their  son  Maurice  succeeded  to  the 
lordship.  He  married  Dorothy,  youngest  daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Felton, 
of  Playford,  Bart.,  and  died  in  i687without  surviving  issue,  his  only  daughter 
Elizabeth  having  died  in  1683,  and  leaving  his  widow,  who  remarried  Sir 
John  Poley,  of  Boxstead,  and  died  in  1713. 

The  manor  subsequently  became  the  property  of  Baptist  Lee  by  pur- 
chase. He  died  in  1768,  and  devised  the  same  to  his  grandson,  Nathaniel 
Lee  Acton,  who  died  in  1836,  from  whom  the  manor  has  descended,  and 
passed  in  the  same  way  as  the  Manor  of  Lawshall,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred, 
and  is  now  vested  in  Lord  De  Saumarez. 

Court  Rolls  of  the  Manor  of  Great  Liver  mere  in  1295  and  1309  will 
be  found  amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum.7 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  under  the  head  of  "  Bromhall  Manor 
and  Advowson  "  in  1387  by  Margaret  Mareschall,  Countess  of  Norfolk, 
Richard  Upton,  parson  of  Shimpling  church,  Robert  Hotot,  John 

'Fine,  Mich.  6  Mary,  I.  'Memoranda,  10  James  I.;    Mich.  Rec. 

'Fine,  Mich.  30-31  Eliz.  Rot.  195. 

3  Fine,  Trin.  32  Eliz.  6I.P.M.,   at   Bury,    i8th   July,   40   Eliz. 

4  B.3i9-  [I598]- 

7  Add.  Ch.  9096,  9097. 


302  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Roughened,  jun.,  and  William,  parson  of  Thelnetham  church.1  The  Manor 
of  "  Uphall,"  in  Great  Livermcre,  is  included  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John 
Smith  in  1482.* 

Another  fine  was  levied  of  the  same  manor  under  the  head  "  Uphall 
a/.  Magna  Lyvermere  Manor,"  in  1554,  by  Nicholas  Ridley  against  Thomas 
Clarke  and  others.1  And  the  same  year  of  the  same  manor  by  William 
Watson  and  others  against  Henry  Clarke  and  others.4 

There  would  appear  to  have  been  two  separate  manors  of  Uphall  and 
Bromhall,  not,  as  Davy  makes  out,  one  manor  indifferently  called  the  one 
or  the  other,  for  amongst  the  Star  Chamber  Proceedings  in  the  time  of 
Hen.  VIII.  we  find  an  action  by  William  Cok  and  Thomas  Symond  against 
Thomas  Bromwich  and  George  Bokenham,  in  which  the  customs  of  the 
"  manors  of  Uphall  and  Bromhall  "  are  involved.5  Bromhall  was  evidently 
the  manor  of  the  Bokenhams.  This  view,  too,  is  fortified  by  the  Rawlinson 
MSS.  in  the  Bodleian,  in  which  the  descent  of  the  "  manors  of  Brom-hall 
and  Up-hall,"  in  1597,  are  given.6 

LIVERMERE  MAGNA  OR  GRANGE. 

This  manor  was  held  in  1198  by  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Warden, 
in  Bedfordshire,  where  it  remained  until  the  dissolution  of  the  religious 
houses,  when  it  passed  to  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  in  1546  to  Richard 
Taverner  and  Roger  Taverner,  who  had  licence  the  same  year  to  alienate 
to  Nicholas  Rookwood,  who  10  years  later  had  licence  to  alienate  to  John 
Dowvys,  and  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1557  by  the  said  John  Dowvys 
against  Nicholas  Rokewood  and  others.7  The  fine  included  lands  in  Wang- 
ford,  Brandonferry,  and  Lakengheath.  John  "  Dawys,"  no  doubt  the 
same  man,  was  called  upon  in  1559  to  show  title  to  the  manor.8 

John  Doubs  or  Dowvys  died  in  1577,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
daughter  and  heir,  Anne,  married  to  William  Barwick,  and  they  in  1597 
sold  the  manor  to  Thomas  Wright.9 

From  this  time  the  manor  seems  to  have  devolved  on  the  Wright 
family  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Wangford,  in  Lackford  Hundred. 


'Feet  of  Fines,  n  Rich.  II.  23.  «B.  319. 

M.P.M.,  21  Edw.  IV.  30.  'Fine,  Trin.  4  Mary  I. 

3  Fine,  Mich.  2  Mary  I.  "M.  i  Eliz.  Mich.  Rec.  Rot.  121. 

'Fine,  Easter,  2  Mary  I.  'Fine,  Easter,  39  Eli/. 

'Star  C.P.  Hen.  VIII.  vol.  17,  72. 


PAKENHAM.  303 


PA  KEN  HAM. 

LL  the  land  mentioned  in  this  place  at  the  time  of  the  Survey 
belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.  The  first  estate 
was  a  manor  held  by  the  abbot,  also  in  the  time  of  the  Con- 
fessor, and  consisting  of  7  carucates  of  land,  44  villeins,  23 
bordars,  3  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  23  belonging  to 
the  men,  6  thralls,  26  acres  of  meadow,  and  wood  sufficient 
to  support  100  hogs.  Also  2  mills,  3  rouncies,  48  beasts, 
65  hogs,  and  190  sheep.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  some  of  these  details 
had  changed  ;  there  were  4  ploughteams  in  demesne,  9  thralls,  i  mill  only, 
but  additionally  8  hives  of  bees.  Another  holding  was  that  of  31  freemen 
and  a  bordar,  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor,  consisting  of  2  carucates  of  land, 
ii  ploughteams,  and  3  acres  of  meadow.  All  these  belonged  to  the  abbot 
with  sac  and  soc  and  all  customs,  and  to  the  abbot's  fold. 

In  the  same  township  was  an  estate  formerly  of  three  freemen  con- 
sisting of  30  acres  of  land,  a  ploughteam,  and  wood  sufficient  for  the  main- 
tenance of  4  hogs.  The  freemen  could  give  and  sell  the  land,  the  sac,  soc, 
and  customs  still  remaining  to  the  abbot. 

In  the  same  township  in  the  Confessor's  time  was  a  freeman  with  a 
carucate  of  land,  and  the  Survey  says  :  "  He  got  the  Abbot's  consent  to 
lease  him  half  a  carucate  of  land  on  condition  that  the  whole  of  his  land 
wheresoever  it  might  be  should  remain  in  the  Saint's  possession  after  his 
death."  And  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  out  of  this  freeman's  land  a  caru- 
cate lay  in  Pakenham  in  demesne.  There  was  also  a  ploughteam  as  well 
as  5  bordars,  2  thralls,  and  a  winter  mill.  The  abbot  had  commendation, 
sac,  and  soc  over  the  freeman.  To  the  church  lay  30  acres  of  land  as  alms. 
The  value  of  the  whole  was  £10,  increased  to  £25  at  the  time  of  the  Survey. 
It  was  16  quarentenes  long  and  a  league  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt 


MANOR  OF  PAKENHAM  HALL. 

This  was  given  by  Edward  the  Confessor  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Edmunds. 
In  1199  Abbot  Sampson  assigned  one-third  of  the  demesne  and  tithes  of 
Pakenham  to  St.  Saviour's  Hospital,  Bury.  The  lordship  remained  with 
the  abbey. 

We  learn  from  the  Consuetudinary  of  Sampson  the  abbot  that  Pakenham 
owed  many  customs  to  the  abbey,  and  amongst  others  that  of  keeping 
watch  and  ward  in  the  town  when  required.  This  consuetudinary  contains 
a  list  of  the  Pakenham  tenants.  One  of  the  entries  is  :— 

"  In  1256  Abbot  Edmund  de  Walpole,  reserving  the  advowson  of  the 
vicarage,  appropriated  the  church  of  Pakenham  to  the  maintenance  of 
hospitality  at  Bury,  the  Vicar  being  allowed  to  retain  the  church  manse 
and  land,  with  the  tithes  thence  proceeding  (which  last  he  now  has  to  pay 
to  the  Abbot's  successor)  with  all  altar  dues,  the  tithes  of  grist,  hay,  lambs, 
calves,  poultry,  milk,  and  all  other  small  tithes,  oblations,  and  obventions, 

'Dora.  ii.  3616  (bis). 


304  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

from  which  it  is  clear  that  the  Vicar's  income  ought  to  be  independent  of 
the  price  of  wheat,  barley,  and  oats,  upon  which  it  has  been  made  to  depend 
entirely.'" 

The  lordship  remained  with  the  abbey  until  the  dissolution  of  the  same, 
when  it  reverted  to  the  Crown,  and  was  27th  Sept.  1545,  granted  to  Robert 
and  Thomas  Spring,  his  son.  The  grant  will  be  found  on  the  Originalia 
Rolls  37  Hen.  VIII.,*  and  particulars  for  the  grant  are  still  preserved  in  the 
Record  Office.1 

The  name  and  origin  of  the  family  of  Spring  is  presumed  by  some  to 
be  derived  from  an  ancestor  seated  at  Houghton-le-Spring,  in  Durham, 
but  we  first  meet  with  the  family  in  Suffolk  in  the  town  of  Lavenham, 
where  they  were  eminent  merchants.  Thomas  Spring,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Agnes,  has  a  monument  erected  to  his  memory  in  Lavenham  church,  and 
his  effigies  and  those  of  his  wife  and  children  in  brass.  His  father  died  in 
1440,  as  appears  by  Baldwin's  MS.  Register.  In  the  inscription  on  his 
monument  it  is  stated  that  he  built  the  vestry  of  the  church  where  he  lies 
interred.  Thomas  Spring  died  7th  Sept.  1486,  and  left  by  Margaret  his 
wife  two  sons,  Thomas  and  James,  and  a  daughter  Cecilia.  James,  the 
2nd  son,  was  slain  in  a  fight  between  Lavenham  and  Brent  Eleigh  in  1493, 
and  lies  buried  in  Lavenham  vestry.  Weever  mentions  a  James  Spring, 
probably  the  same,  who,  he  says,  died  in  1483,  and  he  gives  the  following 
inscription  :— 

"  Orate  pro  anima  Jacobi  Spring  qui  obiit  iij  die  Augusti 
MCCCCLXXXIII.  cujus  animo  propitietur  Deus,  Amen."  Thomas, 
the  eldest  son,  was  a  great  benefactor  to  Lavenham  church,  and  built  the 
greater  part  of  the  steeple,  the  great  chapel  on  the  south,  and  afterwards 
the  carved  chapel  on  the  north  where  he  lies  interred.  His  will  is  dated 
I3th  June,  1523,  and  it  was  proved  3rd  July,  1524.  By  his  2nd  wife  Alice, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Appleton,  of  Little  Waldingfield,  by  Margery,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Robert  Crane,  of  Stonham  Parva,  he  had  two  sons,  Sir  John 
Spring,  Knt.,  of  Hitcham,  and  Robert  Spring,  the  purchaser  of  this  manor. 
Robert  Spring  lived  at  Lavenham,  and  married  ist  Ann,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Eden,  of  Lavenham  and  London,  but  originally  seated  at  Sudbury, 
and  andly  Emma,  daughter  of  Parris,  of  Linton,  in  Cambridgeshire.  He 
died  3rd  April,  1550,*  when  the  manor  vested  in  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas 
Spring,  who  married  ist  Alice,  daughter  of  Thomas  Appleton,  of  Little 
Waldingfield,  and  2ndly  Juliana,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Payer,  sheriff 
of  London,  and  died  I5th  Jan.  1556,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir  Robert,  of  Icklingham.  He  married  ist  Joane,  daughter  and  coheir 
of  George  Foster,  of  Essex,  and  widow  of  Peryn,  and  2ndly  Anne  Hogan, 
of  Norfolk. 

A  fine  of  the  manor  was  levied  by  Robert  Spring  against  Thomas  Poley 
and  others  in  1572,  and  he  had  licence  to  alienate  the  same  in  1573  to  his 
cousin,  Sir  William  Spring,  Knt.,  of  Pakenham,5  the  son  of  Sir  John  Spring, 
of  Hitcham,  amd  of  Dorothy  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Waldegrave, 
of  Smallbridge.  This  Sir  John  Spring  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Spring,  of 
Lavenham. 

'Cited  Sufi.   Inst.  vol.  x.   172.  'I.P.M.,  3  Edw.  VI.  141. 

•O.  6  Pars.  Rot.  38.  5Fine,  Trin.  15  Eliz. 

'D.K.R.    10   App.   ii.   p.   276. 


PAKENHAM.  305 

Sir  William  Spring  was  knighted  by  Queen  Elizabeth  by  the  title 
Sir  William  Spring,  of  Pakenham,  and  was  High  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  in  1578 
and  1596  ;  but  a  claim  for  forfeiture  of  this  manor  had  been  made  upon 
him  the  very  year  he  acquired  it.1  He  married  ist  Anne,  daughter  of 
Sir  Thomas  Kitson,  of  Hengrave,  and  2ndly  Susan,  daughter  of  Sir  Ambrose 
Jermyn,  of  Rushbrooke,  and  widow  of  Lionel  Tallemache.  Letters  of  Sir 
William  to  B.  Gawdy  before  1596  and  in  1598  will  be  found  amongst  the 
Egerton  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.2  He  died  3rd  Feb.  1599,  and  the 
manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Spring,  of  Pakenham,  who  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  J.  Trelawney,  of  Minn,  in  Cornwall,  and  sister  of  Sir 
Jonathan  Trelawney.  Letters  of  his  to  B.  Gawdy  in  1589,  1591,  and  1600 
will  be  found  amongst  the  Egerton  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.3  He 
changed  the  arms  of  the  family  by  leaving  out  the  three  cinquefoils  Or 
with  which  the  chevron  had  been  charged,  and  bore  only  a  chevron  engrailed 
between  three  mascles  Gules. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  against  him  in  1601  by  Sir  Jonathan 
Trelawney  and  others,  probably  by  way  of  settlement.4  He  died  i4th 
Nov.  1601,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  William  Spring, 
Knt.,  who  was  High  Sheriff  18  Jac.  I.,  and  M.P.  for  Suffolk,  knighted  by 
Jas.  I.  at  Theobalds,  Feb.  1610-11.  There  is  a  letter  to  Sir  William  Spring 
from  Lord  Hunsdon  [1603-1617]  amongst  the  Egerton  MSS.5  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Smith,  of  Mounthall,  in  Essex,  a  colonel  in 
the  army  serving  in  Ireland,  who  died  I2th  Dec.  1626,  aged  76.  Sir  William 
died  in  1637-8,  at  Gawdy  Hall,  Redenhall,  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law, 
and  was  buried  at  Pakenham.  The  manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir, 
Sir  William  Spring,  Knt.,  of  Pakenham,  who  was  baptised  at  Stanton  i3th 
March,  1613,  created  a  baronet  nth  August,  1641,  the  same  year  in  which 
he  was  High  Sheriff  for  Suffolk,  and  in  1646  he  was  M.P.  for  Bury.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Hamon  L'Estrange,  Knt.  and  Bart.,  of 
Hunstanton,  co.  Norfolk,  and  died  I7th  Dec.  1654,'  and  is  buried  in 
Pakenham  church,  with  the  following  inscription  to  his  memory  : — 


Hie  jacet 

Dns.  Gulielmus  Spring,  Baronettus, 

In  Deum         ") 

In  Parentes  Pietate  spectabilis 

In  Patriam     ) 

Mira  dulce  dine  morum  omnibus  charus 
Elizabetha  mvereus  insignis  amoris  ergo 

P 
Obiit  17  mo  die  Decembris  1654. 

Sir  William's  widow  survived  for  24  years,  and  died  2ist  March,  1678-9, 
and  is  buried  at  Pakenham,  where  there  is  a  monument  to  her  memory, 

'M.  16  Eliz.  Pas.  Rec.  Rot.  71.  4Fine,  Trin.  43  Eliz. 

2Eger.  2713.  5Eger.  2715. 

3Eger.  2713,  2714.  'Will  i8th  Oct.   1653,  proved   1655. 
PI 


306  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

with  the  following  inscription  under  a  shield  bearing  the  arms  of  Spring, 
with  an  escutcheon  of  Ulster  impaling  L'Estrange  :— 

Domina  Klizabetha  Spring 

nata  Hamoni  Le  Strange  militi  10  Martij 

1613  Uxor  Gulielmi  Spring,  Baronetti, 

Mater  Gulielmi  Spring,  Baronetti, 

Et  Dorofheae  nuptae  Christophoro 

Calthorp    militi   Balnei   quos    solos 

ex  octo  liberis  sui  superstites 
reliquit    femina    aequis  dotibus 
corporis  ingenii  gratiae  a  Deo  dum 
vixit   ditata  ab  omni   bono  colenda 
nunc  pie  lugenda  post  64  annos 
quibus  vitae  hujus  aerumnas 
fortitudine  vere  pia,  vere  Christiana 
toleraverat  in  beatam  assumitur 

21  die  Martij,  1678 

Cujus  Memoriae  Sacrum  hoc 

marmor    posuit    Domina    Sarah 

Spring   mums  digna,  et   omni   pio 

Seculo    Memoranda. 

The  manor  passed  to  Sir  William's  only  surviving  son  and  heir,  Sir 
William  Spring,  2nd  Bart.,  who  married  ist  Mary,  daughter  of  Dudley 
North,  brother  of  Lord  North,  who  died  23rd  Oct.  1662,  leaving  a  son, 
William  Spring,  who  died  in  infancy,  and  2ndly  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sir 
Robert  Cordell,  of  Long  Melford,  ist  Bart.,  who  died  2nd  Aug.  1689.  Sir 
William  Spring  died  3oth  April,  1684,  and  was  buried  at  Pakenham  3rd 
May  following,  where  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  is  a  flat  stone  with  the 
following  inscription  :— 

Memoriae  Sacrum 
Domini  Gulielmi  Spring  Boronetti 

Ingenti  Ingenio 

Suavissimis  moribus  viri 

Qui   die   Maij,    1642    natus 

et  30  Aprilis  1684  denatus 

His  jacet  sepultus 

vxores  ducit 
Primam  Mariam  Dudlei  North 

De  Kirtling  Baronis 
Filiam  natu  maximam 
Faeminam  lectissimam 
Alteram  Saram  Roberti  Cordell 

De  Melford,  Baronetti, 
Filiam  etiam  natu  maximam 

conjugem  optimam 

Quae  non  Integra  conjugis  superstes 

Hoc  mcerens  posuit. 

The  Manor  passed  to  Sir  William's  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  Spring, 
3rd  Bart.,  baptised  at  Pakenham  I2th  Dec.  1672,  and  married  at  Rush- 
brooke  28th  May,  1691,  to  the  Hon.  Merolina,  5th  daughter  and  coheir  of 


PAKENHAM.  307 

Thomas,  Lord  Jermyn,  2nd  Baron,'  and  dying  2nd  April,  1704,*  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  William  Spring,  4th  Bart.,  baptised  at  Paken- 
ham, Jan.  1696-7,  and  died  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at  Pakenham,  22nd 
Mar.  1735-6,  and  his  estate  valued  at  £1,500  a  year  descended  to  his  two 
sisters  and  coheirs — Merolina,  married  to  Thomas  Discipline,  of  Bury  St. 
Edmunds,  and  Mary,  married  to  the  Rev.  John  Symonds,  D.D.,  rector  of 
Horningsheath,  and  as  a  portion  of  the  estates  in  1748  this  manor  and  the 
advowson  were  allotted  to  Thomas  Discipline. 

Thomas  Discipline  died  i8th  April,  1752,  and  his  widow  6th  Nov.  1761, 
aged  66.  They  had  issue  two  daughters,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Delariviere 
or  Delaverie,  married  John  Godbold,  and  died  without  issue  in  1788  at  the 
age  of  53,  and  the  other,  Merolina,  married  I4th  Aug.  1755,  to  Michael 
William  Le  Hemp,  of  Hessett.  Michael  William  Le  Hemp  died  April  gth, 
1792,  aged  60,  and  was  buried  at  Hessett,  leaving  issue  one  son  and  two 
daughters.  The  son  died  without  issue,  the  elder  daughter  married  Martin 
Cocksedge  and  had  issue,  and  the  younger  married  the  Rev.  —  Rogers, 
rector  of  Lackford,  who  left  one  son,  married  to  Emily,  daughter  of  Sir 
James  Blake,  Bart.,  and  had  issue.  The  manor  was,  however,  sold  by 
John  Godbold  and  his  wife  Delaverie  in  Sept.  1786,  to  Sir  Henry  Gough, 
who  assumed  the  surname  of  Calthorpe  on  inheriting  in  1783  the  estates  of 
Elvetham,  in  Hampshire,  from  his  uncle,  Sir  Henry  Calthorpe,  K.B.,  and 
was  elevated  to  the  peerage  in  1796  by  the  title  of  Baron  Calthorpe,  of 
Calthorpe,  co.  Norfolk. 

At  this  time  the  fines  and  quit  rents  amounted  on  an  average 
to  £37.  IQS.  6d.  per  annum.3  From  this  time  to  the  time  of  Frederick  Gough 
Calthorpe,  4th  Baron,  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  that  of 
Ampton,  in  this  Hundred.  On  the  death  of  the  4th  Lord  Calthorpe,  2nd 
May,  1868,  this  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Frederick  Henry 
William  Gough  Calthorpe,  5th  Baron,  and  on  his  death  in  1893  passed  to 
his  brother,  Augustus  Cholmondeley  Gough  Calthorpe,  6th  Baron.  He 
married  in  1869  Maud  Augusta  Louisa,  younger  daughter  of  the  Hon. 
Octavius  Duncombe. 

A  rental  of  the  manor  t.  Hen.  VIII.  is  preserved  in  the  Public  Record 
Office.4 

Arms  of  SPRING  :  Argent,  on  a  chevron,  between  three  mascles  Gules, 
as  many  cinquefoils  Or. 

A  "  Pakenham  "  Manor  belonged  to  Henry  le  Strange,  whose  will  is 
dated  1483. 

MANOR  OF  NEWHALL  al.  MALKINSHALL  al.  BEAUMONTS. 

This  manor  belonged  at  the  time  of  the  Norman  Survey  to  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Edmunds,  and  the  chief  lordship  at  least  continued  with  the  great 
abbey  until  the  dissolution  of  the  religious  houses,  when  it  passed  to  the 
Crown.  We  say  chief  lordship,  for  we  find  that  Henry  le  Strange  died 
seised  of  the  manor  called  "  Bemans  Manor,  in  Pakenham,"  held  of  Thomas, 
Abbot  of  Bury,  in  1486,  and  apparently  this  is  the  same  manor  with  New 
Hall.  It  was  then  found  that  Roger,  his  son  and  heir,  was  then  aged  17. 5 

'She  died  zgth  Aug.  1727,  aged  52,  and          3 Ipswich   Journal,   2Qth   July   and   26th 

was  buried  at   Pakenham.  Aug.  1786. 

*Adm.  20th  Sept.   i7io»  and  28th  Nov.         4  Exchequer,  ist  Rep.  on  Pub.  Rec.  (1800), 

1727.  p.  195. 

SI.P.M.,  i  Hen.  VII.  52. 


308  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

This  Roger,  afterwards  Sir  Roger  le  Strange,  died  seised  of  the  manor  23rd 
Oct.  1505,  leaving  John,  his  son  and  heir,  aged  4  years.'  In  1545  the  manor 
was  granted  by  the  Crown  to  John  Seaman  al.  Turner.  Particulars  of  farm 
of  the  manor  for  this  grant  are  still  preserved  in  the  Record  Office." 

A  John  Holle  held  his  first  court  for  the  manor  on  Thursday  in  Easter 
week  i  Eliz.  [1559]'  but  probably  on  behalf  of  Richard  Turner,  son  of  John, 
who  died  24th  Nov.  1551.*  The  impression  of  this  Richard  being  an  infant 
at  the  time  is  rather  strengthened  by  the  fact  that  he  did  not  have  livery 
of  the  manor  until  1562.'  He  died  in  1588,  when  the  manor  passed  to 
his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Turner,  who  held  his  first  court  in  1591,  and  had 
licence  about  1598  to  alienate  to  John  Pretyman.  Pretyman  had  licence 
to  alienate  in  1615  to  Anne  Drury, widow,  and  she  had  licence  to  alienate, 
and  bequeathed  the  same  to  her  brother,  Nicholas  Bacon.  The  manor 
was  shortly  afterwards  acquired  by  Paul  D'Ewes.  Amongst  the  Harleian 
Charters  is  a  memorandum  of  the  expenses  attending  a  plea  of  Paul  D'Ewes 
for  this  manor  in  i624-6  Also  an  acquittance  in  1623  of  505.  4^.  for  the 
homage  of  Anne  Drury,  and  other  acquittances  in  16247  Paul  D'Ewes 
died  in  1630,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  the  celebrated 
antiquarian,  Sir  Symonds  D'Ewes,  and  amongst  the  Harleian  Charters  we 
find  acquittances  in  respect  of  this  manor  by  him  in  1632, 1633,  I634,  and 
1637.'  And  in  the  last-mentioned  year  a  lease  by  him  described  as  of 
Stowhall,  to  William  Sire,  of  Langham,for  15  years,  of  the  Manor  of  Malkin's 
Hall,  and  various  pasture  called  Laywood,  in  Pakenham,  at  the  yearly 
rent  of  £92,  if  Robert  Clarke,  yeoman,  then  holding  the  lease,  would  yield 
up  possession  under  certain  circumstances.9  The  following  year  by  deed 
dated  20th  Jan.  14  Car.  I.  [1638]  the  lease  seems  to  have  been  granted  to 
the  said  William  Sire  at  the  same  rent,  but  for  21  years.10 

From  this  time  the  manor  devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor 
of  Stowlangtoft,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred,  until  the  death  of  Sir  Jermyn 
D'Ewes,  4th  Bart.,  unmarried,  in  1731. 

The  manor  subsequently  vested  in  Thomas  Browne  Tonns,  of  Norwich, 
who  sold  the  same  to  Sir  George  Wombwell,  Bart.,  and  it  was  later  pur- 
chased by  Henry  Wilson,  from  which  time  the  manor  has  descended  in  the 
same  course  as  the  manors  of  Stowlangtoft  and  Langham,  in  Blackbourn 
Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  Arthur  Maitland  Wilson,  of  Stowlangtoft 
Hall. 

A  survey  and  rental  of  this  manor  will  be  found  referred  to  in  the 
ist  Rep.  on  Public  Rec.  [1800]  p.  193,  as  being  preserved  in  the  Exchequer. 

Court  Rolls  of  Malkins  Hall  Manor,  1316-1393,  1596-1667,  are  amongst 
the  Harleian  Rolls  in  the  British  Museum." 

Extracts  from  Court  Rolls  of  the  manor  in  1559  will  also  be  found 
amongst  the  Harleian  Charters.12 

MANOR  OF  NETHERHALL  al.  LADIES'  HALL  al.  RICHARDSHALL. 

This  is  situate  partly  in  Pakenham  and  partly  in  Thurston.  It  was 
the  lordship  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  at  the  time  of  the  Survey,  and  in 

'I.P.M.,  31  Hen.  VII.  107.    See  Manor  of  "Karl.  58  H.  30. 

Thorpe  Morieux,  in  Cosford  Hun-  7Harl.  49  F.  41,  42;    49  E.  14. 

dred.  "Karl.  49  E.  35,  37,  38,  48. 

•37  Hen.  VIII.  D.K.R.  10  App.  ii.  p.  267.  »Harl.  49  E.  44. 

'Hart.  58  F.  10.  l°Harl.  49  E.  50. 

4I.P.M.,  6  Edw.  VI.  88.  "Karl.  Rolls,  K.  15,  21. 

'Fine,  4th  May,  4  Eliz.  44.  "Harl.  58  F.  10. 


PAKENHAM.  309 

the  time  of  Hen.  III.  was  vested  in  John  de  Pakenham,  steward  to  the 
Bishop  of  Ely  in  1253.  Of  this  individual  Blomefield,  the  Norfolk  historian, 
relates  the  following  :  "  That  coming  into  the  Exchequer  Court,  where  the 
King  himself  was  sitting,  he  claimed  a  monstrous  fish,  taken  in  one  of  the 
Bishop's  wards,  whose  ancestors  claimed  wreck  at  sea  :  the  King  himself 
made  answer,  and  ordered  him  to  produce  the  charter  by  which  he  claimed, 
which  being  done,  it  was  then  asked  if  the  sea  fish  was  taken  on  the  land, 
or  in  the  sea  ?  and  it  was  answered  in  the  sea,  not  far  from  the  land, 
and  taken  alive  ;  when  the  King  replied,  that  since  it  was  acknowledged 
that  the  fish  was  taken  alive  in  the  sea,  it  could  not  be  wreck  and  he  would 
further  consider  of  it,  and  the  cause  was  adjourned  to  the  Parliament." 

This  happened  in  1255.  Upon  which  the  said  author  notices:  "First 
that  the  King  himself  sate  in  the  Exchequer  at  this  period,  asked 
questions,  gave  answers  and  judgment;  secondly,  that  no  persons  could 
claim  wreck  but  by  charter ;  and  thirdly  that  the  cause  was  adjourned 
to  the  Parliament.  Query  may  be  made  if  this  word  Parliament  occurs 
in  any  record  prior  to  this  time." 

This  may  be  the  same  John,  son  of  John  Pakenham,  to  whom  about 
1260  Simon,  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  gave  lands.  He  was  lord  of  the  manor 
of  Dersingham,  in  Norfolk. 

John  de  Pakenham  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1265,'  and  on 
his  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  de  Pakenham. 
Of  him  we  hear  that  about  1275  he  held  Bishopscroft,  near  the  church  in 
Pakenham,  and  in  1281  an  action  was  brought  against  him  by  Henry  de 
Pakenham  relating  to  common  of  pasture  in  Pakenham.*  He  had  a 
grant  of  free  warren  here  in  I292.3  He  seems  to  have  died  this  year,  for 
we  find  that  in  1292  John,  son  of  William,  son  of  John  de  Pakenham, 
settled  this  manor  on  his  brother,  Edmund  de  Pakenham,  and  his  heirs. 

We  find  from  the  Abbreviation  of  Pleas  in  1306  that  Edmund  de 
Pakenham,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  William  de  Pakenham,  renounced  to  Lord 
Henry  de  Staunton,  the  clerk,  all  lands  in  Pakenham,  Thurston,  Stowlang- 
toft,  Ixworth,  Barton  and  Forton  (?)  which  belonged  to  John,  son  of  William, 
son  of  John  de  Pakenham,  and  Matilda,  mother  of  the  said  John,  son  of 
William,4  and  amongst  the  Bodleian  Charters  will  be  found  an  agreement 
in  1308  between  the  abbey  of  St.  Edmunds  and  Sir  Edmund  de  Pakenham 
as  to  the  rents  of  lands  in  Pakenham,  Barton,  and  Rougham.5  On  the 
death  of  Sir  Edmund  Pakenham  in  1332  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow 
Rose,  daughter  and  heir  of  Robert  de  Valoines,6  for  life,  and  on  her  death 
in  1353'  passed  to  their  son  and  heir,  Sir  Edmund  de  Pakenham.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Edmund  Comyn,  of  Scotland, 
and  died  in  1352.  His  widow  Mary  survived  until  1359  or  I3^I>  but  her 
eldest  son  Edmund  having  died  in  her  lifetime  without  issue,  her  2nd  son, 
Sir  Thomas  Pakenham  (who  also  died  in  his  mother's  lifetime  in  1356), 
gave  the  manor  to  his  mother,  and  she  gave  the  same  to  Richard  de 
Pakenham,  cousin  to  her  son  Thomas,  and  the  reversion  to  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmund's  by  Ralph  de  Hemenhale.8  Richard  de  Pakenham  was  the 
son  of  John,  the  elder  brother  of  Sir  Thomas's  grandfather,  and  of  Margery 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Robert  de  Northwold.  He  married  Joan,  the  heir 

'Chart.  Rolls,  49  Hen.   III.  6.  'See  Manor  of  Walsham,  in  Blackbourn 

'Pat.   Rolls,   9  Edw.   I.   26d.  Hundred. 

'Chart.   Rolls,   20  Edw.   I.   22.  7I.P.M.,  27  Edw.  III.  64. 

*Abbr.  of  Pleas,  34  and  35  Edw.  I.  Mich.  62.  "Feet  of  Fines,  43  Edw.  III.  I. 

5Bodl.  Suff.  Ch.  96. 


3io  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

of  the  Cricketots,  and  died  in  1383,'  leaving  an  only  daughter  and  heir 
Anne,  then  aged  n  years.  She  probably  died  under  age,  and  the  limitation 
to  the  abbot  took  effect,  for  from  this  time  to  the  dissolution  of  the  monastic 
houses  the  manor  remained  with  the  abbey  of  St.  Edmunds.  The  abbot, 
however,  in  1385  (possibly  on  the  death  of  the  heir  Anne)  levied  a  fine  of 
the  manor  against  John  de  Pakenham,  son  of  Theobald  de  Pakenham,  no 
doubt  with  the  object  of  strengthening  and  conferring  the  estate  of  the 
abbey.* 

It  passed  on  the  Dissolution  to  the  Crown,  and  in  1544  was  granted  to 
Thomas  Bacon  and  George  his  son.  The  particulars  for  the  grant  were 
made  out  for  George  Bacon  alone.5  Thomas  Bacon  died  2nd  June,  1547,* 
leaving  Edward  his  son  and  heir,  but  the  manor  survived  to  George  Bacon, 
who  died  in  1579,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Bacon,  and  we 
find  amongst  the  Chancery  Proceedings  a  bill  to  recover  copyholds  in 
Thurston  held  of  the  Manor  of  Netherhall,  sometime  the  estate  of  Thomas 
Betoune,  the  plaintiff's  grandfather,  by  Agnes  Bright,  against  "  John 
Bacon,  lord  of  the  manor,"  who  claimed  them  as  forfeited.1  John  Bacon 
had  licence  in  1586  to  alienate  to  Thomas  Bacon  and  others. 

In  1601  John  Bacon,  gent.,  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  George  Bacon 
gent.,  their  son  and  heir-apparent,  were  licensed  to  alienate  the  Manor  of 
Netherhall,  with  its  appurtenances,  3  messuages,  3  tofts,  i  dovecote,  100 
acres  of  land,  20  acres  of  meadow,  100  acres  of  pasture,  20  acres  of  wood, 
20  acres  of  marsh,  100  acres  of  firs  and  heath,  situated  in  Pakenham, 
Thurston,  Great  Barton,  Stowlangtoft,  and  Tostock,  together  with  the 
advowson  of  the  church  of  Thurston,  held  by  the  Queen  in  capite,  to  Robert 
Bright,  citizen  and  sadler  (salter),  of  London.  The  following  is  an  abstract 
of  the  deed  of  conveyance,  which  is  dated  i6th  Dec.  1601  :— 

"  Indenture  between  John  Bacon,  of  Westham,  co.  Essex,  Gent., 
son  and  heir  of  George  Bacon,  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  the  said  John  and  their  son  George,  heir-apparent,  of  the  one  part,  Robert 
Bright,  of  London,  citizen  and  salter,  of  the  other  part.  Said  Bright  to 
pay  to  Bacon  £3 ,800  for  the  Manor  of  Netherhall,  otherwise  called  Pakenham, 
in  the  parishes  of  Pakenham,  Thurston,  Barton,  Bayton  (Beyton),  Norton, 
Rougham,  and  Gorton,  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  with  the  right  of  patronage 
and  advowson  of  the  vicarage  of  the  parish  church  of  Thurston,  also  lands 
in  Stowlangtoft  and  Ixworth  which  were  lately  purchased  of  William  Sterne, 
late  of  Pakenham,  Gent.,  by  the  aforesaid  George  Bacon,  father  of  John, 
who  had  lands  purchased  by  the  said  Bacons,  father  and  son,  of  Robert  Page, 
Robert  Cobbold,  and  William  Pryor.  The  deeds  to  be  delivered  to  Robert 
Bright  at  his  dwelling-house  in  Candleweeke  Street,  London." 

Robert  Bright,  the  purchaser,  was  son  of  Thomas  Bright  the  elder,  and 
Margaret  Payton,  his  wife.  A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  the  same  year 
against  John  Bacon  and  others.6 

Davy  informs  us  that  the  manor  next  vested  in  Sir  John  Ashfield,  Bart., 
and  from  him  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  George  Ashfield.  This,  how- 
ever, was  not  the  case,  for  ist,  Sir  John  Ashfield,  Bart.,  had  no  son  and  heir 
George ;  2nd,  Sir  John  Ashfield  had  no  connection  with  this  manor,  but  with  the 
Manor  of  Netherhall,  in  Harkstead,  in  Samford  Hundred  ;  3rd,  at  the 
time  referred  to  this  manor  was  vested  in  the  Bright  family.  That  Robert 

'I.P.M.,  7  Rich.  II.  62.  «I.P.M.,  i  Edw.  VI.  29. 

'Feet  of  Fines,  9  Rich.  II.  27.  'C.P.  i.  142. 

336  Hen.  VIII.  D.K.R.  9  App.  ii.  p.  161.         6Fine,  Hil.  44  Eliz. 


PAKENHAM.  311 

Bright  then  held  the  manor  is  clear,  and  there  is  a  record  in  existence  to 
the  effect  that  on  the  ist  August,  1627,  it  was  vested  in  him,  and  that  Thomas 
Bright  was  the  son  and  heir-apparent,  William  Bright  and  Henry  Bright' 
being  two  other  sons.  The  writer  has  a  deed  of  1627  in  which  these  facts 
are  stated.  The  will  of  Robert  Bright  is  dated  ist  Oct.  1630. 2  He  was 
buried  at  Thurston  24th  Dec.  1630. 

Thomas  Bright,  the  son,  about  1622  was  married  to  Agatha,  daughter 
of  Edmund,  and  sister  of  Borodale  Milson,  of  Norton.  Thomas  Bright 
was  the  first  of  four  successive  lords  of  this  name.  He  was  probably  born 
in  London,  and  in  the  parish  register  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  we  find 
the  following  entry  :  "  Baptised  Dec.  I2th,  1585,  Thomas,  son  of  Robert 
Brighte,  grocer."  He  was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  grandmother,  Margaret 
Brighte,  of  London,  in  1597,  with  the  other  children  of  her  son  Robert. 
The  will  of  Thomas  Bright,  the  first  of  the  name,  was  proved  at  Thurston 
8th  August,  1661.  He  had  the  arms  confirmed  to  him  as  the  "  eldest  son 
of  Robert,  the  2nd  brother  of  Thomas  Bright,  of  St.  Edmundsbury,  by  Sir 
John  Borough,  2Qth  July,  1641,  and  seventeenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Chas.  I." 

Thomas  and  Agatha  his  wife  had  nine  children.  Thomas,  the  son,  was 
baptised  at  Thurston  28th  Feb.  1629.  He  seems  to  have  been  engaged  in 
a  law-suit  with  his  neighbours,  Sir  William  Spring  and  Lady  Spring,  for 
laying  violent  hands  upon  him  in  church.  This  seems  to  have  hung  over 
the  parties  some  years  between  1668  and  1672.  Thomas  Bright,  the  second, 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Clement  Heigham,  one  of  the  intended 
Knights  of  the  Royal  Oak,  and  descended  from  Sir  Clement  Heigham,  who 
was  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons  under  Queen  Mary,  and  died  in 
1570.  He,  in  1711,  executed  a  deed  by  which  he  conveyed  to  his  son 
Thomas  this  manor  and  all  his  other  lands  in  Suffolk  ;  this  son  was  already 
in  possession  of  Netherhall,  the  father  at  the  time  residing  with  his  son-in- 
law,  John  Risby,  at  Thorpe,  3ist  Jan.  1711.  The  deed  is  as  follows  :— 

"  Know  all  hereby  :  yt  I  Thomas  Bright  Senr.  of  Thorpe  Morieux,  in 
ye  County  of  Suff :  Esq.  in  consideracon  of  ye  Naturall  loue  and  affection 
wch  I  bear  unto  my  son  Thomas  Bright,  lunr,  Haue  remised  released  and 
for  ever  Quit-claimed  :  and  by  these  presents,  do  remise,  release  and  for 
ever  Quit-claim  unto  my  sd  son  Thomas  Bright  (being  now  in  ye  full  and 
peaceable  posson  and  seism  of  ye  Manor  Messuages,  Lands,  Tenemts  and 
hereditamts  herein-after  mencond,  or  intended  to  be  released)  and  his 
heirs,  All  my  right,  title,  interest,  claim,  property  and  demand  whatsoever, 
of,  in,  and  to  all  yt  ye  Manor  of  Netherhall  in  Pakenham  in  ye  sd  County 
wth  every  ye  services,  rents,  fines  and  appurtncies  thereunto  belonging  : 
and  all  yt  ye  Manor-house  or  Capitall-Messuage  calld  Netherhall :  wth  all 
ye  Outhouses,  buildings,  barns,  stables,  yards,  gardens  to  ye  sd  Capitall- 
Messuage,  in  any  wise  appurteining,  now  in  ye  posson  of  my  sd  son  :  And 
all  those  two  Messuages  in  Pakenham  and  Thurston  in  ye  sd  County  :  wth 
all  the  Outhouses,  buildings,  lands,  meadows,  pastures,  woods,  and 
appurtncies  :  to  ye  sd  two  Messuages  or  either  of  them  belonging  :  or  wth 
ye  same  now  used  :  as  they  are  in  ye  respective  Tenure's  :  of  Thomas 
Bowls,  and  George  Betts,  or  their  undertenants :  And  all  other  ye 
Messuages,  lands,  Tenements  and  hereditaments  vttsoever,  late  or  now  of 
me  ye  sd  Thomas  Bright  Senr.  in  Pakenham  and  Thurston  aforesd,  or  in 

1  He  was  buried  at  Pakenham  isth  March,         "Proved  at  Norwich,  ist  March,  1631. 
1653,  having  married  Martha,  eldest 
daughter    of    William    Fiske,    of 
Norton. 


312  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

any  other  Town  or  Towns  wth  in  ye  sd  County,  wth  every  their  appurtnces  : 
To  Haue  and  Hold  all  and  singular  ye  sd  premises :  wth  every  their  sd 
appurtncies  to  him  my  sd  Son  Thomas  Bright  and  his  heirs  To  ye  use  only 
of  him  my  sd  son  Thomas  Bright  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever.  In  Witness 
whereof  I  ye  sd  Thomas  Bright  Senr.  haue  hereto  sett  my  hand  and  seal 
tliis  one  and  Thirtieth  day  of  January  in  ye  year  Seaventeen  hundred  and 
Eleven.  I7ii. 

"  Thomas  Bright  Senr  (Seal). 
"  Sealed  and  deliverd  in  ye  psence  of 

"Jo.  Darren  (?) 
"  J.  A.  Harvey." 

The  extent  or  value  of  the  farm  called  Batlie  or  Barelies,  to  which  so 
many  of  the  letters  relate,  is  not  stated  ;  but  this  farm  was  situated  in  the 
village  of  Rougham.  This  property  was  settled  on  the  father  of  Thomas 
Bright,  sen.,  by  his  father  Robert,  in  1621,  on  the  marriage  of  the  son,  and 
was  retained  by  the  latter  after  he  gave  possession  of  Netherhall  to  Thomas 
Bright,  jun. 

He  made  his  will  dated  4th  May,  1713,  under  the  style  of  "  Thomas 
Bright  the  Elder."  He  recites  that  his  son,  Thomas  Bright,  had  by  his 
note  obliged  himself  to  lay  out  £100  in  the  purchase  of  land  for  the  benefit 
of  the  poor  of  Thurston  and  Pakenham  as  should  be  directed  by  his  (the 
testator's)  will  directed  the  rents  thereof  to  be  given  to  twelve  such  poor 
men  and  women,  or  children  of  the  said  parishes,  as  should  most  want  or 
deserve  the  same.  In  satisfaction  of  this  charity,  £5  a  year  is  laid  out  in 
articles  of  clothing  by  the  owner  of  the  Netherhall  estate."1 

He  was  buried  in  Thurston  church  8th  June,  1713,  at  the  age  of 
84,  and  his  will  was  proved  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds  i8th  Nov.  1713.  Thomas 
Bright  the  son,  and  third  of  the  name,  was  baptised  at  Barrow  5th  Jan. 
1660.  He  married  Mary  Grigson,  of  Forncett  St.  Peters,  co.  Norfolk. 
He  made  his  will  26th  Dec.  1713,  a  few  weeks  after  his  father's  will  was 
proved.  It  was  as  follows  :— 

"  This  is  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  me  Thomas  Bright  of  Pakenham 
in  ye  county  of  Suffolk,  Gent,  bearing  date  ye  twenty e  six  day  of  December 
in  ye  year  of  our  Lord  1713." 

"  Impris  I  give  all  my  estate  wtsoever,  that  is  not  in  Joynture,  towards 
ye  payment  of  my  just  debts  and  desire  my  Extrix  hereinafter  named  to 
see  them  punctually  paid  and  when  ye  sd  debts  are  fully  satisfyed  and  dis- 
charged by  sale  or  otherwise  as  my  Extrix  seeth  most  fitt  I  give  all  my  said 
estate  to  my  dear  wife  as  an  addicon  to  her  jointure  and  upon  sure  trust 
and  confidence  yt  she  will  allow  to  my  only  son  Thomas  such  a  competent 
maintenance  as  his  growing  in  up  in  years  shall  be  necessary  and  convenient 
till  he  arrives  at  age  and  yt  she  will  manage  ye  sd  estate  for  ye  best  advan- 
tage to  ye  benefit  of  my  son  to  whom  at  ye  age  of  twenty  one  years  I  give 
all  my  estate  both  real  and  personall  (viz)  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever 
provided  my  debts  be  in  ye  first  place  satisfied  and  paid  and  that  my  wife 
has  what  psonall  estate  necessary  for  her  during  her  life.  I  give  unto  ye 
poor  of  Thurston  tenn  pounds  to  be  distributed  as  my  Extrix  shall  appoint 
within  two  months  or  ye  Christmas  following  or  at  severall  times  after  my 
decease  as  my  Extrix  shall  find  most  proper.  I  desire  my  Extrix  to  take 
care  of  my  father's  will  relating  to  ye  Charity  to  ye  poor  of  Thurston  and 

'Page,  Hist,  of  Suff.  p.  732. 


PAKENHAM.  313 

Pakenham  be  exactly  pformed  and  land  settled  at  as  convenient  opportunity 
for  ye  securing  ye  sd  Charity.  I  nominate  and  appoint  my  deare  wife 
sole  Extrix  of  this  my  will  and  desire  my  brother-in-law  Mr.  William  Grigson, 
to  be  supvisor  hereof  and  to  see  and  take  care  that  this  my  will  be  in  every 
respect  observed  and  executed  according  to  ye  true  intent  and  meaning 
thereof,  and  I  give  to  my  said  supervisor  ten  pounds  for  his  trouble.  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  declaring  and  publish- 
ing this  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testamt.  containing  one  sheet  of  paper  ye 
day  and  year  abovesaid,  all  written  with  my  own  hand. 

Tho.  Bright. 

"  This  acknowledged  to  be  my  last  will  signed  and  sealed  in  ye  psence 
of  Richd.  Mosely.  Tho.  Taylor.  Sam.  Fisher  Junr." 

Aug.  I4th,  1718. 

"  Memorandum.  Since  ye  writing  of  my  will  above  specifyed,  it  has 
pleased  God  to  bless  me  with  a  daur  nam'd  Mary,  for  a  maintenance  and 
support  of  my  sd  daur  I  give  fifty  pounds  pr  ann  to  ye  time  of  her  marriage 
and  at  her  marriage  I  give  her  One  Thousand  pound  in  money  for  her 
portion  and  I  hereby  charge  and  engage  all  my  lands  that  are  not  in  jointure 
for  ye  payment  of  ye  said  fifty  pound  pr  ann  to  be  paid  half  yearly,  and  ye 
said  One  Thousand  pound  on  her  marriage,  relying  also  upon  my  dear 
wife  that  she  will  giue  Winterton  farme  to  my  said  daur  as  she  has 
promised  me. 

'  Witness  my  hand  and  Seal  hereunto  this  being  added  to  my  will  as  a 
codicil  with  my  own  hand. 

"Tho.  Bright. 
"  Richard  Mosely.  Tho.  Taylor.  Sam.  Fisher  Junr.1 

He  died  ayth  April,  1727,  at  the  age  of  54,  and  was  buried  in  Thurston 
church.  On  the  floor  and  near  the  chancel  is  a  stone  with  the  following 
inscription  : — 

"Here  Lyeth  the  Body  of 
Thomas  Bright  of  Netherhall  Esqre." 

The  remainder  of  the  inscription  is  covered  by  a  pew,  but  is  given  in 
Sir  John  Cullum's  MS.  Ch.  Notes  thus  :— 

"Who  departed  this  Life 
Upon  the  27th  Day  of  April 
In  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ 
1727  and  in  the  54  year  of  his 
age. 

The  family  arms  are  on  a  slab  empaling  those  of  Grigson.  The  stone 
placed  over  the  remains  of  the  wife  is  near  those  of  the  husband. 

Mary  Bright,  the  widow,  survived  her  husband  17  years,  and  her 
only  son  8  years,  leaving  a  daughter  to  inherit  the  estates.  Her  will, 
executed  in  1743,  is  as  follows  : — 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I  Mary  Bright  of  Pakenham  in  the  county 
of  Suffolk,  Widow,  do  make,  ordain  and  declare  this  my  last  will  and 
Testament  in  manner  following  that  is  to  say.  First  I  do  hereby  order  and 
direct  that  my  body  be  interred  within  the  parish  church  of  Thurston  in 
the  said  county  of  Suffolk  as  near  the  remains  of  my  late  son  as  conveniently 
may  be,  and  that  a  stone  be  laid  over  my  grave  of  the  same  sort  as  is  laid 
over  the  grave  of  my  said  late  son.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  poor 
of  the  said  parish  of  Thurston  the  sum  of  ten  pounds,  to  be  distributed 

1  Proved  by  the  widow  May  4th,  1727 

QI 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

amongst  them  in  such  manner  as  to  my  Executor  shall  seem  meet,  within 
two  months  after  my  decease.  I  (cm  I  do  hereby  order  and  direct  that  the 
sum  of  One  hundred  pounds  be  laid  out  by  my  said  Executor  at  such  time 
and  manner  as  he  shall  think  proper  towards  rebuilding  the  messuage  or 
Farm  house  in  Pakenham  aforesaid  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of 
Charles  Jennings. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Mr.  William  Grigson 
the  sum  of  ten  pounds  to  buy  him  mourning.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath 
all  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  personal  estate  and  effects  of  every  sort  (after 
payment  of  my  just  debts,  funeral  charges  and  probate  of  this  my  last  will 
and  testament)  unto  my  daughter  Mary  Bright,  but  my  mind  and  will  is 
and  I  do  hereby  order  and  direct  that  the  same  shall  be  paid  to  such  person 
or  persons  as  my  said  daughter  notwithstanding  any  coverture  and  whether 
she  shall  be  covert  or  sole  shall  by  writing  under  her  hand  direct  and  appoint 
and  in  default  of  such  direction  and  appointment  into  the  proper  hands  of  my 
said  daughter  to  the  intent  that  the  same  may  be  for  her  separate  use  and 
disposition  and  may  not  be  subject  to  the  disposition  or  engagements  of 
Edmund  Tyrell  Esq.  her  intended  husband  or  any  other  after  taken  husband 
and  for  which  the  receipt  or  receipts  of  my  said  daughter  or  of  such  person 
or  persons  as  she  shall  appoint  to  receive  the  same,  shall  be  a  sufficient  and 
effectual  discharge,  and  I  do  hereby  nominate  and  appoint  my  said  brother 
William  Grigson  sole  Executor  here  of,  and  I  do  hereby  revoak  all  former 
Wills  by  me  made.  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal  the  sixteenth  day  of  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  forty  three. 

M.  Bright. 

Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared  by  the  said  testatrix  Mary  Bright, 
as  and  for  her  last  will  and  testament  in  the  presence  of  us  who  in  her 
presence  subscribed  our  names  as  witnesses  thereto.  Mary  Skulthorp, 
John  Betts,  Neale  Ward. 

Octo.  i6th,  1744. 

Mary  the  wife  of  Edmund  Tyrell,  Esq.  was  sworn  adratrix  with  will  annext 
by  reason  of  the  death  of  the  Extor,  before  me 

John  Bridge  Surro. 

The  testatrix  died  igth  Sept.  1744,  aged  56.  The  manor  had  passed 
under  the  will  of  the  3rd  Thomas  Bright  in  1727  to  his  son,  the  4th  Thomas 
Bright,  who  died  2ist  Dec.  1736,  at  the  early  age  of  23  unmarried  and 
intestate,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  sister  Mary,  married  to  Edmund 
Tyrell,  of  Gipping.  She  survived  her  husband  some  years,  and  died  at 
the  age  of  37,  being  buried  in  Stowmarket  church  i8th  Sept.  1753,  when  the 
manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir,  Edmund  Tyrell,  of  Gipping  Hall.  He 
was  High  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  in  1774,  and  died  unmarried  3Oth  March,  1799. 
His  will  is  dated  25th  August,  1798,'  and  by  it  he  devised  his  estates  to  his 
cousin,  the  Rev.  Charles  Tyrell,  rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  in  Thurston, 
the  son  of  Edmund  Tyrell,  of  Stowmarket,  and  Jenny  his  wife,  the  latter 
being  the  sister  of  the  testator's  father,  and  a  cousin  of  her  husband,  the 
Rev.  Charles  Tyrell,  who  sold  the  manor  to  George  Chinery,1  of  Bury  St. 
Edmunds,  from  whom  it  passed  to  his  widow,  and  later  to  his  nephew,  the 
Rev.  William  Bassett,  rector  of  Thurston,  from  whom  it  passed  to  his  son, 

1  Proved  in  the  Prerogative  Court,  London,         *  Possibly  the  manor  was  purchased  by 
3ist   July,   1799.  Chinery  from  Edmund  Tyrell  before 

his  death  in  1799. 


PAKENHAM.  315 

William  Chinery  Bassett,  who  succeeded  under  an  entail,  and  was  residing 
here  in  1857.  I*1  J885  Edmund  Greene  was  lord,  and  in  1896  the  manor 
was  vested  in  Sir  Edward  Walter  Greene,  of  Nether  Hall,  a  fine  mansion 
of  brick  in  the  Queen  Anne  style  standing  in  a  well-kept  and  wooded  park. 

A  survey  of  the  manor  in  1620  was  made  by  Henry  Bright,  son  of 
Robert  Bright,  the  purchaser  from  the  Bacons,  with  a  map  19  by  27  inches. 
It  had  on  one  corner  an  outline  sketch  of  the  old  hall,  and  a  facsimile  of 
this  is  given  in  the  History  of  the  Brights  of  Suffolk,  p.  116.  Some  paintings 
were  up  to  1858  preserved  in  the  hall,  and  of  these  Mr.  J.  B.  Bright,  in  his 
history  referred  to,  says  :  "  Several  paintings  which  adorned  Netherhall 
when  it  was  the  residence  of  the  Brights,  still  remain  as  ornaments  of  the 
manor  house.  The  present  proprietors  point  out  four  portraits  of  the 
Brights  on  the  staircase  of  the  hall ;  but  there  are  at  present  no  means 
of  determining  what  members  of  that  family  they  represent.  Two  of 
the  portraits,  half  length,  are  of  ladies,  one  of  them  apparently  about 
eighteen,  the  other  from  thirty  to  forty  years  of  age.  The  other  two 
are  portraits  of  gentlemen,  and  of  the  same  size,  one  of  them  being  in 
armour,  about  fifty  years  of  age  ;  the  other  somewhat  younger.  Those 
of  the  gentlemen  are  finely  executed,  and,  from  the  costume,  supposed 
to  be  of  the  time  of  James  II.  At  that  period,  or  in  1685 — the  commence- 
ment of  that  monarch's  reign — Thomas  Bright,  of  Netherhall,  the  second 
of  that  name,  and  the  proprietor  at  the  time,  was  fifty-six  years  old,  and 
though  the  age  answers  to  the  description,  yet  as  he  was  educated  a  merchant, 
and  not  a  soldier,  it  is  doubtful  if  it  were  intended  for  his  portrait.  We 
think  it  more  likely  to  be  that  of  Captain  John  Bright,  of  Talmach  Hall, 
who  was  in  the  Parliamentary  army,  and  died  in  1660  ;  and  that  the 
other,  representing  a  person  somewhat  younger,  is  a  portrait  of  Thomas 
Bright.  His  son  Thomas,  but  twenty-five  years  of  age  in  1685,  and  his 
brother  Borodale,  who  disappears  after  1666,  if  then  living,  were  the  only 
male  members  of  the  family,  and  too  young  to  answer  the  description. 
The  portraits  of  the  females  are  possibly  those  of  Elizabeth  (Heigham) 
Bright,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Bright,  sen.,  whose  age  is  unknown,  and  of 
one  of  their  daughters,  Agatha,  aged  twenty-two  in  1685  ;  or  Mary,  aged 
eighteen  years.  In  the  drawing-room  are  two  full-length  portraits  of 
gentlemen,  represented  as  masterpieces,  once  the  property  of  the  Brights, 
one  of  which  is  said  to  be  an  original  portrait  of  William  III.,  and  the 
other,  that  of  an  unknown  personage.  On  the  corner  of  one  of  these 
paintings  is  '  Murrey  pinxt.  1698.'  We  are  not  informed  how  or  when 
they  came  into  the  possession  of  the  Bright  family." 

Arms  of  PAKENHAM  :  Quarterly  Or,  and  Gules,  in  the  first  quarter, 
an  eagle  displayed  Vert.  Of  BRIGHT  :  Sable,  a  fesse  Argent  between 
three  escallops  Or. 

MANOR  OF  RED  CASTLE. 

We  know  nothing  of  this  manor  (which  is  not  mentioned  by  Davy) 
save  the  statement  in  a  paper  read  before  the  Suffolk  Institute  in  1899  that  it 
was  one  of  the  manors  of  Pakenham  and  then  belonged  to  Prebendary 
H.  Jones. 


316  THE    MANORS  OF   SUFFOLK. 

RATTLESDEN. 

EVERAL  estates  in  this  place  are  mentioned  in  the  Survey. 
The  first  was  formerly  that  of  a  freeman  under  the  Abbot 
of  Ely  by  commendation  and  soc,  and  he  could  not  sell.  It 
consisted  of  60  acres,  a  ploughteam,  and  4  acres  of  meadow, 
valued  at  los.  The  Survey  says  :  "  And  now  Heltret  holds 
(the  freeman)  under  Earl  Eustace,  who  encroached  upon  7 
acres  of  Saint  Etheldreda's  demesne  in  the  same  township, 
as  belonging  to  the  fee  of  Earl  Eustace."1 

Another  was  formerly  held  by  a  freeman,  and  consisted  of  half  a 
carucate  of  land  and  4  bordars  and  a  ploughteam,  2  acres  of  meadow,  and 
enough  wood  to  support  4  hogs.  The  value  was  formerly  ios.,  but  at  the 
time  of  the  Survey  was  double,  when  it  was  held  by  Peter  of  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds.  The  freeman  had  power  to  give  and  sell  his  land,  so  that 
the  soc  remained  in  the  abbot's  possession.2 

Among  the  lands  of  the  Abbot  of  Ely  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  were 
three  holdings  in  this  place.  The  first  consisted  of  6  carucates  of  land,  18 
villeins,  20  bordars,  6  thralls,  3  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  12  belonging  to 
the  men.  Also  wood  sufficient  for  the  maintenance  of  24  hogs,  16  acres  of 
meadow,  5  rouncies,  12  beasts,  90  sheep,  and  40  hogs.  When  the  Survey 
was  taken  some  of  these  details  had  changed  :  there  were  27  bordars,  4 
thralls,  3  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men,  and  n  goats.  The  value  at 
both  periods  was  £10.  There  was  also  a  church  advowson  with  24  acres, 
and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  15  acres  were  held  by  Hunfrid,  William  de 
Varennes'  man,  and  2  by  Goscelen,  the  Earl  of  Moretaigne's  man.  This 
estate  was  16  quarentenes  long  and  10  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  2od.  The 
soc  belonged  to  the  abbot. 

The  second  holding  was  that  of  a  freeman  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely  by 
commendation  and  soc  in  the  Confessor's  time,  consisting  of  3  acres  valued 
at  6d. 

The  third  was  also  that  of  a  freeman  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely  by  soc  and  sac, 
and  consisted  of  8  acres  valued  at  2s.  The  Survey  goes  on  to  say  :  "  Falco, 
Saint  Edmund's  man,  had  these  8  acres  while  the  Abbey  of  St.  Etheldreda 
was  in  the  King's  hand,  and  has  held  them  up  to  this  time  ;  but  he  denies 
that  he  withheld  the  service."1 

Another  holding  in  this  place  was  that  of  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert, 
who  held  7  acres  valued  at  I2d.  which  had  formerly  been  held  by  2  socmen.4 

Another  holding  was  that  of  two  freemen  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely,  and 
they  had  the  sac  and  soc.  One  could  sell  the  land  and  the  other  could  not. 
The  one  who  could  sell  had  40  acres  and  5  bordars,  and  the  other  had  60 
acres,  2  bordars,  2  ploughteams,  and  2  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  2os. 
At  the  time  of  the  Survey  Humfrey,son  of  Roderic,  held  this  of  William  de 
Varennes,  who  had  obtained  the  estate  under  the  Lewes  exchange.5 

The  last  holding  mentioned  was  that  of  a  freeman  under  commendation 
to  and  in  the  soc  of  the  Abbot  of  Ely,  and  consisted  of  a  carucate  of  land, 
a  bordar,  and  a  ploughteam,  valued  at  ios.  The  Domesday  tenant  was 
Robert,  Earl  of  Moretaigne.8 

'Dom.  ii.  303.  4Dom.  ii.  391. 

'Dom.  ii.  363.  5Dom.  ii.  398. 

'Dom.  ii.  3816.  'Dom.  ii.  291. 


RATTLESDEN.  317 

RATTLESDEN   HALL   MANOR. 

Elfwara,  a  noble  lady,  gave  this  lordship  to  St.  Etheldred  between 
981  and  1020.  We  learn  from  the  Close  Rolls  in  1204  that  permission  was 
given  to  the  bishop  if  he  could  purchase  up  to  20  acres  in  Rattlesden  to 
enclose  the  same  for  a  park,  and  for  this  permission  he  rendered  two  palfreys.' 
The  Bishop  of  Ely,  Hugh  de  Northwold,  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in 
1251, 2  and  an  inquisition  as  to  the  lands  of  the  bishop  in  Rattlesden  in  1356 
will  be  found  amongst  the  Additional  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.3 

In  1561  Queen  Elizabeth  took  the  manor,  then  valued  at  £34.  iys.  id., 
in  exchange  for  the  pension  of  £135.  75.  3\d.,  and  granted  the  bishop 
several  impropriations  in  Cambridge  and  the  tenths  of  the  diocese  of  Ely.4 

Rattlesden  Hall  and  Woodhall,  partly  in  Rattlesden  and  partly  in 
Buxhall,  were  purchased  of  Queen  Elizabeth  by  James  Revett,  who  became 
seated  here.  He  was  a  Gustos  Rotulorum  and  a  man  of  importance  in 
this  county.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  honoured  with  a  visit  from 
Queen  Elizabeth  during  her  well-known  progress  through  Suffolk  in  1578. 
He  died  3Oth  Jan.  1587,  and  from  this  time  to  the  death  of  Edward  Revett, 
in  1660,  the  manor  devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Fenn  Hall, 
in  Buxhall,  in  Stow  Hundred. 

The  manor  was  then  acquired  by  William  Pooley,  who  presented  to 
the  living  in  1671.  Later  the  manor  passed  to  George  Goodday,5  of  Forn- 
ham  All  Saints,  who  presented  to  the  church  in  1711,  1731,  and  1747.  He 
died  unmarried  in  1758,  and  by  his  last  will  dated  ist  June,  1735,*  left  his 
Manor  of  Rattlesden  Hall  to  his  mother  Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Moseley, 
and  wife  of  George  Goodday,  for  her  life,  and  it  subsequently  devolved  on 
his  (George  Goodday's)  sister  and  sole  heir  Sarah,  married  to  Thomas,  son 
of  Thomas  Moseley,  of  the  City  of  London,  which  last-mentioned  Thomas 
was  a  younger  brother  of  Richard  Moseley,  of  Ousden,  the  father  of  Sarah 
Goodday,  the  mother,7  and  she  held  also  the  patronage  of  the  rectory. 
Thomas  presented  to  the  living  in  1763  and  died  8th  Dec.  1776,  at  the  age 
of  86,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  William  Moseley,  who 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Abraham  Cocksedge,  of  Drinkstone,  and 
died  i7th  Feb.  1785,  when  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Moseley,  of 
Glemham  House,  who  married  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Stephen  Payne 
Galway,  of  Tofts,  co.  Norfolk. 

The  manor  was  offered  for  sale  26th  Oct.  1841,  described  as  "  the  Manor 
of  Rattlesden  extending  over  the  greater  part  of  the  parish  of  Rattlesden 
with  the  rights  and  royalties."  The  fines,  which  were  arbitrary,  averaged 
during  the  10  years  preceding  1838  £100.  195.  per  annum,  and  the  quit 
and  free  rents  amounted  annually  to  £18.  155.  The  property  was  not  sold, 
but  bought  in  at  £2,980." 

The  manor  was,  however,  disposed  of  two  years  later  to  Henry  Le 
Heup  Cocksedge.  He  was  the  2nd  son  of  Martin  Thomas  Cocksedge  and 
Mary  Susanna  his  wife,  daughter  of  Michael  William  Le  Heup,  of  Hessett, 
which  Martin  Thomas  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Cocksedge,  of  Bury,  and  Mary 

'Close  Rolls,  6  John,  21,  6.  'See    Manor     of  Ousden,    in     Risbridge 

"Chart.  Rolls,  35  Hen.  III.  i.  Hundred. 

3  Add.  6165.  « Proved  London,  I4th  June,  1758. 

*  See  37  Eliz.  Exch.  Spec.  Com.  D.K.R.         7See    Manor    of    Ousden,    in    Risbridge 
38  App.  p.  54.  Hundred. 

*lpswich  Journal,  3oth  Oct.   1841. 


3i8  THE   MANORS   OF  SUFFOLK. 

Garnham  his  wife.       The  purchaser,  Henry  Le  Heup  Cocksedge,  married 
Mary  Carolina,  4th  daughter  of  Lieut.-Col.  Rushbrooke,  of  Rushbrooke. 

Particulars  of  a  survey  of  the  Manor  of  Rattlesden  from  an  Extent 
of  1277  is  amongst  the  Cottonian  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.  A  trans- 
lation of  this  interesting  document  made  by  the  Rev.  J.  R.  Olorenshaw,  is 
given  in  the  East  Anglian  Notes  and  Queries,  Vol.  X.,  p.  334. 

A  survey  of  the  manor  in  1601  and  rental  in  1602  will  be  found  amongst 
the  Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian,1  and  a  survey  of  the  woods,  &c.,  of 
the  manor  the  2  Jac.  I.  is  still  in  existence.1  Estreats  of  the  manor  25 
Eliz.  will  be  found  in  the  Public  Record  Office.3 

Abstracts  of  the  Court  Rolls  of  Rattlesden  Manor,  1344-1595,  will  be 
found  amongst  the  Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian,4  and  a  rental  of  the 
manor,  six  skins  in  length,  34  Hen.  VI.,  is  referred  to  in  the  1st  Report  on 
Public  Records  [1800],  p.  185. 

The  woods  belonging  to  the  manor  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  are  men- 
tioned in  the  Exchequer  Special  Commission.5 

MANOR  OF  WOODHALL. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  this  was  the  estate  of  Roger  de  Ratlesden, 
who  held  half  a  fee  of  Hugh  de  Plaiz,  who  held  of  Earl  Warren.6  Hugh 
de  Plaiz  married  Philippa,  one  of  the  sisters  and  coheirs  of  Richard  de 
Montfichet,  and  2ndly  Beatrice  de  Say,  and  3rdly  a  wife  named  Alice. 
By  his  ist  wife  he  had  three  sons,  Ralph,  Hugh,  and  Richard,  the  last 
succeeding  to  the  lordship  of  this  manor.  Richard  married  a  wife  named 
Isabella,  and  died  in  1268,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Giles  de  Plaiz,  who  was  summoned  to  Parliament  22  and  25  Edw.  I.,  and 
died  seised  of  the  manor  in  1303. 7  At  this  time  it  appears  that  Simon  de 
Ratlesden  held  the  manor  under  the  said  Giles  de  Plaiz.  On  Giles's  death 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Richard  de  Plaiz,  who  had  summons 
to  Parliament  from  1317  to  1321-2.  From  him  it  passed  on  his  death  in 
1337  to  his  son  and  heir,  Giles  de  Plaiz,  who  died  under  age  and  unmarried 
before  1334,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  Richard  de 
Plaiz,  who  with  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Walter  de  Norwich,  are 
stated  to  have  held  one  fee  here.  He  died  in  Oct.  1359."  This  Richard 
seems  to  have  parted  with  the  manor,  for  we  find  it  vested  in  Richard  Buk 
in  1342,  as  he  then  enfeoffed  William  del  Touse,  Robert  le  Gardener,  and 
John  Lanthcolde.  The  feoffment  was  probably  made  to  these  feoffees  as 
trustees,  for  we  find  that  Agnes,  daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  Buk,  subse- 
quently held  the  manor.  Davy  then  mentions  John  Holgate  as  lord,  he 
holding  what  was  formerly  the  estate  of  George  de  Halle,  and  that  in  the 
time  of  Hen.  VI.  John  Jerveys  had  a  knight's  fee  in  Rattlesden  near  Woolpit, 
in  his  occupation,  called  Wode  Halle,  of  the  Countess  of  Oxford. 

The  beneficial  interest  in  the  manor  was  vested  in  Thomas  Spring  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  28th  Sept.  1486,  trustees  being  seised  to  his  use  in 
fee  of  a  "  tenement  called  Woodhall  worth  6  marks  held  of  the  Bishop  of 
Ely  as  of  the  Manor  of  Ratylsden  Hall  by  fealty  and  2s.  rent,"  and  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Spring,  then  aged  30.' 

'Rawl.  B.  427.  'D.K.R.  38  App.  p.  70.  4 

*Exch.  Spec.  Com.  D.K.R.  38  App.  p.  74,  6T.  de  Nevill,  292. 

ser.    107,    no.  'I.P.M.,  31  Edw.  I.  37. 

'Court   Rolls,    Portfolio  203,   104  "I. P.M.,  34  Edw.  III.  43. 

4  Rawl.  B.  426.  »I.P.M.,  2  Hen.  VII.  234. 


RATTLESDEN.  319 

The  manor  passed  on  the  death  of  Thomas  Spring  in  1523  to  his  son 
and  heir,  John  Spring.' 

No  doubt  in  the  exchange  made  by  the  Bishop  of  Ely  in  1561  with 
Queen  Elizabeth  of  the  chief  lordship,  this  manor  was  included.  It  was 
granted  by  the  Queen  to  James  Rivett,  who  died  in  1587,  and  from  this 
time  to  the  death  of  Edward  Rivett  in  1660  passed  in  the  same  course  of 
descent  as  the  Manor  of  Fenn  Hall,  in  Buxhall,  in  Stow  Hundred,  and  the 
main  Manor  of  Rattlesden.  The  descent  of  the  manor  is  given  in  the 
Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian.2 

In  1591  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  Valentine  Saunders  and  others 
against  Thomas  Rivett  and  others.3 

Early  in  the  last  century  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  Joshua  Ricketts 
Rowley,  who  married  loth  Aug.  1824,  Charlotte,  only  daughter  of  John 
Moseley,  of  Great  Glemham  House,  and  was  subsequently  acquired  by 
Col.  Windsor  Parker,  and  is  now  vested,  like  the  Manor  of  Clopton  Hall, 
in  Rattlesden,  in  his  son  and  heir,  Duncan  Parker,  of  Clopton  Hall. 

MANOR  OF  RATTLESDEN  CASTLE  OR  THURMODES. 

On  the  opening  of  the  I3th  century  Hubert  Thurmod  held  the  fourth 
part  of  a  knight's  fee  here  of  the  Bishop  of  Ely.4 

About  this  time  Roger  Thurmood  held  a  fee  here,  and  he  was  succeeded 
by  Henry  Thurmood. 

In  1428  the  manor  was  vested  in  Robert  Marchant,  who  held  what  was 
formerly  the  estate  of  Henry  Thurmode.  Somewhat  later  the  manor  vested 
in  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain,  Knt.,  who  was  attainted  and  beheaded  in  1491, 
when  the  manor  was  forfeited  to  the  Crown.  The  Chamberlain  family5  had 
been  interested  in  lands  in  Rattlesden  at  a  much  earlier  date,  for  amongst  the 
Early  Chancery  Proceedings  between  1407  and  1457,  we  meet  with  a  suit 
between  Sir  Roger  Chamberlain  and  William  Man  as  to  messuages  and  lands 
here.6 

In  1495  Sir  Roger  Ormeston,  who  had  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
and  heir  of  John  Fitz  Ralph,  and  widow  of  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain,  had  a 
grant  of  the  manor.  She  died  in  1516.  In  1548  the  manor  was  held  by 
John  Clark  or  Cheke.  Probably  these  were  not  grants  in  fee,  but  limited 
to  the  lives  of  the  grantees  or  during  some  other  period.  In  1604  Philip 
Tyse  and  William  Blake  had  a  grant  in  fee  farm  of  the  Manor  of  Rattlesden 
and  other  lands  at  the  suit  of  Lord  Southampton.7  This  entry  Davy 
assigns  to  the  main  manor,  but  it  probably  belongs  to  this. 

This  manor  now  belongs  to  Arthur  Wakerley,  and  is  attached  to  the 
Manor  of  Gedding. 

MANOR  OF  CLOPTON  HALL. 

At  the  time  of  the  Survey  this  manor  was  held  by  Peter  under  the  Abbot 
of  St.  Edmunds,  and  reverted  to  the  Crown  on  the  dissolution  of  the  religious 
houses.  The  manor  is  included  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  Broughton, 
who  died  24th  Jan.  1517,"  leaving  John  Broughton,  his  son  and  heir,  and  it 

'See  Manor  of  Netherhall , Little  Walding-         4Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer,  1210-1212, 

field,    in    Babergh    Hundred,    and  140^. 

Pakenham  Manor,  in  this  Hundred.         'See  Manor  of  Gedding,  in  this  Hundred. 
'Rawl.  B.  319.  6E.C.P.  8  Hen.  V. ;  35  Hen.  VI.  16,  344. 

3 Fine,  Trin.  33  Eliz.  7S.P.  1604-  175. 

"I.P.M.,  i2th  Oct.  10  Hen.  VIII.  148. 


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THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


no  doubt  descended  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Stansfield,  in 
Risbridge  Hundred,  John,  Lord  Russell,  obtaining  a  grant  or  confirmation 
from  the  Crown  in  1539.  Particulars  for  this  grant  are  still  preserved  in 
the  Public  Record  Office.1 

Lord  Russell  had  licence  in  1540  to  alienate  it  to  John  Smyth,  junior, 
and  Anne  his  wife,  who  had  licence  to  alienate  in  1543  to  George  Smyth, 
who  did  homage  for  it,  and  had  licence  to  alienate  in  1558  to  John  Waller 
and  James  Wood  to  the  use  of  Elizabeth  his  wife  for  life.  She  remarried 
William  Castleton,1  of  Bury,  who  in  1565  levied  a  fine  of  the  manor  with 
others  against  John  Smyth  and  others.3  He  died  24th  May,  1616,  having 
sold  the  manor  to  William  Fiske,  of  Pakenham.  He  was  the  2nd  son  of 
John  Fiske  and  Joan  Cooper  his  wife,  which  John  was  the  4th  son  of  William 
Fiske  and  Margaret  Bull  his  wife,  which  William  was  the  son  of  Thomas, 
the  son  of  William,  son  of  Simon  Fiske,  of  Studhaugh,  in  Laxfield.  William 
Fiske,  the  purchaser,  married  Ann  Hart,  and  died  in  1648,*  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Lieut.-Col.  John  Fiske.  He  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  William  Hare,  of  Beeston,  in  Norfolk,  and  died  i4th  June, 
1684,  at  the  age  of  75,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  3rd  son,  Thomas 
Fiske,5  who  died  ist  Nov.  1688,  and  subsequently  to  his  (Col.  John's)  4th 
son,  Samuel  Fiske,  who  died  I3th  Sept.  1691. 

The  manor  was  sold  by  the  Fiskes  to  Adam  Chadwick.  We  find  the 
manor  advertised  for  sale  by  auction  28th  Aug.  1805,  at  the  Angel  Inn, 
Bury  St.  Edmunds.  The  property  was  then  described  as  "  The  Manor 
or  Grange  of  Clopton,  in  Rattlesden,  together  with  two-thirds  of  all  tithes 
to  the  same  manor  belonging,  annual  quit  rents,  fines,  &c.,  and  mansion- 
house  and  offices,  fore  court,  garden,  orchard,  dove  house,  farm  yard,  &c., 
large  fish  ponds,  &c.,  and  surrounding  rich  meadow,  pasture,  arable  land, 
containing  about  147  acres  within  a  ring  fence,  in  the  occupation  of  F.  W. 
Wootton,  Esq.  The  estimated  value  about  £350  per  annum."6  Adam  Chad- 
wick  died  in  1832,  when  the  manor  was  again  offered  for  sale  by  his  executors 
24th  May,  1833.  The  estate  had  by  this  time  swollen  to  about  600  acres 
let  to  tenants  at  rents  amounting  to  about  £700  per  annum.7  The  estate  was 
said  to  have  sold  for  £13,340,  the  purchaser  being  William  Parker,  of 
Hardwicke,  co.  Gloucester.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  William 
Windsor,  and  on  his  death  in  1834  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Colonel  Windsor  Parker,  High  Sheriff  in  1854. 

He  served  at  the  siege  and  capture  of  Bhurtpore  in  1825-6,  was  aide- 
de-camp  and  interpreter  to  Field-Marshal  Viscount  Combermere,  and 
Major  of  Brigade  to  the  Troops  in  Malwa  and  Lucknow  1829-36,  M.P.  for 
West  Suffolk  1809.  In  1830  he  married  Elizabeth  Mary,  daughter  of  Gen. 
Alexander  Duncan,  and  dying  in  1892,  the  manor  vested  in  his  son  and  heir, 
Duncan  Parker,  the  present  lord.  He  in  1877  married  Margaret  Fanny, 
daughter  of  Henry  Leheup  Cocksedge,  of  Drinkstone  House,  and  has  with 
other  issue  a  son,  Windsor  Duncan  Parker,  born  in  1878. 


'31  Hen.  VIII.  D.K.R.  10  App.  ii.  p.  263. 

"By  other  authorities,  however,  this 
William  Castleton,  who  died  in 
1616,  son  of  John  Castleton  by 
his  2nd  wife,  a  daughter  of  one 
Clement,  of  Kent,  and  father  of 
Sir  William  Castleton,  created  a 
baronet,  gth  Aug.  1641,  man  in  I 
Anne,  daughter  of  William  Hill,  of 
Bury. 


3  Fine,  Mich.  7  Eliz. 

4  Will  20th  March,  1648,  proved  gth  Jan. 

1649. 

5  Not  verified. 

6 Ipswich  Journal,  July,  1805,  ar|d  April, 

1806. 
7  Morning  Herald,  ist  May,  1833  ;  Ipswich 

Journal,  i8th    May,    1833. 


RATTLESDEN.  321 

Arms  of  CASTLETON  :  On  a  bend  Or,  3  adders  (or  snakes)  wound  up 
of  the  first.  Of  FISKE  :  Chequy  Arg.  and  Gu.  on  a  pale  Sa.  3  mullets  Or. 

MANOR  OF  STANHAM'S  OR  STONHAM'S. 

In  1205  we  find  that  John  de  Stanham  held  a  free  tenement  here,  and 
there  was  an  assize  of  novel  disseisin  between  Richard  de  Benges  and  himself 
as  to  this  free  tenement.'  By  the  time  of  Edw.  I  this  free  tenement  had 
apparently  developed  into  a  manor.  John  de  Stanham  was  succeeded  by 
Robert  Stonham,  who  married  Katherine,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Wm. 
Burgate,  and  died  in  1397."  The  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert 
Stonham.  A  settlement  was  made  of  the  manor  in  1416,  as  we  gather  from 
the  Feet  of  Fines  this  year.  The  fine  was  levied  by  this  Robert  Stonham 
and  Mary  his  wife  (daughter  of  Sir  John  and  sister  and  coheir  of  Edmund 
Bernake),  plaintiffs, against  John  Spenser  and  Katherine  his  wife  deforciants, 
whereupon  the  said  John  and  Katherine  granted  the  manor  to  the  said 
Robert  and  Mary  and  to  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  for  ever,  and  in  default 
after  the  decease  of  the  said  Robert  and  Mary  to  the  heirs  of  the  body  of 
the  said  Robert  for  ever,  and  in  default  thereof  to  remain  to  Eleanor,  wife 
of  Robert  Asshefield,  sister  of  the  said  Robert  Stonham,  and  to  the  heirs  of 
her  body  for  ever,  and  for  default  the  said  manor  to  remain  wholly  to  the 
right  heirs  of  the  said  Robert  Stonham  for  ever.  On  the  acknowledgment 
and  fine  the  said  Robert  and  Mary  granted  to  the  said  John  and  Katherine 
100  marks  of  silver.3  On  Robert  Stonham's  death  the  manor  passed  to 
his  daughter  and  heir  Elizabeth,  married  to  John  Broughton,  who  held  the 
manor,  then  valued  at  5  marks,  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury  by  a  service  said  to 
be  unknown.  He  died  23rd  July,  1489,  when  the  manor  passed  in  the 
same  course  as  that  of  Denstons,  in  Risbridge  Hundred/  to  the  time  of  John 
Broughton,  who  died  in  1529. 


'  Abbr.  of  Pleas,  7  and  8  John,  2.  « See  Manor  of  Denston  Hall,  in  Risbridge 

JWill  26th  Nov.,  proved  i6th  Dec.  1397.  Hundred. 

JFeet  of  Fines,  3  Hen.  V.  22. 

Ri 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

ROUGH  AM. 

MANOR  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  the  Abbot  of  St. 
Edmunds,  and  consisted  of  5  carucates  of  land,  15  villeins, 
4  bordars,  3  ploughteams  in  demesne  and  2  belonging  to  the 
men,  6  thralls,  4  acres  of  meadow,  3  rouncies,  22  beasts,  25 
hogs,  and  55  sheep.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  there  were 
also  90  freemen  with  n  bordars,  a  thrall,  5  carucates  of  land, 
18  ploughteams,  and  3  acres  of  meadow.  These  were  held 

under  the  abbot  by  commendation,  and  all  customs,  and  as  to  the  fold. 

To  the  church  of  this  township  lay  40  acres  of  free  land  in  alms.    The 

whole  was  valued  at  £14,  increased  to  £16  when  the  Survey  was  taken. 

It  was  1 6  quarentenes  long  and  a  league  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  2od.' 

MANOR  OF  ROUGHAM  HALL. 

The  principal  lordship  of  the  parish  of  Rougham  was  given  by  Earl 
Ulfketel  to  the  Abbey  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  continued  with  this  house  until 
the  Dissolution,  when  it  was  granted  by  the  Crown,  Davy  says,  to  Thomas 
Howard,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  the  same  year  had  licence  to  alienate  the 
same  to  John  Drury,2  of  Rougham,  son  of  John  Drury  and  Margaret  his 
wife,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Felton,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Golcfingham,  of  Belstead,  Essex,  one  of  the  three  coheirs  of  her  mother, 
Thomasine  Listen,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  Robert, 
the  eldest  son,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Tay,  of  Layer  de  la 
Hay,  in  Essex,  who  was  afterwards  married  to  Edmund  Gooding,  of 
Thurston,  and  had  two  sons,  Robert  and  John.  John  Drury,  of  Rougham, 
died  3rd  Aug.  I556,3  and  his  eldest  son,  Robert  Drury,  having  died  in  his 
father's  lifetime  he  was  succeeded  by  his  grandson,  Sir  Robert  Drury,  Knt. 
He  had  licence  in  1564  to  alienate  to  Elizabeth,  widow,  Lady  Drury,  and 
Henry  Drury  her  son. 

The  manor  next  vested  in  Charles  Drury,  grandson  of  Robert,  and  on 
his  death  in  1623  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Seckford  Drury,  who  died  in 
1634  without  issue,  when  it  went  to  his  uncle,  Roger  Drury,  who  also  died 
without  issue,  when  it  devolved  on  his  three  sisters,  Anne,  Cecily,  and 
Elizabeth.  Anne  married  Charles  Alexander,  youngest  son  of  the  Earl  of 
Stirling  ;  Cecily  married  George  Douglas,  D.D. ;  and  Elizabeth  married 
the  Rev.  William  Wells,  rector  of  Rougham.  There  is  a  bargain  and  sale 
dated  igth  Sept.  1645,  between  Jeffrey  Burwell  and  Nicholas  Burwell  of 
the  first  part,  Robert  Wells,  son  and  heir  of  William  Wells  and  Elizabeth 
his  wife  of  two-thirds  of  Rougham  Hall,  and  Mr.  S.  Le  Blanc  gave  it  as  his 
opinion  23rd  Aug.  1788,  that  by  this  assurance  the  manor  had  not  passed. 

The  manor  passed  to  Edmund  Burwell,  who  married  Mary,  daughter 
and  coheir  of  Jeffrey  Pitman,  of  Woodbridge.  He  died  in  1652,  and  was 
buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church  of  Rougham.  Sir  Jeffrey  Burwell, 
Knt.,  their  son,  succeeded,  and  died  6th  July,  1684,  and  was  also  buried 
there.  By  a  deed  in  1671  Sir  Jeffrey  Burwell  settled  a  messuage  and  4 
acres  of  land  in  this  parish,  in  trust,  to  employ  the  yearly  rents  towards  the 
clothing  of  poor  women.  This  estate  comprises  four  cottages  with  gardens, 
and  about  4$  acres  of  land,  let  together  for  £25  a  year,  which  is  expended  in 

'Dom.  ii.  362.  3I.P.M.,  3  and  4  P.  and  M.   141. 

'See  Weston    Market  Manor,   in    Black- 
bourn  Hundred. 


ROUGHAM. 


323 


the  purchase  of  stuff  for  gowns  ;  and  the  clear  residue  of  the  same  is  applied 
in  the  payment  of  interest  upon,  and  part  liquidation  of,  a  debt  incurred  in 
erecting  two  of  the  cottages  ;  the  sum  of  £80,  bequeathed  by  Sir  Jeffrey 
Burwell,  to  purchase  £4  per  annum,  to  be  applied  towards  placing  out 
apprentice  a  poor  child,  &c  ;  the  same  was  expended  in  the  purchase  of 
£135.  IDS.  iod.,  Old  South  Sea  annuities  ;  the  dividends  of  which  are 
applied,  subject  to  the  payment  of  2os.  a  year  to  the  parish 
clerk  in  binding  out  a  poor  child  apprentice,  from  time  to  time.1  Sir 


ROUGHAM  HALL. 


Jeffrey  Burwell  left  issue  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  the  only  daughter  of  Thomas 
Derehaugh,  an  only  child  Mary,  wife  of  Robert  Walpole,  of  Houghton,  in 
Norfolk,  mother  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  Prime  Minister  to  King  Geo.  I., 
afterwards  Earl  of  Oxford.  Robert  Walpole  succeeded  to  the  lordship 
upon  the  decease  of  Sir  Jeffrey  Burwell,  and  sold  the  same  to  Sir  Robert 
Davers,  Bart.,  who  having  acquired  a  considerable  fortune  in  Barbadoes, 
returned  to  this  country  and  purchased  various  estates  in  Suffolk.  Sir 
Robert  Davers  married  Eleanor,  sister  of  Geo.  Luke,  and  died  in  June, 
1684,'  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Davers,  2nd  Bart., 
who  married  2nd  Feb.  1681-2,  the  Hon.  Mary  Jermyn,  eldest  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Thomas,  2nd  Baron  Jermyn,  of  Rushbrooke,  by  which  marriage 
he  acquired  one-fifth,  and  purchased  of  his  wife's  sisters  the  remaining 
parts  of  that  property  upon  the  death  of  Lord  Jermyn  in  1703. 

Sir  Robert  Davers,  between  1705  and  1710,  sold  the  manor  to  his  son- 
in-law,  Clement  Corrance,  of  Parham,  who  represented  Orford  in  Parlia- 
ment from  1708  to  1714,  and  from  this  time  the  manor  devolved  in  the 
same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Parham,  in  Plomesgate  Hundred,  to  1792. 
Upon  petition  of  the  Corrance  estates  the  manor  was  appropriated  to  William 
Castle,  the  son  of  William  Castle,  the  husband  of  Mary,  the  daughter  of 
Clement  Corrance,  and  sister  of  John  Corrance,  which  William  Castle  the 
son  left  an  only  daughter  Catherine,  who  married  in  1788  Edward  Bouverie, 


'Page,   Hist,  of  Suff.  p.  757. 


'Will,  4th    to    I7th    July,    1679,    proved 
2Qth  June,   1688. 


324  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

of  Delapre  Abbey,  in  the  County  of  Northampton.  They  sold  the  manor 
(with  the  mansion-house  known  as  Rougham  Place,  which  had  been  erected 
by  Sir  Robert  Davers,  ist  Bart.)  to  the  Rev.  Roger  Kedington,  son  of 
Henry  Kedington,  and  Sarah  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Thomas 
Martin,  of  Burrards  Hall,  in  Whatfield.  Roger  Kedington,  by  his  will  in 
1702,  directed  £200  to  be  laid  out  in  lands  to  be  vested  in  trustees,  to  apply 
the  rents  in  binding  out  a  boy  apprentice  every  two  years,  to  be  chosen 
alternately  from  poor  boys  born  within  this  parish,  or  the  parish  of  St. 
Mary,  in  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  one  at  the  end  of  two  years,  from  each  parish 
by  turns. 

This  legacy  was  laid  out,  with  some  addition  made  to  it,  by  the  testator's 
niece,  Martha  Cooke,  in  the  purchase  of  an  estate  at  Barningham,  conveyed 
to  trustees  in  1758  ;  it  comprises  2ia.  3r.  igp.  of  land,  and  lets  at  £35 
per  annum.1 

Sir  John  Cullum,  in  his  MS.  Ch.  Notes  says  :  "  Roger  Kedington 
succeeded  to  the  Estate  of  Rougham  Hall,  in  Suffolk,  by  the  Will  of  Ann 
Neden,  relict  of  Gerard  Neden,  D.D.,  rector  of  Rougham,  and  daughter 
and  sole  heiress  of  John  and  Martha  Cook,  which  Martha  Cook  was  daughter 
and  sole  heiress  of  Martha  Westhorp,  sister  of  Roger  Kedington,  of  Rougham 
Hall,  who  was  High  Sheriff  for  the  County  of  Suffolk  in  1690." 

The  Rev.  Roger  Kedington  married  three  times  :  ist  Jane,  daughter 
of  Robert  Butt,  rector  of  Long  Melford  and  Glemsford ;  zndly  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Brandish,  rector  of  L.  Cressingham  and 
Didlington,  in  Norfolk ;  and  3rdly,  —  Wilson,  the  relict  of  Russell.  He  had 
issue  by  his  ist  wife  only  a  daughter  Jane  Judith,  born  2Qth  April,  1775, 
just  a  month  before  her  mother's  death.  This  daughter,  I2th  June,  1794, 
married  Philip  Bennet,  of  Tollesbury  Lodge,  co.  Essex,  to  whom  Roger 
Kedington,  on  his  death,  26th  Aug.  1818,  devised  the  manor.  Philip  Bennet 
forthwith  erected  a  new  mansion  situated  on  a  gentle  eminence,  as  Page 
expresses  it,  a  short  distance  northward  from  Rougham  Place.  On  Philip 
Bennet's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Capt.  Philip  Bennet, 
who  married  Anne,  2nd  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Thomas  Pilkington, 
Bart.,  of  Prevet,  and  had  a  son  Philip  born  i6th  Dec.  1837. 

The  manor  was  later  acquired  by  E.  J.  Johnstone,  son  of  the 
editor  of  the  "  Standard."  In  19 —  the  manor  was  sold  to  G.  W. 
Agnew,  M.P.,  &c. 

On  the  Memoranda  Rolls  we  find  that  Sir  Hamon  L'Estrange  and  his 
wife  were  in  1611  called  upon  to  show  title  to  Rougham  Manor.2  On  a 
survey  taken  in  1630  it  appeared  that  there  was  one  manor  of  Rougham 
called  the  Manor  of  Rougham  Hall  and  Rougham  Place,  of  which  manor 
the  mansion  house  of  Rougham  Hall  was  then  considered  as  the  manor 
house.  In  1843  a  case  was  laid  before  Counsel  to  advise  whether  upon  the 
division  of  the  Rougham  estate  the  conveyance  of  the  site  of  the  manor 
with  the  demesne  and  other  land  belonging  to  Rougham  Hall  in  1645, 
and  the  payment  of  the  King's  rent  for  the  same,  and  the  appointment  of  a 
gamekeeper  (which  appeared  to  have  been  the  only  manorial  right  actually 
exercised),  the  owners  of  Rougham  Hall  acquired  such  a  right  in  part  of 
the  manor  as  to  enable  them  to  authorize  a  person  to  kill  game  upon  the 
demesne  and  other  lands  comprised  in  the  conveyance  of  igth  September, 
1843- 

'Page,   Hist,   of  Suff.,   p.  737.  'M.  8  Jac.  Trin.  Rec.   Rot.  169. 


ROUGHAM.  325 

Arms  of  KEDINGTON  :  The  following  note  on  the  arms  and  family  of 
Kedington  made  by  the  well-known  genealogist,  Robert  Dale,  is  preserved 
in  the  Cullum  MS.  Church  Notes  :  "  Arms  of  Kedington  are  Erm.  on  a 
bend  Az.  6  Battleaxes  Saltierwise  Arg.  hilted  and  pomelled  Or.  Crest  on  a 
wreath  of  the  colours,  a  demi  Lion  proper  gutt.  de  sang  :  crouned  or 
holding  in  his  right  paw  a  Cuttelax,  as  in  the  Arms.  Motto — Virtus  coronat 
opus.  N.B.  The  antient  Arms  of  Kedington  are  :  ar.  3  piles  Gu.  (Pedigree). 

"  These  are  the  Arms  and  Crest  of  Ambrose  Kerrington  alias  Kedington 
of  Acton  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  Gentleman  whose  Father  Mr.  Ambrose 
Kerrington  alias  Kedington  late  of  Acton  aforesaid,  was  the  second  Son 
and  surviving  Heir  of  Roger  Kerrington  alias  Kedington  of  the  same  place, 
who  inherited  his  Father  Roger's  Patrimony  at  Lavenham  in  the  said 
County  :  which  Roger  was  born  at  Reed  in  the  said  County,  A.D.  1567 
and  buried  at  Lavenha  aforesaid  Anno  1659  an^  was  the  youngest  Son  by 
the  first  Wife  of  Robert  Kedington  alias  Kerington  who  was  born  at  Reed 
aforesaid  in  the  Year  1536,  and  buried  at  Risby  in  the  said  County  in  1615, 
and  had  a  good  Estate  in  Lands  within  the  Parishes  of  Reed,  Cheteboe, 
Brockley,  Stansfield,  Wickhambrook,  Stanefield  alias  Stanningfeld,  Thorp 
Morieux,  Lavenham,  &c.,  in  the  said  County  of  Suffolk,  which  he  gave  in 
his  lifetime,  and  by  Will  at  his  Death,  to  his  Sons,  besides  considerable 
Legacies  in  Money  to  some  of  them  as  also  to  his  Grandchildren,  being  the 
eldest  Son  and  Heir  of  Henry  Kedington  of  Reed  aforesaid  who  was  buried 
there  anno  Dom.  1559  the  Ancestors  of  which  Henry  were  originally  of 
Kedington  Hall  in  the  Parish  of  Kedington  commonly  called  Ketton  in 
the  said  County,  and  extracted  from  an  Antient  Family  of  Gentry  Two 
whereof  viz.  Robert  de  Kedington  of  Kedington  Hall  aforesaid  and  Philip 
Kedington  his  Son,  lived  in  the  successive  Reigns  of  King  Edward  the  3rd 
and  King  Richard  the  2d.  having  fair  Possessions  in  the  several  Parishes 
of  Kedington,  Wethresfield,  Wickhambrook,  Chevington,  Cheteber  and 
Reed  beforementioned  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  ;  as  well  as  in  the  Parish 
of  Ashdon  in  the  County  of  Essex,  as  by  the  said  Robert  de  Kedington's 
Will  in  the  Prerogative  Office  dated  4  June,  1391,  and  other  antient 
Records,  Wills,  Public  Registers  and  Authorities  may  appear. 

"  30  Aug.  1709." 

MANOR  OF  ELDE  al.  OLDHALL  al.  OLDHAUGH  AND  LE  Hoo. 

This  was  a  grange  belonging  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  remained 
in  the  possession  of  the  abbey  until  the  Dissolution,  when  it  was  granted  by 
the  Crown  in  1542  to  Sir  Arthur  Darcy,  Knt.  Just  prior  to  this  grant, 
and  in  the  same  year,  we  find  amongst  the  State  Papers  note  of  a  lease  by 
the  Crown  for  21  years  to  Sir  Anthony  Wyngefeld  of  pasture  for  600  sheep 
upon  "  Rougham  Manor  or  grange  of  Eldawe  which  belonged  to  Bury 
monastery,"  at  £3  rent.1  In  1545,  however,  the  manor  was  granted  by 
the  Crown  to  Thomas  Howard,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  had  licence  the  same 
year  to  alienate  the  same  to  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  of  Rushbrooke,  Knt.,  and 
from  him  the  manor  devolved  in  the  same  course  of  devolution  as  the  Manor 
of  Rushbrooke  Hall,  in  this  Hundred,  to  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  Knt.,  in  1614. 
Sir  Thomas  Jermyn  and  his  wife  Katherine  had  licence  to  alienate  to 
Sir  William  Povery  and  others,  probably  by  way  of  settlement  for  we  find 
that  the  manor  descended  to  Thomas  Jermyn,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Thomas, 
on  hjs  death  in  1644-5,  and  <>n  the  death  of  Thomas  Jermyn  in  1659  passed 

'State  Papers,  1542,  714  (18),  1358. 


326  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Jermyn,  who  was  created  Lord  Jermyn,  and 
died  in  1703,  when  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  Thomas  Spring,  of  Pakenham, 
who  had  married  Merilrna,  the  5th  daughter  and  coheir  of  Lord  Jermyn. 
Sir  Thomas  Spring  died  in  1704,'  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Sir  \Ym.  Spring,  on  whose  death  unmarried  in  1736  it  passed  to  his 
2nd  sister  and  coheir  Mary,  married  to  the  Rev.  John  Symonds,  D.D.  He 
died  in  1757,  when  it  passed  to  hiss  on  and  heir,  John  Symonds,  who  sold 
the  manor  to  Thomas  Cocksedge,  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  on  whose  death 
in  1811*  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Martin  Thomas  Cocksedge,  who 
dying  in  1824*  it  devolved  on  his  son  and  heir,  Martin  Thomas  Cocksedge, 
who  married  Anne  \\Trale,  and  was  burnt  to  death  5th  May,  1846,  at  the 
age  of  31. 

MANOR   OF   LAWNEYS. 

This  also  formed  part  of  the  gift  of  Earl  Ulfketel  to  the  Abbey  of 
St.  Edmunds,  and  on  the  Dissolution  of  this  house  passed  to  the  Crown, 
and  was  granted  to  Sir  William  Drury,  Knt.,  who  died  about  1450,*  when  it 
passed  to  his  widow  Katherine  for  life.  She  died  in  1479,  when  it  vested 
in  their  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Drury,  who  died  I2th  Dec.  1487,'  when  it 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Drury,  who  died  in  1498,  when  it  passed  in 
the  same  course  of  descent  as  the  main  manor  until  the  death  of  Seckford 
Drury  in  1634. 

The  manor  is  specifically  mentioned  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  Drury, 
who  died  3rd  August,  1556,  leaving  Robert,  son  of  Robert  his  grandson, 
his  heir.8  We  next  find  the  manor  vested  in  John  Corrance,  who  died  in 
1742,  from  which  time  it  apparently  has  devolved  in  the  same  course  as 
the  main  manor,  being  like  that  manor,  on  the  petition  of  the  Corrance 
estates,  allotted  to  the  Castle  family. 

MANOR  OF  KING'S  HALL. 

This  manor  was  also  vested  in  the  abbey  of  St.  Edmunds  from  Saxon 
times  to  the  dissolution  of  the  religious  houses  in  the  time  of  Hen.  VIII. 

On  the  opening  of  the  i8th  century  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Edward 
Crispe,  of  Bury  (son  of  Edward),  who  died  i2th  June,  1709,  when  it  passed 
to  his  son  and  heir,  Edward  Crispe,  who  was  murdered  by  his  brother-in- 
law,  Arundel  Coke,  in  1746,  and  was  buried  roth  Sept,  1746.  Crispe  dug 
a  moat  at  King's  Hall. 
In  1810  Mr.  Cropley  was  lord. 

MANOR   OF   CHAVENTS. 

In  1271  this  manor  was  held  by  Peter  de  Chauvent,  and  he  had  a  grant 
of  free  warren  here  in  I289,7  and  died  in  1293.  He  no  doubt  held  under 
the  Abbot  of  Bury  as  chief  lord. 

In  1364  we  find  the  lordship  held  by1  Walter  Beneyt  and  others  under 
the  abbot. 

A  lease  was  in  1394  granted  by  William,  the  abbot,  and  the  convent 
of  St.  Edmunds,  to  John  Bacon,  of  Hessett,  of  the  Manor  of  Hessett, 

1  See    Pakenham    Hall    Manor,    in    this         4  See  Weston  Market  Manor,  in  Blackbourn 

Hundred.  Hundred. 

2  Davy  says  2nd  Feb.  1833,  at  the  age  of         5I.P.M.,  3  Hen.  VII.  305. 

84.  6I.P.M.,   3   and  4   P.   &   M.    141. 

3 See  main  Manor  of  Rougham.  'Chart.   Rolls,   17   Edw.   I.  7. 


ROUGHAM.  327 

with  two  parts  of  this  Manor  of  Chavents  for  eight  years  from  Michael- 
mas 18  Rich.  II.1  But  about  this  time  the  manor,  and  probably 
some  time  previously  a  third  of  it,  became  vested  in  Sir  Thomas 
de  Naunton,  3rd  son  of  Hugo  de  Naunton  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Robert  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford.  Sir  Thomas  de  Naunton  granted 
a  rent  charge  of  2os.  out  of  his  lands  in  Monewden  to  the  Abbot 
of  Sibton  in  1367  in  exchange  for  a  mill  in  Tostock.  His  only  daughter 
and  sole  heiress  Margery  married  Sir  Roger  Drury,  Knt.,  son  of  Nicholas 
Drury,  of  the  adjoining  parish  of  Thurston,  and  of  Joan  his  wife, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  Simon  Saxham  of  the  same  parish.  He  died  in 
1418,  his  lady  in  1405,  and  were  both  interred  at  the  east  end  of  the  north 
aisle  of  Rougham  church,  where  a  brass  still  remains  to  their  memory,  an 
etching  of  which  appears  in  the  "  Gentleman's  Magazine "  for  1813, 
part  2,  p.  17. 2 

From  the  time  of  Sir  Roger  Drury  the  manor  passed  in  the  same 
course  as  the  Manor  of  Weston  Market,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred,  through 
the  Drury  family— .certainly  to  the  time  of  John  Drury,  who  died  in  1556. 

MANOR  OF  LEE  Hoo. 

This  was  anciently  held  by  James  de  Gedding,  and  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  John  de  Gedding,  who  seems  to  have  given  the  same  in  1293  to 
Robert,  son  of  Thomas  de  Bradfield  and  Cecily  his  wife,  who  about  the 
same  time,  or  a  little  later,  had  a  gift  of  lands  in  Rougham  from  Sir  Robert 
de  Hoo,  Knt.  Robert  de  Bradfield  granted  all  his  lands  in  1318  to  Peter 
Osborne,  rector  of  Thorp  Abbots,  who  had  licence  to  grant  the  reversion 
after  the  death  of  Robert  and  Margaret  his  wife  to  the  abbey  of  St.  Edmunds 
to  the  use  of  the  sacristan.3  The  whole  transaction  appears  clearly  in 
the  licence  for  alienation  in  mortmain  to  the  abbey,  which  is  on  the 
Patent  Rolls  in  1318.  It  is  given  to  Peter  Osborne,  parson  of  Thorpe 
Abbots  in  respect  of  a  remaindership  in  a  messuage,  a  mill,  360  acres  of 
land,  6  of  pasture,  12  of  wood,  i6s.  <\\d.  rent,  and  a  rent  of  lib.  of  cummin, 
and  a  hen,  in  Rougham,  Rushbrook,  and  Whelnetham,  held  of  the  abbot,  and 
worth  £7.  55.  6%d.  a  year  as  appears  by  inquisition  on  death  of  Robert, 
son  of  Thomas  de  Bradefeld,  and  Margaret  his  wife,  to  whom  he  was  also 
licenced  to  grant  the  said  messuage,  land,  &c.,  for  their  lives  to  hold  to 
the  abbey  for  the  maintenance  of  the  office  of  their  sacristy.4 

With  the  abbey  this  manor  continued  until  the  Dissolution,  when  it 
was  granted  by  the  Crown  in  1545  to  Thomas  Howard,  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
who  had  licence  the  same  year  to  grant  it  to  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  from  whom 
it  descended  to  Robert  Jermyn,  his  grandson,  in  1577,  like  the  Manor  of 
Elde  al.  Oldhall. 

MANOR  OF  SUDBURYES  al.  DRURYE'S. 

This  was  vested  in  Sir  Roger  Drury,  Knt.,  of  Thurston,  and  afterwards 
of  Rougham,  who  died  in  1418,  from  which  time  to  the  death  of  John  Drury 
in  1498,  it  descended  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Chavents,  and  as 
is  given  in  the  account  of  Weston  Market,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred.  Lands 
and  tenements  called  Druryes  or  Sudburyes  are  specifically  mentioned  in 
the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Katharine  Drury  in  1480.'  But  eight  years  later  in 
the  inquis.  p.m.  of  Thomas  Drury  the  entry  is  of  the  "  Manor  of  Sudburyes 
al.  Drurye's,  in  Rougham,"  then  held  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury.6 

'Bodl.   Suff.   Ch.    no.  'Pat.  Rolls,  12  Edw.  II.  pt.  i.  6. 

'Page,   Hist,  of  Suff.,  p.  734.  'I.P.M.,  19  Edw.  IV.  37. 

JAdd.   MSS.   19109.  6I.P.M.,    3    Hen.    VII.    305. 


328 


THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 
MANOR  OF  NETHERHALL  OR  NETHERPLACE. 


This  manor  was  vested  in  John  Drury,  who  died  seised  of  it  3rd  Aug. 
1556,'  from  which  time  to  the  death  of  Seckford  Drury  in  1634  it  devolved 
in  the  same  course  as  the  main  manor.  On  the  death  of  Seckford  Drury 
the  manor  passed  to  his  uncle,  Roger  Drury,  who  died  without  issue, 
when  it  devolved  on  his  sisters  and  coheirs  Anne,  Cecily,  and  Elizabeth. 
Anne  married  Charles  Alexander,  youngest  son  of  the  Earl  of  Stirling  ; 
Cecily  married  George  Douglas,  D.D.,  and  Elizabeth  married  the  Rev. 
William  Wells,  rector  of  Rougham. 


Abstracts  of  various  deeds  relating  to  Rougham  Hall  will  be  found 
amongst  the  Tanner  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian.2 


'I.P.M.,   3  and  4   P.   &   M.   141. 


'Tanner,  cclxxxiv.  35. 


RUSHBROOKE.  329 

RUSHBROOKE. 

|HE  main  holding  mentioned  here  was  that  of  22  freemen, 
and  consisted  of  2  carucates  of  land,  4  bordars,  4  ploughteams 
among  the  men,  and  2  acres  of  meadow.  These  freemen 
might  give  and  sell  their  land  so  long  as  the  soc  remained  in 
the  abbot's  possession,  and  the  service  in  Rougham.  At 
the  time  of  the  Survey  they  all  still  belonged  to  the  abbot's 
fold  except  three.  The  value  was  in  Saxon  times  i6s.,  but 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey  had  gone  up  to  2os.  23^.  The  Domesday  tenant 
was  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.  The  estate  was  7  quarentenes  long  and 
4  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  jd.1 

MANOR  OF   RUSHBROOK. 

The  lordship  was  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  vested  in  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds,  under  whom  at  a  later  date  a  family  held  here  who  derived 
from  Scotland,  of  Scotland  Hall,  in  Polstead,  who  assumed  the  name  of 
Rushbrook.  In  1180  Scotland  de  Rushbrook  held  lands  in  Rushbrook,  of 
Sampson,  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  in  1244  Walter,  son  of  Walter  de 
Saxham,  granted  to  Thomas,  son  of  Michael  de  Rushbrook,  i8a.  3r.  of  arable 
land  in  Little  Saxham.  On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1276  we  find  an  action  by 
Nicholas  de  Rissebrok  against  Lucy,  daughter  of  Michael  de  Rissebrok 
and  others  touching  a  tenement  in  Rushbrooke/  Thomas,  son  of  Michael, 
was  grandson  of  Scotland  de  Rushbrook,  arid  from  him  the  property  held 
here  passed  to  his  sister  and  coheir  Agnes,  wife  of  Thomas,  father  of  John 
Jermyn,  of  Rushbrook.  Isabella,  the  other  sister  and  coheir,  married 
William  le  Large.3  John  Jermyn  and  William  le  Large  were  tenants  in 
1286,  but  the  lordship  does  not  seem  to  have  been  in  the  Jermyn  family 
until  a  later  date.  At  least,  there  is  the  difficulty  that  we  meet  with  a  lordship 
of  "  Rushbrok,"  in  1359,  vested  in  Sir  William  de  Russhebrok  and  Joan, 
these  having  this  year  levied  a  fine  against  John  de  Cavendyssh, 
Michael  Bures,  Ralph  de  ...  and  William  de  Rakelound,4  and 
Sir  William  by  his  will  proved  in  1383,  gave  the  manor  to  his  son, 
Thomas  Rushbrook,  whose  sister  Alice  married  Hugh  Hunt,  of 
Rushbrook,  and  the  manor  was  inherited  by  their  son  and  heir,  Robert 
Hunt.  Amongst  the  early  Chancery  Proceedings  15  Rich.  II.  to  10  Hen.  VI.5 
we  find  an  assize  of  novel  disseisin  of  a  rent  on  the  manor  granted  by  Sir 
William  de  Russebrok.  The  action  was  between  Henry  Hunte  and  Thomas 
Ewelle  and  William  Page,  bailiff  and  only  bailiff  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds, 
and  in  1458  William  Holcot,  son  and  heir  of  Margaret,  one  of  the  sisters  of 
the  above-named  Robert  Hunt,  and  George  Holcot  his  brother,  released 
to  John  Green  and  others. 

The  Manor  of  Rushbrook,  however,  was  clearly  vested  in  Thomas  Jermyn, 
the  father  of  Sir  Thomas,  in  1496,  for  it  is  dealt  with  by  him  specifically 
in  his  will  made  partly  I2th  Jan.  1466-7  and  partly  6th  July,  1503,  and 
proved  in  London  4th  Nov.  1504.'  After  making  certain  specific  devises 
of  manors  and  lands  he  wills  "  that  all  myn  other  lands,  &c.,  remayne  to 
Merget  my  wif  forhir  life  to  the  entente  that  she  shall  kepe  my  children 
and  fulfill  my  will,  if  she  kepe  hirself  soole  and  unmaried.  And  if  she  be 

'Dom.   ii.   3636,   369.  'Feet  of  Fines,  33  Edw.  III.  16. 

'Pat.   Rolls,   4   Edw.    I.    22d.  'Bundle  7240. 

'See   Large's   Manor,  in   Little   Saxham,         'P.C.C.  39  Holgrave. 

Thingoe  Hundred. 
SI 


330  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

marled,  then  I  will  that  the  said  londes  remayne  to  myn  executors  to  the 
entente  that  they  shall  yerely  pay  to  the  said  Margetmy  wif  £XX  at  IIII. 
times  in  the  yere  by  even  portions  ....  And  after  the  decesse  of 
Margete  my  wife  I  will  the  Manor  of  Rasshebrok  .  .  .  and  all  other 
lands  that  I  have  within  the  said  toune  of  Rasshebrok,  Rougham,  Wel- 
nctham  magna,  Welnetham  parva,  Bradfeld  monachorum,  Hawsted 
Nowton,  Bury  Seynt  Edmund,  ffornham  Marteyti  and  Berton  (except  the 
said  manor  of  litell  VVhelnetham  as  is  before  rehersed)  remayne  to  Thomas 
my  son  and  the  heires  male  of  his  body,  "  the  remainders  are  to  Robert  and 
Francis  and  their  heirs  male  successively.  "  And  if  it  fortune  my  sones 
to  dye  without  heirs  male  I  will  that  the  said  manors  &c.  remayne  to  Agnes, 
Alys,  and  Mary  my  doughters  and  to  the  heires  male  of  their  bodyes.  And 
for  defawte  of  such  yssue  male  of  my  III.  daughters  I  will  that  the  said 
manors,  &c.,  be  sold  by  myn  executors  and  the  half  dell  of  the  money  thereof 
comyng  to  be  distributed  betwixt  my  childerns  childern  if  any  ther  be, 
and  the  other  half  to  be  distributed  for  the  wele  of  my  soule  and  of  Mergete 
my  wif,  and  the  soule  of  our  faders  and  our  moders,  and  for  the  soules  of 
Dann  John  Swaffham  sexteyn  of  the  monastery  of  Bury  Seynt  Edmund 
and  Thomas  Edon  the  elder,  and  for  the  soules  of  all  my  frendes  and  of  all 
other  that  I  am  most  bounde  to  praye  for."1 

The  ancestry  of  this  Thomas  Jermyn  will  best  appear  from  the  following 
pedigree  on  opposite  page,  which  we  find  amongst  the  Howard  MSS.  and 
stated  to  be  copied  from  "  Suffolk  Collections  in  Ipswich  Museum,"  with 
a  few  additions  from  other  sources. 

Thomas  Jermyn  the  son  held  in  1532,  for  there  is  an  indenture  of  sale 
amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum  which  bears  date 
gth  Dec.  24  Hen.  VIII.,  by  which  Thomas  Jermyn  sells  to  Thomas  Snellyng, 
of  Drinkstone,  lands  in  Drinkstone,  on  condition  that  the  said  Thomas 
Snellyng  makes  a  ceiling  and  wainscot  to  a  room  at  the  Manor  of  Rush- 
brooke.  The  4th  Feb.  1535-6,  the  manor  was  transferred  by  Sir  Thomas 
to  his  son,  Sir  Thomas.  In  1530-1  Thomas  Jermyn  had  been  Sheriff  of 
Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  and  2Qth  May,  1533,  was  made  a  Knight  of  the  Bath, 
this  being  a  few  days  before  the  coronation  of  Anne  Boleyn.  The  Duke 
of  Norfolk,  writing  to  Cromwell  from  Colchester,  loth  Oct.  1536,  says  : 
'  The  King  has  commanded  divers  gentlemen,  abbots,  and  priors  of  the 
county  to  send  men.  I  am  steward  and  founder  of  most  of  the  houses  of 
religion,  and  under  me  many  of  the  gentlemen  have  the  rules  of  them,  as 
of  Bury,  Sir  Thomas  Germyn."  In  1539  Sir  Thomas  was  appointed  one 
of  the  Commissioners  to  search  and  defend  parts  of  the  coast. 

In  March,  1540,  some  of  the  manors  of  the  abbey  of  St.  Edmunds  were 
granted  to  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  £1,305.  us.  Sd. 
These  were  the  manors  of  Monks  Bradfield  and  Stanton,  divers  woods 
which  are  specified  in  Monks  Bradfield,  Bradfield  St.  Clare,  and  Felsham, 
the  advowson  of  the  churches  of  Monks  Bradfield  and  Stanton,  and  all 
the  appurtenances  of  the  said  manors  in  Monks  Bradfield,  Tostock,  Hessett, 
Little  VVhelnetham,  Barton,  Drinkstone,  Felsham,  Thorpe,  Norton,  Gedding, 
Rougham,  Bradfield  St.  Clare,  Bradfield  Combust,  Pakenham,  Wetherden, 
Rushbrook,  Stanton,  Over  Stanton,  Nether  Stanton,  Ixworth,  Bardwell, 
Stowlangtoft,  Wattisfield,  Walsham,  and  Hepworth,  all  which  premises 
belonged  to  the  abbey  ;  also  other  possessions  of  the  abbey  in  Monks 

1  Rushbrooke  Parish  Registers,  by  the  Rev.  S.  H.  A.  Hervey,  Woodbridge, 

1903,  p.  122-124. 


Micha 


Scotland  of  Rushbrooke  c.  1180. 
I 


Beatrice  =         Michael      =  2nd  wife 
1st  wife.   I   de  Rushbrooke 


1 

Thomas  de  Rushbrooke,         Agnes  = 
living  1229. 
d.i.p. 

=  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn, 
son  of  Hugh,  son 
of  John  Jermyn. 

Isabel  =  William  le  Large, 
of  Little  Saxham. 

Sir  William  =  Joan 
d.s.p. 

John1 
living  1289. 

Alice             William 

Henry 

Thomas 

1 
John 
t.  Edw.  I. 
1 

Hugh,       = 
living  1  327. 

=      Mary. 

Hugo,     = 

Maud 

Joan,  dau.  of 
Walter  Weller, 
of  Rayne  Parva, 
co.  Essex. 

=  Joan, 
ndrew 

1                                    1                     1 
John  =  Joan          Edmund           Hugh 
Jermyn.  1 

1            ! 

Agnes          Alice 

Christian 
d.  1432- 

>. 
4OI. 

=  Margaret  Layman, 
9.         of  Ickworth,  or 
Ipswich. 

living      1 
26  Edw.  I. 

Sir  William 
Rushbrooke,  living 
34  Edw.  III.    Will 
8  Rich.  II.     Proved 
I7th  Dec.  1383. 

Sir  Thomas  = 
Jermyn, 
living  1374. 

=  Margaret, 
dau.  of 
William 
Hare,  of 
Bozstead. 

William     = 
of  Barking, 
co.  Essex, 
d.  1434- 

Johr 

Thomas  Rushbrooke 
of  Rattlesden.     Will 
roth  Oct.  1496. 

A 

Eleanor, 
m.  W.  Karne  or 
Raynham. 

|                     living  I 
Anne                           | 
m.  Valentine            Thomas 
Bayly  ff.               living  147 

I.  Katharine,  dau.  and  —  Thomas  = 
coheir  of  Sir  John      Will  1497. 
Bernard,    of  Aken- 
ham. 


2.  Margaret. 


Benet, 

of  Little  Barton. 
Will  8th  June,  1546. 


=        Joan. 


Wil 


Villiam,       = 
of  Great  Barton, 
d.  1598. 


Margery. 


William, 
of  Great   Barton  and 
Bardwell.    Will  proved 
1623. 


Mary. 


Thomas, 

of  Great  Fakenham, 
d.  1655- 


Robert, 

of  Honington, 

d.  1674. 


;        Prudence, 
dau.  of  John  Frost. 


Mary, 

dau.  of  William 
Thurston. 


Robert        =        Susannah  Barlow. 


1  Add.  Ch.  10533. 


Harham 


obert. 


of  Rush  brook 
Park,  J.P.,  D.L., 
and  M.P.  for  West 
Suffolk,  d.  1829. 


Elizabeth  Edwards, 
of  Westowe  Hall. 


=  1779.  Mary  Grubb, 
of  Horsenden,  co. 
Bucks. 


Col.  Robert,  •• 
of  Rushbrooke  Park, 
J.P.,  D.L.,  and 
M.P.  for  West  Suf- 
folk, d.  1845. 


23rd  May, 
Frances,  ill.  dau.  of 
Sir  Charles  Davers, 
Bart. 


Robert  Frederick  Brownlow 
Rushbrooke,  of  Rushbrooke  Park. 


332  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Bradfield  and  Stanton,  and  all  those  parcels  of  land  then  in  the  possession  of 
Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  parcel  of  the  Manor  of  Olde  Hall,  a  tenement  called 
Le  Sextens,  the  grove  of  wood  called  Northland  grove  in  Rushbrook  which 
belonged  to  the  abbey.1 

Sir  Thomas  Jermyn1  married  ist  Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas  Spring,  of 
Lavenham,  and  2ndly  Ann,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Drury,  of  Hawstead, 
and  widow  of  George  Waldegrave,  of  Smallbridge,  and  died  8th  Oct.  1552.' 

His  will  is  dated  26th  Sept.  1552,  and  was  proved  in  London,  i6th 
Dec.  following.4  The  will  contains  the  following  devise  of  the  manor  : 
'  To  Ambrose  Jermyn,  my  sonne  and  heyre  apparunte,  I  give  my  manors 
of  Rushebroke  and  Owldhall,  to  him  and  his  heyres  with  all  my  flocke  of 
shepe  now  pasturing  and  going  in  Roshebrok,  which  ben  nowe  knowen  or 
reputed  for  my  flocke  of  Roshebrok  also  my  flocke  of  shepe  going  uppon 
my  manor  of  Owldhall,  my  best  carte  horses  and  my  best  carte  with  all 
thereto  belonging.  And  one  ploughe  with  the  horses  and  harnes  belonging 
thereto.  Also  two  my  other  plowes  with  all  thereto  belonging,  as  horses, 
geldinges,  cart  trassys,  plowys,  harrows,  tomberelles,  with  all  incydentes 
to  them  belonging.  Also  all  the  apparell  of  my  chambers  in  the  newe 
works,  as  well  all  the  chambers  above  as  those  that  be  beneth  next  the 
grounde,  together  with  all  th"  apparell  and  forneture  as  they  be  nowe 
appoynted,  with  all  other  thinges  therein  conteyned,  together  with  all  my 
kytchyn  stuff  at  Roshebroke  and  all  things  in  the  backhouse,  brewhouse, 
wynhouse,  buttery,  pantry,  and  the  deyehouse,  with  all  my  hogges  and 
swyne.  Also  my  best  basson  and  yewer  of  silver  parcell  gilt,  my  best 
stonding  cuppe  with  a  cover  all  gilt  (except  the  stonding  cuppe  and  cover 
which  is  before  bequeathed  to  my  wief),  two  sylver  gobletts  with  one  cover, 
with  a  knope  which  were  my  fathers  being  parcell  gilt ;  two  saltes  all  gilte 
with  one  cover,  both  the  saltes  being  of  one  fasshion  ;  elevyn  spones  of 
sylver  with  woodhousses  at  thende,  and  one  spone  of  sylver  more  to  make  up 
the  dosson  ;  a  litle  pott  with  two  eares  having  a  cover  of  gilte.  Also  all 
my  hanginges  and  other  implementes  being  in  my  hall  and  parlour  in 
Roshebroke  ;  and  a  chalice  with  a  cover  all  gilte,  and  the  hangings  abowte 
the  chamber  called  the  bell  chamber,  except  such  as  has  been  bequeathed 
to  my  wief.  Also  all  my  mylche  beastes  now  going  with  them  that  occupie 
and  kepe  my  plowes  in  Roshbroke  and  Wheltham.  Also  mylche  neate  now 
in  Roshelbroke.  Also  all  my  grayne  and  corne  as  well  being  nowe  so  wen 
as  in  my  barns  except  as  moche  rye  and  malte  as  is  above  bequeathed 
to  the  householders  in  Roshebroke.  Also  all  my  chappel  stuf  both  that 
which  is  nowe  in  my  chappel  at  Roshebroke  and  that  which  is  in  my 
chapell  chamber  with  one  chalyce  of  sylver  and  gilt.  Also  my  lease  which 
I  have  of  the  medowe  callyd  Syclesmere  medowe,  and  two  of  my  geldinges." 

The  manor  passed  to  Sir  Thomas's  son,  Ambrose  Jermyn.  He  was 
knighted  soon  after  the  coronation  of  Queen  Mary,  2nd  Oct.  1553, "  at 
Westminster  Palace  before  her  in  her  chamber  of  presence,  under  the 
cloth  of  estate  by  the  Earl  of  Arundel  who  had  of  her  Highness  commission 
to  execute  the  same."5  His  will  is  dated  28th  March,  1577,  and  was  proved 
ist  May  following.  It  contains  devise  of  this  manor  as  follows  :  "  I  gyve 

'S.P.  1540,  436  (31).  «P.C.C.  33,  Powell.     A  copy  of  the  will 

'See  further  as  to  the  Jermyns,  Bardwell  appears    in    the    Rev.    S.    H.    A. 

Manor,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred.  Hervey's  Rushbrooke  Parish  Regis- 

M.P.M.,  7Edw.  VI.  66.  ters,  p.   128. 

'Stryp  Eccl.  Mem.  Hi.  pt.  ii.   181. 


RUSHBROOKE.  333 

unto  Robert  Jermyn  my  eldest  sonne  all  those  my  mannors  etc.  lying  in 
Rushbrooke,  litle  Wheltham,  Brent  Bradfeild,  Ouldhall  in  Rowgham, 
Stanton,  Hepworth,  Wattesfeild,  Bardwell  with  the  reversion  of  all  those 
other  my  mannors  etc.  lyinge  in  litle  Horningsheath,  Monckes  Bradfeild 
and  Bradefeild  St.  Clare,  imediatlie  after  the  deceasse  of  my  wieff  and  the 
Ladye  Magrett  Poyntes,  to  whom  the  three  last  mannors  ben  sett  over  in 
consideracion  of  Joyncture.  To  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  Robert  and 
the  heirs  male  of  his  bodye  ;  with  remaynder  successively  to  Ambrose 
Jermyn,  my  second  sonne ;  Edmund  Jermyn,  my  third  sonne ;  Anthony 
Jermyn,  my  fourth  sonne;  William  Jermyn,  my  youngest  sonne ;  my  brother 
John  Jermyn,  my  brother,  Thomas  Jermyn ;  them  and  their  heirs  male, 
with  remainder  to  me  Ambrose  for  ever." 

The  testator  married  ist  Ann,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  George 
Heveningham,  2nd  son  of  Sir  John  Heveningham,  and  2ndly  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  William  Badby,of  Laymarney,  in  Essex,  and  widow  successively 
of  Sir  George  Blagge,  who  died  in  1551,  and  Richard  Goodrick,  who  died 
in  1562.  He  died  5th  April,  1577,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Sir  Robert  Jermyn,  who  was  High  Sheriff  of  the  county  and  was 
knighted  in  one  of  the  progresses  of  Queen  Elizabeth  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds, 
the  ist  Aug.  1578,  and  afterwards  represented  Suffolk  in  Parliament  in 
1584  and  1586,  and  East  Looe  in  Cornwall. 

There  are  numbers  of  letters  from  the  Privy  Council  to  Sir  Robert 
Jermyn  in  the  State  Papers,  and  letters  amongst  the  Hatfield  MSS.  Full 
particulars  will  be  found  in  the  notes  on  Sir  Robert  Jermyn  attached  to 
the  Rev.  S.  H.  A.  Hervey's  Rushbrooke  Parish  Registers.  Sir  Robert 
married  Judith,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Blaze,  Knt.,  and  died  in  April, 
1614.  His  will  was  made  in  April,  and  proved  in  London  in  June,  1614.' 
The  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  who  was  M.P. 
for  Bury  St.  Edmunds  from  1621  until  disabled  in  1644.  He  was  knighted 
by  the  Earl  of  Essex  before  Rouen,  in  1591,  and  of  him  Gipps  says:  "He  was 
a  gallant  and  loyal  gentleman,  a  faithfuU  Subject  to  his  Prince  and  a  true 
Lover  of  his  Country.  He  joined  with  King  Charles  ist  against  his  rebellious 
Parliament,  and  served  him  faithfully  both  in  Council  and  on  the  Feild, 
till  he  was  murder'd  by  his  own  Subjects,  and  then  was  forc'd  to  compound 
with  these  bloody  Murderers  for  his  estate."  He  was  Comptroller  of  the 
Household  and  a  Privy  Councillor  to  King  Chas.  I., and  in  1640,  on  the  death 
of  the  Earl  of  Suffolk,  was  appointed  Lord  Lieutenant  of  the  County  jointly 
with  the  new  Earl  next  of  age.  He  married  ist  Catherine,  daughter  of  Sir 
William  Killigrew,  and  2ndly  Mary,  daughter  of  Edmund  Barber,  and  widow 
of  Thomas  Newton,  of  Edgfield,  Norfolk,  and  his  will  is  dated  4th  Jan. 
1644,  and  proved  24th  of  the  same  month.2  He  died  in  January,  1644-5, 
and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Jermyn,  who  was  one  of 
the  Grooms  of  the  Bedchamber  to  Prince  Charles  in  1639,  and  was  colleagued 
with  his  father  in  the  representation  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds  in  the  Long 
Parliament.  He  married  Rebecca  Rodway,  afterwards  wife  of  Henry, 
3rd  and  last  Viscount  Brouncker.  He  seems  to  have  followed  the  Royal 
family  in  exile,  and  we  find  that  6th  May,  1646,  the  House  of  Commons 
ordered  that  the  proceeds  of  two-thirds  of  the  estates  of  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn, 
deceased,  and  his  son  Thomas  in  Suffolk,  not  exceeding  £1,500  a  year,  be 

1  P.C.C.  56  Lawe.    A  copy  may  be  seen  in         *P.C.C.  23  Rivers, 
the  Rev.  S.  H.  A.  Hervey's  Rush- 
brooke Parish  Registers,  p.  150. 


334 


TIIE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


paid  by  the  County  Committee  to  the  Earl  of  Stamford  for  his  support 
and  subsistence,  and  the  remaining  one-third  to  the  use  of  the  county. 
If  the  two-thirds  did  not  amount  to  £1,500,  the  amount  was  to  be  made 
up  from  some  other  sequestered  estate.  In  1649  he  returned  to  England 
and  compounded  for  his  estates.  The  amount  paid  was  apparently  £2,750. 
By  his  will  dated  gth  Nov.  1659,  he  gives  "  unto  Thomas  Jermyn  my 
eldest  sonne  all  the  hangings,  bedding,  lynnen,  woollen,  brasse,  pewter, 
pictures,  books,  and  household  stuff  now  at  my  house  at  Rushbrooke  where 
I  sometymes  dwell ;  or  in  my  house  att  Bury  where  I  now  dwell ;  provided 
that  Rebecca  my  wife  shall  have  the  use  of  them  for  the  term  of  her  naturall 
life."  This  will  was  proved  loth  Jan.  1661.'  The  testator  died  nth 
Nov.  1659,  aged  58,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas 
Jermyn.  He  represented  Bury  St.  Edmunds  in  Parliament  in  1679,  and 
4th  Jan.  1683-4,  succeeded  his  uncle  Henry,  Lord  Nalbans,  in  the  title  of 
Lord  Jermyn.*  He  was  Governor  of  Jersey,  and  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Henry  Merry,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Henry  Merry,  of  Derbyshire,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Sir  John  Gage,  and  by  her  had  an  only  son  Thomas,  who  27th 
Dec.  1692,  being  then  in  his  i6th  year,  met  his  death  by  the  fall  of  the  mast 
of  a  ship  which  the  seamen  were  raising  on  a  stormy  day  behind  Beaufort 
house  ;  and  four  surviving  daughters,  coheirs  to  their  father.  There  were 
five  daughters,  one  dying  in  her  father's  lifetime.  Thomas,Lord  Jermyn  died  at 
Old  Spring  Gardens,  London,  ist  April,  1703,  at  the  age  of  69,  and  was 
buried  at  Rushbrooke,  7th  April.  His  will  is  dated  igth  Jan.  1702,  and  was 
proved,  with  two  codicils,  in  London,  29th  April,  1703. 3  Of  the  daughters, 
Mary  married  in  1682  Robert  Davers,  of  Rougham,  Henrietta  Maria 
married  Thomas  Bond,  2nd  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Bond,  of  Peckham,  ist 
Bart.,  Comptroller  of  the  Household  to  Henrietta  Maria.  Delariviere 
married  Sir  Symonds  D'Ewes,  3rd  Bart.,  of  Stowlangtoft.  Penelope 
married  in  1700  Grey  James  Grove,  of  Pool  Hall,  in  Shropshire.  Mere- 
Una  married  ist  in  1691  Sir  Thomas  Spring,  of  Pakenham,  3rd  Bart.,  and 
2ndly  Sir  William  Gage,  of  Hengrave,  2nd  Bart. 

The  2nd  Aug.  1703,  Sir  Robert  Davers,  husband  of  Mary,  one  of  the 
coheirs,  bought  out  the  interests  of  the  other  four  coheirs  and  became 
possessed  of  the  Manor  of  Rushbrook,  and  removed  to  the  manor  house  from 
Rougham  Place.  The  grounds  and  park  were  valued  and  let  at  £600  per 
annum,  and  were  charged  with  £60  a  year  to  Mr.  Agas  for  serving  the  cure 
of  Rushbrook,  and  with  £25  a  year  to  one  Mistress  Margaret  Orthington 
for  life.  The  purchase  was  effected  under  the  provisions  of  a  private  Act 
of  Parliament  in  1704.  The  value  put  upon  Rushbrook  Hall,  great  stable, 
garden,  advowson  of  Rushbrooke  and  Little  Whelnetham  and  the  park 
was  £180  a  year. 

Sir  Robert  Davers  frequently  represented  Suffolk  in  Parliament  during 
the  reigns  of  Queen  Anne  and  King  Geo.  I.  In  1683  he  was  appointed 


'P.C.C.  6  Laud.  A  copy  is  given  by  the 
Rev.  S.  H.  A.  Hervey  in  his  Rush- 
brooke Parish  Registers,  p.  156. 

'Henry  Jermyn,  3rd  son  of  Sir  Thomas 
Jermyn,  K.B.,  of  Rushbrooke,  had 
been  Vice-Chancellor  to  the  Queen 
Consort  and  Master  of  the  Horse 
to  the  said  Queen  in  1639,  an^ 
Colonel  of  the  Queen's  regiment  of 
Horse  Guards  in  1643,  being  for 


his  services  in  the  Royal  cause 
created  8th  Sept.  1643,  Baron 
Jermyn,  of  St.  Edmundsbury,  and 
ayth  April,  1660,  Earl  of  St.  Albans. 
The  idea  adopted  by  Hallam  as  a 
fact,  of  his  private  marriage  to 
Queen  Henrietta  Maria,  is  mythical. 
3  P.C.C.  69  Degg.  A  copy  of  the  will  is  given 
by  the  Rev.  S.  H.  A.  Hervey  in  his 
Rushbrooke  Parish  Registers,  p.  161. 


RUSHBROOKE.  335 

Baron  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer  and  Court  of  Pleas  of  the  Crown  in 
Barbadoes. 

His  will  is  dated  I4th  March,  1714,  administration  granted  I3th  Dec. 
1722,  to  Sir  Robert  Davers,  Bart.,  son  of  the  deceased,  Dame  Mary  Davers, 
the  executrix,  being  dead.'  In  the  will  testator  gives  "  to  my  wife  for  her 
life  my  capital  messuage  or  mansion  house  called  Rushbrooke  Hall  wherein 
I  now  live,  with  the  gardens,  grounds,  parks,  &c.,  thereto  belonging  and  all 
my  lands,  woods,  farms,  &c.,  in  Rushbrooke,  and  the  towns  adjoining, 
late  parcel  of  the  estate  of  said  Lord  Jermyn  ....  which  estate 

I  purchased  under  Act  of  Parliament  passed  after  said  Lord 

Jermyn's  death,  which  last-mentioned  devises  are  made  to  my  wife  under 
condition  that  she  releases  to  my  son  Robert  all  such  sums  of  money  as 
are  charged  for  her  use  upon  those  and  other  estates  by  the  said  Act  of 
Parliament.  And  I  request  that  my  wife  will  keep  the  houses  and  gardens 
in  Rushbrooke  in  such  good  repair  as  I  shall  leave  them  to  her,  to  the  end 
that  my  son  Robert  may  find  them  well  repaired  when  it  pleaseth  God  they 
come  to  him." 

Sir  Robert  Davers,  2nd  Bart.,  died  ist  Oct.  1722,  when  the  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Robert  Davers,  3rd  Bart.,  Auditor  of  the 
Excise,  who  died  unmarried  2Oth  May,  1723,  at  the  age  of  39.  By  his  will 
dated  28th  Nov.  1722,  he  gives  all  his  manors,  messuages,  &c.,  within  the 
kingdom  of  Great  Britain,  the  office  and  place  of  Chief  Steward  of  the 
Liberty  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  all  his  plantations,  houses,  miles,  negroes, 
grounds,  &c.,  in  the  island  of  Barbadoes,  and  all  other  his  real  estate  to  his 
brother,  Jermyn  Davers,  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  but  subject  to  the  payment 
of  all  the  legacies  given  in  the  will  of  his  late  father.  The  will  was  proved 
in  London  with  two  codicils  i8th  July,  1723,  by  Sir  Jermyn  Davers, 
executor.* 

On  Robert's  death  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother  and  heir,  Sir  Jermyn 
Davers,  4th  Bart.  He  had  been  elected  M.P.  for  St.  Edmunds  Bury,  in 
1722,  and  was  chosen  Knight  of  the  Shire  for  Suffolk  in  1727  and  1734  and 
1741.  He  married  at  Rushbrooke,  Oct.  2ist,  1729,  Margaretta,  eldest 
daughter  and  coheir  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Green,  rector  of  Drinkst one,  and 
died  2oth  Feb.  1742-3,  at  the  age  of  56.  His  will  is  dated  30th  Aug.  1740, 
and  was  proved,  with  a  codicil,  in  London,  3ist  Oct.  1743. 3  After  declaring 
amongst  other  things  that  the  goods,  plate,  and  furniture  at  the  mansion 
house  at  Rushbrooke  both  within  doors  and  without  should  be  looked  upon 
as  real  estate  and  go  with  the  said  mansion  house,  and  requesting  that  his 
wife  would  live  in  the  mansion  house  until  his  eldest  son  Robert 
should  be  of  age,  and  that  she  would  keep  up  the  house  and  park  and 
furniture  in  good  condition,  the  charges  being  paid  out  of  his  Suffolk  estate, 
he  says  :  "  As  to  my  estate  in  Suffolk  with  the  furniture  and  plate  in  my 
mansion  house  at  Rushbrooke,  I  give  them  to  my  eldest  son  Robert  subject 
to  the  charges  herein  mentioned,  and  after  his  death  to  his  eldest  son  law- 
fully begotten  and  to  all  his  sons  successively  in  tail  male,  with  remainder 
to  his  brothers  Henry,  Charles,  and  Thomas  in  like  manner,  with  remainder 

1  P.C.C.  234  Marlboro'.   A  copy  of  the  will  Hervey,  in  his  Rushbrooke  Parish 

is   given   in   the   Rev.   S.   H.    A.  Registers,   p.   176. 

Hervey's  Rushbrooke  Parish  Regis-  J  P.C.C.  308  Boycott.    A  copy  is  given  in 

ters,  p.  174.  the  Rev.  S.  H.  A.  Hervey's  Rush- 

'  P.C.C.  142  Richmond.  A  copy  of  the  will  brooke  Parish  Registers,  p.  177. 
is   given   by   the    Rev.   S.   H.   A. 


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THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


to  my  brother  Thomas  and  his  sons  hi  like  manner,  with  remainder  to  my 
natural  sons,  James  Davers  and  Jermyn  pavers,  in  like  manner,  with 
remainder  to  my  two  daughters  Mary  and  Elizabeth  and  their  heirs  equally 
between  them."  After  appointing  his  wife  sole  executrix,  and  beseeching 
her  to  carry  out  his  directions  strictly,  he  begs  she  will  live  at  Rushbrooke 
and  keep  up  his  house,  park,  and  estate  in  a  proper  manner,  the  charges  of 
which  and  of  the  cxecutorship  to  be  allowed  out  of  the  rents  and  proms. 

The  manor  passed  to  Robert  Davers,  5th  Bart.,  the  eldest  son,  who 
appears  to  have  been  killed  by  the  Indians  near  Lake  Huron,  in  Canada, 
in  June,  1763.  He  died  unmarried  and  the  manor  went  to  the  next  brother, 
Sir  Charles  Davers,  the  3rd  son  of  Sir  Jermyn  Davers,  who  succeeded  as 
6th  Bart.  He  represented  Weymouth  and  Melcombe  Regis,  in  Parliament, 
and  was  Chief  Steward  of  the  Liberty  of  St.  Edmunds,  for  which  borough 
he  was  returned  representative  in  five  successive  Parliaments.  In  1802  he 
retired  to  private  life,  and  received  the  unanimous  thanks  of  the  corporation 
for  his  steady  and  upright  conduct  during  the  several  sessions  he  represented 
them.  He  died  4th  June,  1806,  aged  69,  unmarried,1  when  the  title  became 
extinct,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  only  surviving  sister  Elizabeth,  married 
to  Frederick,  4th  Earl  of  Bristol,  and  Bishop  of  Derry,  whose  eldest  son 
and  heir,  Frederick  William  Hervey,  5th  Earl  of  Bristol,  afterwards  ist 
Marquis,  succeeded  to  his  estate  as  heir-general  of  the  Davers  family,  and 
upon  the  marriage  of  Robert,  son  of  Robert  Rushbrooke/  by  Mary  Grubb 
his  wife,  of  the  family  of  Grubb,  of  Horsenden,  co.  Bucks.,  with  Frances 
Davers,  one  of  the  natural  daughters  of  Sir  Charles  Davers,  23rd  May,  1808, 


'Charles  is  stated  to  have  married  when 
in  America  the  daughter  of  a 
miller,  by  whom  he  had  one  son, 
who  served  as  a  private  soldier  in 
the  American  army,  and  is  said 
to  have  married  and  had  a  family. 
By  Frances  Treice,  of  Bury  St. 
Edmunds,  he  had  eight  illegitimate 
children. 

:This  Robert  Rushbrooke  was  the  son  of 
Barham  Rushbrooke.  The  present 
Rushbrooke  family  apparently  assert 
that  Michael,  of  Rushbrooke,  had 
by  a  second  marriage  a  son,  Henry, 
from  whom  they  descend  (see 
Burke's  L.  G.  "  Rushbrookes,  of 
Rushbrook  "),  but  this  would  leave 
unaccounted  for  the  fact  that  the 
manor  went  to  a  daughter,  who 
carried  it  into  the  Jermyn  family. 
It  is  far  more  probable  that  Henry 
was  a  younger  brother  of  Michael. 
The  course  of  descent  of  the 
Rushbrookes  from  Henry  is  as 
follows  :  He  had  two  sons,  Thomas 
and  John  ;  John  had  a  son,  Hugo, 
who  by  Maud  his  wife  was  the  father 
of  Sir  William  Rushbrooke,  living 
34  Edw.  III.  His  will  is  dated 
8  Rich.  II.,  and  it  was  proved  I7th 
Dec.  1383.  He  married  Joan, 
daughter  of  Walter  Weller,  of 
Reyne  Parva,  co.  Essex,  and  was 
the  father  of  Thomas  Rushbrooke, 


of  Rattlesden,  whose  will  is  dated 
loth  Oct.  1496,  and  proved  at 
Bury  by  his  wife  Joan  in  Nov.  1497. 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Andrew,  and  he  by  his  son  Bennet, 
of  Great  Barton,  whose  will  was 
dated  8th  June,  1546,  and  was 
proved  at  Bury  the  same  year. 
His  son,  by  Joan  his  wife,  William, 
succeeded,  and  his  will  was  proved 
at  Bury  in  1598,  he  being  buried  at 
Great  Barton  in  June  the  same 
year.  By  Margery  his  wife  he  had 
a  son  William,  whose  will  was 
proved  at  Bury,  1623.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas,  of 
Great  Fakenham,  who  married 
Prudence,  daughter  of  John  Frost, 
and  was  buried  at  Fakenham  in 
Sept.  1655.  His  will  was  proved 
in  1657  (P-C.C.).  His  son  and 
successor,  Robert,  of  Honington, 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
Thurston,  and  was  buried  at  Honing- 
ton in  Sept.  1674,  being  succeeded 
by  his  son,  Robert  Rushbrooke, 
who  by  Susannah  Barham  was  the 
father  of  Barham  Rushbrooke,  who 
married  Elizabeth  Edwards,  of 
West  owe  Hall,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Rush- 
brooke, who  in  1779  married  Mary 
Grubb,  as  above,  and  was  the 
father  of  Col.  Robert  Rushbrooke. 


RUSHBROOKE.  337 

an  arrangement  was  effected  between  Lord  Bristol  and  the  Rushbrooke 
family,  whereby  the  latter  received  Rushbrooke  in  exchange  for  their  estate 
in  Little  Saxham. 

Robert  Rushbrooke  was  a  J.P.,  D.L.,  and  M.P.  for  the  Western  Division 
of  the  County  of  Suffolk.  He  was  first  elected  in  1835,  the  period  of  Sir 
Robert  Peel's  short-lived  cabinet,  in  conjunction  with  Henry  Wilson,  and 
again  in  1837  with  Mr.  Logan,  and  at  the  election  in  1841  was  returned 
without  opposition.  He  was  strongly  attached  to  Conservative  principles, 
and  deeply  interested  in  the  matter  of  agriculture.  He  had  entered  the 
Suffolk  Militia  as  Captain  in  1803,  and  in  1809  was  appointed  Lieut  .-Col. 
Commandant  of  Suffolk  Militia.  Mr.  Hervey  says  of  him  :'  "He  was  a 
man  of  many  accomplishments.  The  books  bought  by  him  show  him 
to  have  been  a  scholar  and  a  linguist.  He  had  a  turn  for  music,  drawing, 
and  acting.  His  special  delight  seems  to  have  been  in  wood  carving.  The 
seats  in  Rushbrook  church,  which  are  arranged  chapell  wise,  are  all  of  his 
carving.  An  old  inhabitant  of  Rushbrook,  who  once  lived  in  service  at 
the  hall,  has  told  me  that  he  has  spent  half  his  nights  at  work  in  the  church. 
But  one  cannot  help  wishing  that  his  industry  and  skill  had  found  some 
other  vent.  The  church  has  not  been  improved  by  his  work,  and  rooms  at 
the  hall  have  been  dismantled  to  furnish  him  with  material."  Col.  Rush- 
brooke died  I7th  June,  1845,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Robert  Frederic  Brownlow  Rushbrooke,  a  major  in  the  Scots  Fusilier 
Guards,  who  married  ist  in  1844  Albinia  Maria,  daughter  of  Thomas  Evans, 
of  Lyminster,  Sussex,  which  marriage  was  dissolved  in  1853.  He  married 
2ndly,  in  1854,  Violette  Emily,  2nd  daughter  of  John  Alfred  Trimmer,  of 
Haslemere,  Surrey,  and  3rdly  in  1859,  Eliza  Catherine,  daughter  of  W.  W. 
Rav,  of  Boxford,  and  dying  I4th  Aug.  1870,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and 
heir,  Robert  Wyndham  Jermyn  Rushbrooke,  of  Rushbrooke  Park,  who  in 
1885  married  Constance  Julia,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Beridge 
Sparrow,  of  Algarkirk  Hall,  co.  Lincoln,  and  dying  in  1908,  left  with 
other  issue  a  son,  Robert  Basil  \Vyndham  Rushbrooke,  born  in  1886,  who 
is  the  present  lord  of  the  manor. 

Rushbrooke  Hall  is  a  fine  moated  mansion  situate  on  an  eminence 
surrounded  by  a  park  of  about  150  acres,  skirted  on  the  west  by  the  river, 
which  supplies  the  moat  and  a  lake  of  7  acres.  It  forms  three  sides  of  a 
quadrangle,  the  front  facing  south.  It  is  said  that  the  east  wing  was  erected 
in  the  time  of  King  John,  but  the  west  wing  undoubtedly  belongs  to  the 
Elizabethan  period,  and  was  no  doubt  erected  by  Sir  Robert  Jermyn. 
No  further  description  is  needed  here.  The  hall  is  fully  and  accurately 
described,  with  an  excellent  ground  plan  and  various  views  by  the  Rev. 
S.  H.  A.  Hervey,  in  his  "  Rushbrooke  Parish  Registers  "  (Woodbridge,  1903), 
a  work  which  should  be  in  the  hands  of  every  lover  of  his  county,  if  alone 
as  an  example  of  what  can  be  achieved  by  a  combination  of  learning, 
accurate  investigation,  and  sound  judgment. 

Queen  Elizabeth  was  hospitably  entertained  here  by  Sir  Robert 
Jermyn  in  1578.'  Views  are  given  in  the  Suffolk  Institute,  vii.  328,  329. 

Amongst  the  Additional  Charters  in  the  British  Museum  is  a  covenant 
for  repairs  to  the  manor  house  in  1532.* 

Lord  Jermyn's  almshouse  comprises  four  tenements,  occupied  by  three 
poor  women  and  one  poor  man,  and  it  is  endowed  with  two  annuities,  or 

1  Rushbrooke,  page  393.  JAdd.   Ch.    10533. 

2  Sufi.  Inst.  vii.  330,  331. 

TI 


338  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

yearly  rent  charges,  of  £15.  8s.  $d.  and  £5,  some  pieces  of  land,  and  the 
sum  of  £125,  3  per  cent.  Consols.  The  first  is  payable  out  of  a  house  in 
St.  James's  Square,  London,  now  belonging  to  the  Marquis  of  Clanricarde, 
the  other  out  of  the  moiety  of  the  Manor  of  Thorpe  Hall,  in  West  Wrotham, 
in  Norfolk,  belonging  to  Wyrley  Birch,  Esq.,  which  has  not  of  late 
been  duly  received.  The  land  is  in  three  pieces  lying  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Mary,  in  Bury,  containing  together  loa.  2r.  I3p. ;  rent  £8  per  annum. 
An  allowance  of  fuel,  and  2s.  a  week  to  each  of  the  almspeople,  and  occasional 
supply  of  clothing.  Another  almshouse  in  this  parish,  consisting  of  four  tene- 
ments, was  erected  by  Sir  Jermyn  pavers,  Bart.,  in  or  about  the  year 
1724,  but  is  unendowed.  The  building  is  kept  in  repair  by  the  owner  of 
the  Rushbrooke  estate  for  the  time  being,  and  is  occupied  by  poor  families 
rent  free.1 

Arms  of  RUSHBROOKE  :  Sable,  a  fesse  between  three  roses,  Or.  Of 
JERMYN  :  Arg.  a  crescent  between  two  mullets  in  pale  Sa ;  or  Sa.  a 
chevron  between  two  mullets  in  pale  Arg.  Gipps  says  Sa.  a  crescent 
between  three  estoyles  in  pale  Arg.  Of  DAVERS  :  Argent,  on  a  bend 
Gules,  three  martlets  Or. 


'Page,   Hist,   of  Suff.   p.   740. 


STANNINGFIELD.  339 

STANNINGFIELD. 

HERE  were  three  estates  here  at  the  time  of  the  Survey. 
The  main  estate  here  was  that  held  by  the  Abbot  of  St. 
Edmunds,  and  formerly  by  n  freemen.  It  consisted  of 
ij  carucates  and  12  acres  of  land,  and  at  the  time  of  the 
Survey  Gaurine  held  of  the  abbot  80  acres  and  i£  plough- 
teams,  valued  at  2os.  On  the  abbot's  demesne  were  5 
bordars,  4  ploughteams,  and  9  acres  of  meadow,  and 
they  might  give  and  sell  their  land  so  that  the  soc  and  service 
should  remain  in  the  abbot's  possession.  The  value  of  this  estate  was  I2s. 
There  was  also  a  church  advowson  with  16  acres  of  free  land  in  alms.  The 
township  was  8  quarentenes  long  and  4  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  lod. 
Others  had  holdings  here.' 

The  second  estate  was  held  by  Ralph  Baignard,  and  in  the  Confessor's 
time  by  Elflet,  a  freewoman  under  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.  This  con- 
sisted of  a  carucate  of  land,  a  bordar,  2  thralls,  2  ploughteams  in  demesne, 
and  5  acres  of  meadow,  valued  at  305.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  this 
estate  was  held  through  the  exchange  by  Baignard,  and  there  were  3  bordars 
only,  i  thrall  and  i  team  in  demesne  only,  it  having  been  reduced  to  half  a 
team  first.  There  was  also  a  mill,  and  the  whole  was  valued  at  405.  In  the 
same  township  three  freemen  under  Elflet  by  commendation  held  30  acres 
of  land  in  the  abbot's  soc,  a  ploughteam,  and  an  acre  of  meadow,  valued 
at  55. : 

The  third  was  held  by  Robert,  Earl  of  Moretaigne,  and  formerly  by  a 
freeman  under  commendation  to  Bishop  Aylmer  in  the  soc  of  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds.  It  consisted  of  60  acres  of  land  and  a  ploughteam  (reduced 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  half  a  team).  The  value  was  formerly  ios., 
increased  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  to  305.,  but  scarcely  returned  so  much. 
All  this  was  delivered  to  Earl  Brien,  Robert  the  Earl's  predecessor,  as  2 
carucates  and  40  acres  of  land.3 

MANOR  OF  STANNINGFIELD  HALL. 

This  was  the  estate  of  Elflet,  a  freewoman  under  the  Abbot  of  St. 
Edmunds  in  Saxon  times,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  formed  part  of 
the  possessions  of  Ralph  Baignard. 

The  Honor  of  Baynard's  Castle  becoming  forfeited  in  the  loth  year 
of  Hen.  I.  by  the  treason  of  William  Baynard,  his  estate,  including  the  lands 
of  his  ancestor  in  Stanningfield,  was  given  by  the  King  to  Robert  Fitz- 
Walter,  and  upon  the  defection  of  William,  Earl  of  Moreton,  the  fee  in 
Stanningfield  of  his  father  became  either  immediately  or  at  all  events 
after  subsequent  escheats,  vested  in  St.  Edmund,  half  a  knight's  service 
being  due  in  respect  of  the  Baynard  fee,  and  the  same  service  from  that  of 
St.  Edmund. 

Before  the  close  of  the  reign  of  Hen.  II.  five  suits  were  due  to  the 
Hundred  in  Stanningfield  ;  that  is  to  say,  from  the  lands  respectively  of 
Baynard,  William  de  Coi,  Aveline,  Godfrey,  and  the  socmen.  William  de 
Coi  and  Simon  his  brother  held  half  a  knight's  fee  of  Robert  de  Presseney, 
and  he  was  tenant  of  Robert  de  Cokefeld. 

1  Dora.  ii.  3636.  3  Dom.  ii.  291. 

"Dora.  ii.  4156. 


340  THE    MANORS    OF   SUFFOLK. 

Belet,  Richard  Fitz-Saxey,  Gocelin,  Langlif,  Fulch  miles,  Hereward, 
Wudard,  and  other  socmen,  held  60  acres  of  land  and  48  acres  de  wara, 
rendering  warpenny  and  other  rents  and  services  to  the  sheriff  and  the 
Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  respectively. 

Robert  de  Presseney  appears  to  have  united  in  himself  the  fees  of 
Baynard  and  of  St.  Edmund,  in  Stanningfield,  and  was  living  in  1200. 
Thomas  de  Presseney  succeeded  Robert.  In  1230  Geoffrey  de  Felsham 
conveyed  to  John  de  Presseney  40  acres  of  land  in  Stanningfield.  In  1286 
Richard  Presseney  held  here  a  messuage  and  60  acres  of  land,  2  acres  of 
pasture,  and  3  acres  of  wood,  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmund,  by  the  service 
of  the  eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee. 

Although  the  family  of  de  Presseney  continued  owners  of  lands  here 
in  the  time  of  King  Edw.  I.,  the  whole  of  the  Baynard  fee  in  Stanningfield 
and  Holmehale  had  passed  from  them  during  the  preceding  reign,  to  the 
family  of  de  Illeigh  or  Illey,  who  also  had  acquired  part  of  the  lands  in 
Stanningfield,  holden  of  St.  Edmund. 

In  1267  by  a  fine  levied  between  Benedict  de  Blakeham  and  Edmund 
de  Illeigh  and  Joan  his  wife,  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Stanningfield 
were  granted  to  Benedict  for  his  life,  nevertheless,  so  that  from  the 
Feast  of  All  Saints  he  should  hold  for  18  years  without  other  service  than 
was  accustomed  to  be  done  to  the  lord  of  the  fee,  and  after  the  term  pay 
during  his  life  a  rent  of  £40,  and  if  he  died  during  the  term  his  heir  was  to 
hold  for  the  remainder  of  the  term,  and  after  his  decease,  and  subject  to 
the  term,  the  manor  and  advowson  were  to  remain  to  Edmund  and  Joan 
and  her  heirs. 

From  the  tenor  of  this  instrument  it  may  be  presumed  that  Joan,  wife 
of  Edmund  de  Illeigh,  was  the  heiress  of  Thomas  de  Presseney.1 

It  is  clear  that  in  1286  Edmund  de  Illeigh  was  chief  lord  of  Stanningfield, 
and  held  in  demesne  of  Robert  Fitz  Walter  as  of  his  fee  of  Baynard  by 
half  a  knight's  service,  and  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  of  his  barony 
respectively,  a  messuage  and  260  acres  of  land,  7  acres  of  meadow,  7  acres 
of  pasture,  18  acres  of  wood,  and  a  windmill,  with  right  of  boar  and  bull, 
and  the  villeins  of  the  lord  held  65  acres  of  the  same  fee  respectively,  and 
the  cottagers  an  acre  of  land.  The  said  Edmund  also  held  the  adowson 
of  the  church  of  Stanningfield,  to  which  belonged  50  acres  of  land,  2  acres 
of  meadow,  an  acre  of  pasture,  and  an  acre  of  wood,  with  which  the  church 
had  been  endowed  by  the  ancestors  of  Thomas  de  Presseney.  Edmund 
de  Illeigh  died  about  1290,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Thomas  de  Illeigh,  who  married  a  wife  named  Agnes,  and  died  in  1312, 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Edmund  de  Illeigh. 

We  find  that  this  same  year  Sir  Edmund  dc  Illeigh,  then  Edmund  de 
Illeigh,  son  of  Thomas  and  Alice  his  wife,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John  de 
Plumpstede,  settled  the  Manor  of  Hale  Hall  on  themselves  in  tail,  subject 
to  the  dower  of  Agnes,  widow  of  Thomas  de  Illeigh,  and  in  1341  this  Sir 
Edmund,  grandson  and  heir,  as  it  is  presumed,  of  Edmund,  first-named, 
obtained  free  warren  in  his  manors  of  Holme-hale  and  Stanningfield. 

In  1343  he  was  summoned  by  the  Sheriff  of  Norfolk,  among  the 
knights-at-arms,  to  attend  the  King  at  Westminster,  and  in  1346  was  rated 
to  the  aid  for  knighting  the  King's  son  in  respect  of  half  a  knight's  fee  in 
Stanningfield  held  of  John  Fitz-Walter.  Sir  Edmund  died  in  1349, 

'Stiff.  Inst.  vol.  Hi.  p.  299. 


STANNINGFIELD.  341 

leaving  three  sons,  Sir  Richard,  Sir  Robert,  and  Alan  ;  and  was  buried 
with  Alice  his  wife  in  the  church  of  Hale,  as  appears  by  a  brass  on  a  grave- 
stone near  the  reading  desk  :  — * 

Vous  que  cette  Tombe  boies,  pour  les  ames  Edmond  Illeye  Chevalier, 
et  Alice  sa  femme  et  les  Enfans  priez.' 

Sir  Richard  de  Illeigh,  the  eldest  son  and  heir,  in  1359  sold  his  Manor 
of  Stanningfield  to  John,  afterward  Sir  John  de  Rokewode  and  Joan  his 
wife,  the  advowson  being  then  appendant  to  the  manor.  This  Sir  John 
was  of  Stoke  by  Nayland,  and  was  the  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Robert  de  Roke- 
wode and  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Michael  de  Bures,  son  and  heir  of  Alan 
de  Rokewode  by  Elizabeth,  sister  and  coheir  of  John  de  Clerebecke,  in 
whose  right  Alan  Rokewode  was  seised  of  lands  in  Acton  in  1302.  From 
the  time  of  the  purchasing  of  this  manor  in  1359  ^Y  Jonn  de  Rokewode  to 
the  time  of  Sir  Robert  Rookwood,  who  was  knighted  by  King  Jas.  I.  in 
1624,  the  descent  is  identical  with  that  of  the  Manor  of  Scotland  Hall,  in 
Stoke  by  Nayland,  in  Babergh  Hundred.  In  1612  we  find  that  the  King 
demised  to  William  Asheton  two  parts  of  this  manor,  the  property  of 
Elizabeth  Rokewood,  widow,  a  recusant.  She  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Robert  Tyrwytt,  and  widow  of  Ambrose  Rookwode,  who  had  been  executed 
at  Tyburn  for  participation  in  the  Gunpowder  Plot  in  1605.  On  the  death 
of  Sir  Robert  Rookwood,  who  was  buried  in  Stanningfield  church  loth 
June,  1679,  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Ambrose  Rookwode,  who 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  --  Cardwell,  of  Cantys,  in  Dunton, 
co.  Essex,  and  dying  in  1693  was  buried  6th  Dec.  in  Stanningfield  church. 
The  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Rookwood,  who  died  without 
issue,  when  the  manor  devolved  upon  his  brother  and  heir,  Thomas  Rookwode, 
who  married  ist  Tamworth,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger  Martin,  of  Long  Melford, 
Bart.,  and  2ndly  Dorothy  Maria,  daughter  of  Compton  Hanford,  of  Woollers 
Hill,  in  the  County  of  Worcester.  Thomas  Rookwode  died  2ist  Aug. 
1726,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  only  daughter  and  heir,  Elizabeth  Rook- 
wode, who  7th  Jan.  1717,  married  John  Gage,  2nd  son  of  Sir  William  Gage, 
of  Hengrave,  Bart.  He  died  2oth  July,  1728,  and  was  buried  at  Stanning- 
field, and  she  died  3Oth  Jan.  1759,  and  was  buried  here  5th  Feb.  following. 

The  manor  passed  to  Sir  Thomas  Rookwode  Gage,  of  Hengrave,  Bart., 
who  previous  to  the  death  of  Sir  William  Gage  had  used  the  name  and  arms 
of  Rookwode  only  pursant  to  the  conditions  of  a  settlement  executed  in 
1728  of  the  Rookwode  property  by  Elizabeth  his  mother.  He  married 
ist,  in  1746,  Lucy,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Knight,  of  Kingerby,  co. 
Line.,  and  2ndly  in  1783  Mary,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Patrick  Fergus,  of 
the  Island  of  Montserrat.  Sir  Thomas  died  in  1796,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  Gage,  Bart.,  who  married  ist,  in  1779, 
Charlotte,  daughter  of  Thomas  Fitzherbert,  of  Swinnerton,  co.  Staff.,  and 
2ndly,  in  1796,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  John  Hook  Campbell,  of  Bangerston, 
co.  Pembroke,  Lord  Lyon  of  Scotland,  and  dying  in  1798  the  manor  passed 
to  his  2nd  son,  Robert  Joseph  Gage  Rookwode,  of  Coldham  Hall,  who 
assumed  the  surname  of  Rookwode  by  virtue  of  the  King's  sign  manual 
dated  the  I2th  April,  1799.  He  married  ist,  in  1804,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Worswick,  of  Lancaster,  and  2ndly,  in  1809,  Elizabeth,  only  child 
of  Manus  O'Donel,  of  Newcastle,  co.  Mayo,  a  general  in  the  Austrian  army 
and  Count  of  the  Roman  Empire. 

1  Sufi.   Inst.   vol.  iii.  p.   302. 


342  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

Robert  Joseph  Gage  Rookwode  died  3ist  July,  1838,  without  issue, 
when  the  manor  passed  to  his  brother,  John  Gage  Rokewode,  of  Lincoln's 
Inn,  barrister-at-la\v,  and  director  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  4th  and 
youngest  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Gage,  the  6th  Bart.  He  published  in  1822 
'  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  Hengrave  in  Suffolk,"  4to,  and  in  1838 
'  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  Suffolk.  Thingoe  Hundred,"  the  most 
satisfactory  historical  account  of  any  Hundred  of  the  county.  It  was  on 
succeeding  to  the  Coldham  estate  that  he  assumed  by  sign  manual  the  2Oth 
Nov.  1838,  the  name  and  arms  of  Rokewode  in  compliance  with  a  settle- 
ment made  by  his  brother  Robert.  He  died  unmarried  in  1842.  Gage 
Rokewode  in  1840  edited  for  the  Camden  Society  a  very  curious  piece  of 
monastic  biography,  entitled  "  Chronica  Jocelini  de  Brakelonda,"  &c. 
He  was  also  an  occasional  contributor  to  the  "  Gentleman's  Magazine,"  and  to 
the  "  Collectanea  Topographica  et  Genealogica  "  ;  in  the  latter  of  which 
he  printed,  in  Vol.  2,  an  ancient  manuscript  containing  the  genealogy  and 
charters  of  the  Rokewode  family,  with  a  continuation. 

As  an  antiquary  Mr.  Rokewode  was  highly  accomplished,  well  versed 
in  English  history,  in  records,  in  genealogy,  and  in  heraldry,  with  a  correct 
eye  and  an  elegant  taste  in  art.  Whilst  out  with  a  shooting  party  at 
Claughton  Hall,  in  Lancashire,  he  was  suddenly  seized  with  an  affection  of 
the  heart,  when  in  the  open  fields,  and  on  being  removed  to  a  neighbouring 
cottage  shortly  after  expired,  I4th  Oct.  1842.  His  nephew,  Sir  Thomas 
Gage,  Bart.,  succeeded  to  the  Stanningneld  estate.1 

Sir  Thomas  Gage  in  1843  assumed  the  additional  surname  and  arms 
of  Rokewode  by  Royal  sign  manual  in  compliance  with  the  provisions  of 
the  will  of  his  uncle,  John  Gage  Rookwode.  He  married  in  1850  Adelaide, 
youngest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Henry  Drummond,  of  Albury  Park,  and 
the  Lady  Harriet  Drummond  his  wife,  sister  of  Thomas  Robert,  loth  Earl 
of  Kinnoul.  Sir  Thomas  Gage  Rokewode  died  the  7th  June,  1866,  and 
the  manor  passed  to  his  brother,  Sir  Edward  Gage,  gth  Bart.,  who  in  1867 
assumed  by  Royal  licence  the  additional  surname  and  arms  of  Rokewode. 

He  married,  in  1842,  Henrietta  Mary,  2nd  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Lord 
Frederick  Beauclerk. 

In  1885  the  manor  was  vested  in  Richard  Holt  Lomax. 

In  1896  the  manor  belonged  to  Col.  Henry  Trafford-Rawson,  who 
resides  at  Coldham  Hall. 

The  old  mansion  of  the  Rokewodes,  Stanningneld  Hall,  stood  on  the 
rising  ground  facing  the  tower  of  the  church  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
public  road.  The  site  is  known  by  the  moat  and  fishponds  still  observable 
there. 

Arms  of  PRESSENEYS  :  A  cross  between  four  leopards'  heads.  Of 
ILLEIGH  :  Ermine,  two  chevronels  Sable.  Of  ROOKWODE  :  Argent,  six 
chess  rooks  Sable. 

MANOR  OF  COLDHAM  HALL. 

This  was  held  by  Thomas  de  Swynbarn,  who  died  seised  of  it  in  1348. 
In  1387  we  find  it  vested  in  Sir  Robert  Swynburne,  Knt.,  to  whose  daughter 
and  heir  Joan  it  passed.  She  married  Sir  John  Rookwode,  Knt.,  and  died 
in  1391.  From  this  time  until  the  death  of  Robert  Rokewode  in  1566  the 
manor  practically  devolved  in  the  same  course  with  the  main  manor, 

'Page,  Hist,  of  Suff.  p.  742. 


STANNINGFIELD.  343 

passing  with  Scotland  Hall  Manor,  in  Stoke  by  Nayland,  in  Babergh 
Hundred,  though  Davy  informs  us  that  in  1541  the  manor  was  granted  to 
John  Smith,  and  in  1543  Geo.  Smyth,  tenant,  did  homage,  but  he  has  con- 
fused this  manor  with  Cold  Hall  Manor,  in  Woolpit.  Davy  also  states  that 
in  1548  Robert  Rokewode  and  Anne  his  wife  held.  This  refers  no  doubt 
to  Anne,  ist  wife  of  Robert  Rokewood.  She  was  daughter  of  Nicholas 
Asheton,  of  Ashton,  co.  Lancaster.  Further,  Davy  informs  us  that  in  1558 
George  Smyth  had  licence  to  settle  the  manor.  The  Crown  does  not, 
however,  seem  to  have  ceased  to  claim  the  manor,  for  in  1574  we  meet  on 
the  Memoranda  Rolls  with  an  acquittance  of  William  Castleton  and  wife 
in  respect  of  the  issues  of  the  manor,'  and  further,  in  1601,  Queen  Elizabeth 
let  the  manor  to  farm  to  John  Scarven  for  21  years.  In  1599  a  fine  was 
levied  of  the  manor  by  Sir  John  Heigham  and  others  against  Robert  Rooke- 
woode  and  others,2  and  in  1612  the  manor  was  held  by  Elizabeth  Rookwode, 
the  recusant  widow  of  Ambrose,  executed  in  1608  ;  but  two  years  later  we 
find  amongst  the  State  Papers  a  demise  of  the  manor  by  the  Crown  to 
Hugh  Floyd  and  Thomas  Vyse,  of  parcel  of  the  manor  and  lands  in  Stanning- 
field,  Halsted,  and  Lawshall,  "  which  ought  to  come  to  the  King  by  attainder 
of  Ambrose  Rokewood,  value  £500  per  an."3 

We  next  find  the  manor  in  Sir  Robert  Rookwode,  Knt.,  son  and  heir 
of  Ambrose,  who  died  in  1653,  and  from  this  time  it  devolved  with  the 
mam  manor  until  1889,  when  the  manor  was  sold.  It  now  belongs  to 
Lt.-Col.  Henry  Trafford-Rawson. 

There  is  a  grant  of  Coldham  Manor  t.  Edw.  I.  [1296-1297],  Harl. 
48  G.  13,  15-17. 

The  manor  is  specified  in  the  inquis.  p.m.  of  John  Rookwode,  who 
died  nth  April,  1520,  leaving  Robert  his  son  and  heir,4  and  of  Thomas 
Rookwode,  who  died  8th  Sept.  1520,  leaving  John  his  son  and  heir.5 

The  present  manor  house  called  Coldham  Hall  was  built  in  1574  by 
Robert  Rokewode,  whose  initials  with  the  date  are  over  the  porch.  The 
hall  windows,  filled  with  stained  glass  of  elegant  design,  displaying  the 
shields  of  arms  of  the  family  and  its  various  alliances,  and  which  com- 
memorate the  ancient  and  direct  descent  of  the  property,  were  executed  by 
Willement  in  1838,  and  placed  in  their  present  position  by  John  Gage 
Rokewode. 

MANOR  OF  SAXIES. 

In  the  I4th  century  this  was  the  lordship  of  Edmund  Saxy,  of  Stanfield, 
and  in  1358  passed  to  his  son  and  heir.  He  was  a  witness  to  the  deed  of 
conveyance  by  which  Stanningfield  Hall  passed  from  Richard  de  Illeigh 
to  John  de  Rookwode  and  Joan  his  wife. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1581  by  Thomas  Bright  against 
Tristram  Saxey  and  others,4  and  in  1587  by  Robert  Kedington,  Robert 
Nunne,  and  others  against  Thomas  Bright  senior  and  others.7 

In  the  time  of  King  Chas.  I.  we  again  meet  with  the  manor,  which 
passed  on  the  death  of  George  Coppinge,  2Oth  June,  1627,  to  his  grandson 
and  heir,  William  Coppinge. 

In  1641  a  fine  was  levied  of  a  third  of  the  manor  by  this  William 
Coppinge.8 

1  Memoranda,  16  Eliz.  Trin.  Rec.  Rot.  65.  5 1.P.M.,   17,   12   Hen.  VIII.  29. 

'Fine,  Easter,  41  Eliz.         .  6Fine,  Easter,  23  Eliz. 

3S.P.  1618,  550.  'Fine,  Easter,  29  Eliz. 

•I.P.M.,  13  Hen.  VIII.  125.  8i2th  July,  17  Car.  I.  pt.  i.  16. 


344  THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

THURSTON. 

MANOR  was  held  here  in  Saxon  times  by  the  Abbot  of  St. 
Edmunds,  and  consisted  of  i£  carucates  of  land,  6  bordars, 
2  ploughteams  and  i  belonging  to  the  men,  5  acres  of  meadow, 
wood  sufficient  to  support  8  hogs,  5  beasts,  32  hogs,  and  52 
sheep.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  the  manor  still  belonged 
to  the  abbot,  but  some  of  the  details  had  changed;  there 
were  8  bordars,  a  thrall,  and  a  rouncy  in  addition  to  the 
other  live  stock. 

In  Saxon  times  there  were  here  also  28  freemen  with  2i  carucates  of 
land,  and  when  the  Survey  was  taken  Richard  held  of  the  abbot  a  carucate 
of  land,  8  freemen,  12  bordars,  8  ploughteams,  5  acres  of  meadow,  wood  for 
the  maintenance  of  3  hogs,  and  a  portion  of  a  vineyard  valued  at  40$., 
the  abbot's  other  men  being  valued  at  125.  These  freemen  could  give  and 
sell  their  land,  the  soc  and  service  remaining  in  the  abbot's  possession. 
The  holding  was  valued  at  £2.  There  was  a  church  advowson  also  with 
30  acres  of  free  land  in  alms.  The  manor,  with  the  exception  of  the  freemen, 
was  valued  at  £i£.  The  estate  was  10  quarentenes  long  and  6  broad,  and 
paid  in  a  gelt  i6d.  Several  persons  had  holdings  here.1 

Among  the  lands  of  Ralph  the  Earl,  in  the  King's  hands  but  kept  by 
Goodrich  the  steward,  was  a  holding  in  this  place,  consisting  of  14  freemen. 
Out  of  them  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  had  commendation  with  all  customs 
over  four  full  men  and  four  half  men  belonging  to  Norton.  But  Earl 
Ralph  held  them  at  the  time  he  incurred  forfeiture.  They  had  half  a 
carucate  of  land,  and  under  them  3  bordars,  an  acre  of  meadow,  and  2 
ploughteams,  the  value  being  6s.  8d* 

MANOR   OF   THURSTON. 

The  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  had  this  lordship  in  the  time  of  the  Con- 
fessor and  of  William  the  Conqueror,  and  from  an  early  date  the  family 
of  Drury  held  land  here  under  the  abbot.  The  first  of  the  family  settling 
in  the  parish  was  John  Drury,  son  and  heir  of  Drury  the  Norman,  and  Henry 
Drury,  the  5th  in  descent  from  the  said  John,  was  called  Henry  of 
Thurston.3  It  does  not  appear,  however,  that  the  Drurys  were  at  so 
early  a  date  lords  of  Thurston,  though  the  manor  is  mentioned  in  the 
inquis.  p.m.  of  Thomas  Drury,  who  died  I2th  Dec.  1487,  leaving  John 
Drury  his  son  and  heir  then  aged  31,  who  dying  in  1498  was  succeeded  by 
his  son  and  heir,  John  Drury.4  The  manor  was  held  of  the  Abbot  of  Bury, 
and  we  find  that  on  the  dissolution  of  that  house  the  chief  lordship  vested 
in  the  Crown. 

MANOR  OF  NETHERHALL  OR  NETHERPLACE  IN  THURSTON. 

The  manor  is  in  Pakenham  as  well  as  Thurston,  and  is  treated  of  as  a 
Manor  of  Pakenham. 

Amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings5  there  is  an  action  as  to 
marriage  portions  out  of  Thurston,  Beighton,  Rougham,  and  Hessett 
called  "  Netherhall." 


'Dom.  ii.  3626.  4See  Manor  of  Weston  Market,  in  Black- 

3Dom.  ii.  2846.  bourn  Hundred. 

'Page,  Hist,  of  Suff.  pp.  745-6.  '38  Hen.  VI.  to  5  Edw.  IV.  27-153. 


TIMWORTH.  345 

TIMWORTH. 

N  this  place  was  an  estate  in  Saxon  times  belonging  to  29 
freemen  and  consisting  of  3  carucates  and  a  half  of  land. 
At  the  time  of  the  Survey  John  held  of  the  Abbot  of  St. 
Edmunds  six  freemen  with  a  carucate  of  land  and  2  plough- 
teams  valued  at  2s.  On  the  abbot's  demesne  were  formerly 
8  bordars,  5  ploughteams,  and  6  acres  of  meadow.  The 
freemen  might  give  and  sell  their  land  provided  the  soc 
and  service  remained  in  the  abbot's  possession.  The  value  was  in  Saxon 
times  £i.  ios.,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  2OS.  only.  There  was  also  a 
church  advowson  with  30  acres  of  free  land  in  alms.  It  was  8  quarentenes 
long  and  6  broad,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  14^.' 

The  only  other  holding  was  that  of  a  freeman  under  Wisgar,  Richard's 
predecessor  in  Saxon  times,  by  commendation,  and  consisted  of  60  acres 
and  a  ploughteam  valued  at  ios.,  the  soc  belonging  to  the  Abbot  of  St. 
Edmunds. 

The  Domesday  tenant  was  Richard,  son  of  Earl  Gislebert.2 

MANOR   OF   TIMWORTH. 

The  lordship  was  at  the  time  of  the  Conquest  vested  in  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Edmunds,  who  seems  to  have  retained  the  over  lordship  until  the 
dissolution  of  the  monastic  houses. 

Guy  de  Tymworth  held  the  lordship,  no  doubt  of  the  abbey,  in 
1286,  and  in  1393  it  belonged  to  Richard  de  Tymworth,  and  descended 
to  his  son,  John  de  Tymworth.  They  were  the  common  ancestors 
of  Strange,  of  Timworth,  Ampton,  and  Brockley.  John  Strange 
was  the  son  of  Robert  de  Tymworth  and  Mabel  his  wife,  and  in  1367  he 
presented  to  the  churches  both  of  Timworth  and  Ampton,  and  in  1386 
Joan,  widow  of  William  Strange,  presented  to  Timworth.  The  wife  of 
John  Strange  was  Elizabeth,  sister  and  heir  to  William,  son  and  heir  of 
Geoffrey  Boteler,  of  Botelers,  at  Walden,  in  Essex.  There  were  three 
children  of  John  Strange  and  Elizabeth,  namely,  John  who  died  without 
issue  in  his  father's  lifetime ;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Warren ;  and  Agnes, 
wife  ist  of  Robert  Mordaunt,  of  Turvey,  in  the  County  of  Bedford,3  and 
2ndly  of  Thomas  Foderingay. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VI.  Agnes  Foderingay  and  Robert  Mordaunt,  her 
son,  released  Timworth  and  its  appurtenances.  Agnes  survived  her  sister 
Elizabeth,  who  died  without  issue,  and  became  the  sole  heir. 

The  estate  soon  afterwards  became  vested  in  the  Hethe  family,  and  a 
fine  was  in  1394  levied  of  the  manor  and  advowson  by  Thomas  Hethe 
against  Henry  Isham  and  Joan  his  wife.4  By  the  will  of  Thomas  Hethe,5 
of  Mildenhall,  dated  in  1440,  he  gives  all  his  lands  in  Timworth  with  the 
advowson  of  the  church  there  after  the  decease  of  Elizabeth  his  wife  to 
remain  to  William  his  2nd  son  in  tail,  remainder  to  John  his  3rd  son, 
remainder  to  George  his  eldest  brother,  remainder  to  the  testator's  right 
heirs. 

1  Dom.  ii.  363.  borough    and    Monmouth,    and    a 

2Dom.  ii.  391.  daughter,  Cassandra,  a  nun. 

3  By  this  marriage  she  had  a  son,  Robert,         4Feet  of  Fines,  18  Rich.  II.  7. 

ancestor   of    the    Earls    of    Peter-         '  See  Furneaux  Manor,  Whatfield,  in  Cosford 

Hundred. 

VI 


346  THE    MANORS   OF    SUFFOLK. 

William  Hethe  died  without  issue,  as  did  John  his  younger  brother, 
and  this  estate  reverted  to  George  Hethe,  of  Mildenhall,  their  elder  bother, 
or  his  son,  Francis  Hethe,  of  that  parish,  whose  only  daughter  and  heir 
Margaret  married  George  Bokenham,  of  Great  Livermere.  Thus  far  we 
have  taken  from  Page.' 

In  the  reign  of  Hen.  VII.  John  Cockett  held  the  manor  under  the 
Abbot  of  Bury,  and  died  seised  of  it  3oth  Aug.  1494.*  It  was  then  found  to 
be  worth  6  marks,  and  held  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds.  The  manor 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  John  Cockett,  then  aged  27  years.  He  died  in 
1518,  when  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Edward  Cockett,3  and  on  his  death 
in  1541  vested  in  Anthony  Cockett,  and  a  fine  was  in  1546  levied  against 
him  of  the  manor  by  George  Gwyton.  The  fine  included  the  advowson 
of  the  church  of  Timworth.4  On  the  suppression  of  the  monastery  of  St. 
Edmunds  the  lordship  seems  to  have  passed  to  the  Crown,  and  prior  to 
1553  a  grant  of  it  was  made  to  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  Knt.,  Lord  Keeper,  for 
a  fine  was  this  year  levied  by  him  of  the  manor  against  John  Talbott.5 
The  fine  included  lands  in  Timworth,  Ampton,  Livermere,  and  Ingham. 
The  manor  was  no  doubt  settled  by  Sir  Nicholas,  for  a  fine  was  levied 
against  him  in  1562  by  Francis,  Earl  of  Bedford,  and  others,6  and  another 
in  1566  by  Sir  Robert  Catlyn  and  others.7  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon  died  in 
1579,  when  the  manor  passed  to  Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon,  Knt.,  his  youngest 
son,  who  died  in  1627,  from  which  time  to  the  time  of  Rev.  Edward  Richard 
Bunyan  the  devolution  of  this  manor  is  the  same  as  that  of  the  Manor  of 
Culford,  in  Blackbourn  Hundred. 

In  1885  Richard  Berens  was  lord,  and  in  1896  the  manor  was  vested  in 
the  trustees  of  George  Arthur  Paley,8  eldest  son  of  John  Paley,of  Langcliffe, 
Yorkshire,  and  Ampton  Hall  (who  died  in  1894),  by  the  Hon.  Clare  Emily 
Charlotte,  daughter  of  John  James,  2nd  Lord  Rayleigh. 

Arms  of  STRANGE  :  Gules  ;  an  eagle  displayed  Argent,  within  a 
border  engrailed  Or. 


'Hist,  of  Suff.,  pp.  748-749.  'Fine,  Mich,  i  Mary. 

'I.P.M.,   10  Hen.   VII.  1007.  6Fine,  Hil.  4  Eliz. 

'For  the  marriages  of  the  Cocketts,  see  7Fine,  Trin.  8  Eliz. 

Ampton  Manor,  in  this  Hundred.  8  See  Manor  of  Ampton,  in  this  Hundred. 
'Fine,  Trin.  38  Hen.  VIII. 


TOSTOCK.  347 

TOSTOCKt 

MANOR  was  held  here  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor  by 
the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  consisting  of  a  carucate,  2 
bordars,  a  ploughteam  in  demesne,  and  4  acres  of  meadow. 
Also  wood  enough  for  the  maintenance  of  8  hogs  and  a 
rouncy,  valued  at  20s.  When  the  Survey  was  taken  Frodo 
held  this  manor  of  the  abbot,  and  there  was  but  one  bordar 
attached.  There  were  also  17  freemen  and  a  half  with  a 
carucate  of  land,  3  bordars,  and  3  ploughteams  (which  were  reduced  to  2 
at  the  time  of  the  Survey),  and  2  acres  of  meadow.  These  freemen  could 
give  and  sell  their  land  so  that  the  soc  and  service  remained  in  the  abbot's 
possession.  The  value  was  formerly  ios.,  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  8^. 
more.  Belonging  to  the  manor  was  a  church  advowson  with  12  acres  of 
free  land  in  alms.  This  manor  was  7  quarentenes  long  and  6  broad,  and 
paid  in  a  gelt  io^d.  Others  had  holdings  here.1 

The  only  other  holding  in  this  place  at  the  time  of  the  Survey  belonged 
to  Ralph  the  Earl,  but  in  the  King's  hand,  and  kept  by  Goodrich  the 
steward.  The  King  had  here  36  freemen  in  Saxon  times  under  com- 
mendation to  Edith  the  Rich,  and  they  belonged  to  Norton.  Amongst 
the  men  was  a  carucate  of  land,  also  5  ploughteams  and  2  acres  of  meadow, 
valued  at  135.  ^d.1 

MANOR  OF  TOSTOCK. 

The  chief  lordship  belonged  to  the  Saxon  Britulf,  whose  lands  the 
Conqueror  bestowed  on  the  monastery  of  St.  Edmunds.  This  Britulf  was 
son  of  Leomar,  and  his  inheritance  besides  the  parish  of  Tostock  comprised 
Great  Saxham,  Chevington,  Dunham,  and  Somerton.  It  appears  that 
Baldwin,  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  retained  Saxham  and  Chevington  to  the 
use  of  the  monastery,  and  enfeoffed  his  brother  Frodo  with  the  other  lands, 
and  gave  Mendham  and  Loddon  in  lieu  of  Saxham  and  Chevington.3 

In  the  time  of  King  Edw.  I.  John  de  Manston  received  on  marriage 
with  Agnes,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  de  Tostock,  half  this  manor  and 
the  advowson  of  the  church. 

In  1548  Thomas  Woodhous  held  the  lordship,  and  in  the  time  of  King 
Chas.  I.  it  was  vested  in  Henry  Lambe,  who  sold  it  to  Sir  Dudley  North, 
Knt.,  eldest  son  of  the  Lord  North,  of  Catleye,  co.  Cambridge,  who  was 
owner  thereof  in  1655,  and  made  Tostock  Place  his  occasional  residence. 

The  manor  passed  to  Dudley,  4th  Lord  North,4  of  Kirtling,  co.  Cam- 
bridge, who  died  in  1677,  when  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir  Charles,  5th 
Lord  North.  Shortly  afterwards  the  manor  passed  to  William  Cooke,  of 
Lavenham,  who  died  in  1710,  when  it  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir  Mary, 
married  to  Richard  Moseley,  of  Ousden.  From  this  time  to  the  time  of 
John  Moseley  in  1800  the  manor  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor 
of  Rattlesden,  in  this  Hundred,  and  the  Manor  of  Ousden,  in  Risbridge 
Hundred. 

John  Moseley,  who  resided  at  Glemham  House,  sold  both  manor  and 
advowson  to  George  Brown,  and  on  his  death  they  went  to  his  widow  for  life. 
The  manor  seems  to  be  now  known  by  the  name  of  New  Hall.  In  1855  it 

'Dom.  ii.  3636.  4See   Shardelowes   Manor,  in  Cowling,  in 

'Dom.  ii.  2846.  Risbridge  Hundred, 

e,  Hist,  of  Suff.  p.  744. 


348  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

was  vested  in  G.  J.  E.  Brown,  in.  1885  in  the  trustees  of  his  will,  and  in  1896 
in  \Valter  Thomas  Brown,  who  died  in  1905,  when  it  went  to  the  executors 
of  his  will,  who  sold  to  Sir  James  W.  Malcolm,  Bart. 

MANOR   OF   TOSTOCK   HALL   OR   BERDWELLS. 

This  was,  Davy  considers,  the  estate  of  Ralph  the  Earl,  and  at  the 
time  of  the  Survey  kept  by  Goodrich  the  steward  for  the  King. 

In  1234  the  manor  was  held  by  Robert  de  Norton,  and  subsequently 
by  Thomas  de  Norton. 

On  the  Patent  Rolls  in  1275  we  find  an  action  by  John  de  Norton 
against  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  and  Nicholas  de  Pulham  touching  the 
church  of  Tostock,'  and  three  years  later  on  the  same  Rolls  we  find  notice 
of  an  action  by  Thomas,  son  of  John  de  Norton,  against  Robert  de  Vere, 
Earl  of  Oxford,  and  others  touching  a  tenement  in  Tostock,  Elmswell,  and 
Thurston,  and  by  the  said  Thomas  against  William  de  Pakam  and  others 
touching  a  tenement  in  Norton  and  Tostock.1  The  following  year  on  the 
same  Rolls  we  find  notice  of  another  action  by  Thomas,  son  of  John  de 
Norton,  against  Roger  de  Scales  touching  a  mill  in  Tostock/  and  also  against 
Alice  de  Scales  and  others  touching  a  tenement  in  Tostock,  Hunston,  and 
Stowlangtoft.4 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VI.  the  manor  was  vested  in  Robert  Berdewell,  of 
Belaugh,  in  Norfolk,  who  married  Margery,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jenney, 
and  died  22nd  Jan.  1455.  He  devised  the  manor  by  his  will  to  his  grandson, 
William  Berdewell,  of  West  Her  ling,  in  the  same  county.  This  William 
was  the  son  of  William  and  Eleanor  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of  John 
Crabbe.  William  Berdewell,  the  grandson  and  lord  of  the  manor,  married 
ist  Elizabeth,  widow  of  John  Cheke,  and  2ndly  Elizabeth,  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Edmund  de  Wickingham.  On  the  death  of  William  Berdewell 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  William,  who  married  Margaret,  daughter 
of  John  Framlingham,  of  Crows  Hall,  Debenham.  He  died  in  1508,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Robert  Berdewell,  who  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Bacon,  of  Hessett,  and  died  in  the  King's  service 
abroad,  2oth  Oct.  1512. 5  The  manor  passed  to  his  widow,  who  in  1513 
married  William  Rokewode,  and  after  his  decease  married  Robert  Keene, 
of  Thrandeston.  On  her  death  the  manor  passed  to  her  daughter  and  heir, 
Elizabeth  Berdewell,  married  to  John  Wotton,  of  North  Tuddenham,  in 
Norfolk.  He  died  in  1545,  and  she  26th  Feb.  the  following  year,'  when 
the  manor  passed  to  her  daughter,  Anne  Wotton,  who  married  ist  Sir  Thos. 
Woodhouse,  2ndly  John  Reppes,  and  3rdly  Bassingbourne  Gawdy. 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  and  the  advowson  of  Tostock  in  1556 
by  John  Reppes  and  others  against  Anna  Woodhous  al,  Reppes/  and  in 
1565  by  George  Nunne  against  the  said  Bassingbourne  Gawdy  and  others.1 

In  1570  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  John  Webbe  and  others 
against  William  Folkes  and  others,9  and  in  1581  by  Thomas  Charyte  against 
Roger  Borowdale  and  others." 

'Pat.   Rolls,   3  Edw.   I.   2gd.  6I.P.M.,  38  Hen.  VIII.  53. 

2  Pat.  Rolls,  6  Edw.  I.  6d.  7Fine,   Easter,  4  Mary  I. 

3 Pat.  Rolls,  7  Edw.  I.  I2d. ;  8  Edw.  I.         'Fine,   Mich.  7  Eliz. 
\6d.  'Fine,  Mich.  12  Eliz. 

4 Pat.  Rolls,  7  Edw.  I.  I8d.  "Fine,  Mich.  22-23  Eliz. 

'I.P.M.  5  Hen.  VIII.  3- 


TOSTOCK.  349 

Amongst  the  Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  is  the  descent  of  the 
"  Manor  of  Berdwells  in  Tostock,"  in  1597.' 

This  manor  now  seems  to  be  known  by  the  name  of  Little  Hall. 

In  1855  it  was  vested  in  Peter  Huddleston,  and  is  now  vested  in  his 
representatives  under  his  will. 

Arms  of  BERDEWELL  :   Gu.  a  goat  saliant  Arg.  attired  Or. 


'Rawl.  B.  319. 


350  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

WHELNETHAM. 

|HERE  were  two  holdings  in  this  place.  One  was  formerly 
that  of  a  freeman  under  commendation  to  Bishop  Aylmer 
in  the  soc  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  consisted  of 
40  acres  of  land  and  a  ploughteam,  reduced  to  2  oxen  at 
the  time  of  the  Survey.  The  value  was  formerly  IDS.  but 
when  the  Survey  was  taken  it  belonged  to  Robert,  Earl  of 
Moretaigne,  and  was  double.1 
The  other  was  formerly  the  estate  of  41  freemen  with  6  carucates  of 
land.  At  the  time  of  the  Survey  it  belonged  to  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds, 
and  Ernulf  held  of  these  6  carucates,  one  from  him,  valued  at  2os.  over  and 
above  his  payment.  And  Robert  held  of  him  20  acres,  12  bordars,  16 
ploughteams,  13  acres  of  meadow,  and  wood  enough  to  support  10  hogs. 
They  could  all  give  and  sell  their  land  so  that  the  soc  remained  in  the  abbot's 
possession. 

The  value  in  the  Confessor's  time  was  £2,  but  at  the  time  of  the  Survey 
£3.  los.  There  were  two  church  advowsons  with  40  acres  of  free  land  for 
alms.  The  township  was  a  league  long  and  6  quarentenes  broad,  and  paid 
in  a  gelt  iod* 

WHELNETHAM   MAGNA   MANOR. 

A  family  who  derived  their  name  from  the  parish  of  Whelnetham  were 
at  an  early  period  settled  here,  and  in  the  time  of  Hen.  III.  Edmund  de 
Welnetham  held  this  lordship.  He  died  in  1234,  when  it  passed  to  his  son 
and  heir,  Sir  John  de  Welnetham,  from  whom  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir, 
Sir  Edmund  de  Welnetham,  Knt.,  and  then  passed  to  his  son  and  heir, 
John  de  Welnetham.  He  and  Alice  his  wife  levied  a  fine  of  two  parts  of 
the  manor  in  1311  against  Geoffrey  de  Ketelberston,  chaplain,  and  Nicholas 
de  Whelnetham.*  John  de  Whelnetham  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here 
in  1318.*  From  him  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  de 
Welnetham,  who  was  dead  by  1365,  for  in  that  year  Simon  Sudbury,  Bishop 
of  London,  granted  to  all  who  would  pray  for  the  soul  of  Sir  John  de 
Whelnetham,  Knt.,  deceased,  whose  body  was  buried  in  the  church  of 
Great  Whelnetham,  and  for  the  souls  of  Lady  Alice,  late  his  wife,  of  Sir 
John  de  Brokesbourne,  Knt.,  John  de  Cockfield  and  others,  forty  days' 
pardon. 

In  1371  the  inheritance  of  Sir  John  de  Welnetham  became  divisible 
between  his  three  daughters — Mary,  married  to  Michael  de  Bures  ;  A  vice, 
married  to  Thomas  Deschales,  Knt. ;  and  Margaret,  married  ist  to  Sir 
John  Brokesbourne,  Knt.,  and  2ndly  to  John  de  Cockfield,  and  3rdly  to 
Sir  John  Sutton,  Knt.  The  manor  on  a  division  of  the  estates  appears 
to  have  fallen  to  Margaret,  and  subsequently  passed  to  her  son  by  Sir  John 
Brokesbourne,  namely,  Edmund.  His  only  daughter  and  heir  Eleanor 
married  Sir  William  Raynforth,  and  they  held  this  manor  with  Alpheton5 
and  divers  lands  in  Lawshall.  Sir  William  Raynforth  died  in  1434,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Lawrence  Raynforth,  of  Bradfield, 
Essex,  Knt.,  and  on  his  death  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Raynforth. 
Sir  John  married  ist  Margaret,  widow  of  Sir  Edward  Shaa,  of  London, 
and  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Humphrey  Starkey.  Sir  John 

'Dom.  ii.  291.  4  Chart.   Rolls,   12  Edw.   II.  88. 

"Dora.  ii.  363.  'See    Alpheton    Manor,    in    Babergh 

'Feet  of  Fines,  5  Edw.  II.  22.  Hundred. 


WHELNETHAM.  351 

settled  the  manor  upon  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Raynforth,  on  his  marriage 
with  Elizabeth  Knevet.  They,  however,  died  without  issue.  Sir  John 
Raynforth  the  son  married  as  a  2nd  wife  Winifred,  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  Pyme,  of  Kent,  and  in  1565  we  find  the  manor  held  by  Sir  George 
Howard,  Knt.,  as  guardian  of  Dame  Winifred  Raynford,  widow,  stated  to 
be  a  lunatic  and  2nd  wife  of  late  Sir  John  Raynford. 

The  manor  immediately  after  this  vested  in  the  Drurys,  and  we  find 
in  1567  a  fine  levied  of  it  by  Lady  Elizabeth  Drury,  widow,  and  others  against 
William  Waldegrave.1  The  manor  then  passed  to  Henry  Drury,  who  in 
1577  was  called  upon  to  show  by  what  title  he  held  the  same.*  He  died 
seised  in  1587,  when  it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Henry  Drury,  and  this 
year  we  meet  with  a  fine  levied  of  the  manor  between  Thomas  Townesend 
and  others  and  this  Henry  Drury.3 

In  1590,  however,  the  manor  was  vested  in  Thomas  Pendleton  and 
Anthony  Wynter,  for  5th  April  this  year  they  held  their  first  court,  probably 
as  trustees,  for  shortly  afterwards  we  find  the  manor  in  Sir  Robert  Jermyn, 
Knt.,  who  married  Judith,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Blage,  Knt.,  and  died  in 
April,  i6i4,4  when  it  went  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn.  He 
married  ist  Katherine,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Kellygrew,  Groom  of  the 
Chamber  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  andly  Mary,  daughter  of  Edmund 
Barber,  of  Bury,  and  widow  of  Thomas  Nowton,  and  died  and  was  buried 
7th  Jan.  1644-5,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir  Thomas.  Thomas 
Jermyn  married  Rebecca,  daughter  and  heir  of  — .  Rodway,  of  London, 
and  died  nth  Nov.  1659,  when  the  manor  apparently  went  not  directly 
to  his  son  but  to  his  brother  Henry,  Earl  of  St.  Albans,  who  died  without 
issue,  and  was  buried  at  Rushbrooke  loth  Jan.  1683.  The  manor  then 
passed  to  his  nephew  and  heir  Thomas,  Lord  Jermyn,  the  son  of  Thomas, 
who  died  in  1659. 

He  married  Mary  Merry,  and  died  in  1703,  when  the  manor  passed  to 
his  daughter  Merolina,  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Spring,  Bart.,5  who  held  her 
first  court  27th  Oct.  1704.  She  remarried  Sir  William  Gage,  and  on  her 
death  the  manor  passed  to  her  son  and  heir  by  Sir  Thomas  Spring,  Sir 
William  Spring,  Bart.,  who  held  his  first  court  I3th  Oct.  1730,  and  died 
unmarried  and  was  buried  at  Pakenham  22nd  March,  1736.  The  manor 
then  passed  to  Sir  William's  sister  and  coheir  Merolina,  married  to  Thomas 
Discipline,  of  Bury,  and  to  Mary,  another  sister  and  coheir  married  to  the 
Rev.  John  Symonds,  D.D.,  rector  of  Horningsheath.  Thomas  Discipline 
and  Rev.  John  Symonds  held  their  first  court  i8th  Oct.  1737.  This  manor 
seems  then  to  have  been  partitioned  in  favour  of  the  Symonds,  and  on 
John  Symonds's  death  I2th  Oct.  1757,"  passed  to  his  widow  Mary,  on  whose 
death  in  1764  it  vested  in  their  son  and  heir,  John  Syimnds,  LL.D.,  of  Bury, 
Professor  of  Modern  History,  Cambridge,  and  Recorder  of  Bury,  who  died 
unmarried  i8th  Feb.  1807,  and  devised  the  manor  to  John  Benjafield,  who 
had  married  Marianna,  daughter  of  Thomas  Symonds,  Capt.  R.N.,and  niece 
to  Professor  Symonds.  John  Benjafield  and  his  wife  held  their  first  court 
I3th  March,  1809. 

In  1853  the  manor  had  passed  to  the  Rev.  James  W'illiam  Wenn,  and 
in  1885  and  1896  belonged  to  James  Henry  Porteus  Oakes,  of  Nowton 

'Fine,  Hil.  9  Eliz.  4See     Manor    of    Rushbrook,     in     this 

"Memoranda,  19  Eliz.  Mich.  Rec.  Rot. 48.  Hundred. 

3  Fine,    Mich.   29-30   Eliz.  5  See  Manor  of  Pakenham,  in  this  Hundred. 

"Buried  i6th  Oct.  1757. 


352  THE  MANORS  OF  SUFFOLK. 

Court,  from  which  time  it  has  passed  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of 
Nowton,  in  Thingoe  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  Lieut. -Col.  Orbell 
Henry  Oakes,  of  Nowton  Court. 

Arms  of  RAYNFORTH  :  Gu.  a  chevron  engrailed  between  3  fleurs-de-lis 
Arg. 

MANOR  OF  SICKLESMERE  OR  SYGELSMER. 

In  1499  Sir  John  Raynford  held  the  lordship,  for  he  settled  it  upon 
his  son  John's  marriage  with  Elizabeth  Knyvet.  He,  the  father,  died  in 
1527,  and  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Sir  John  Raynford,  who 
died  without  issue.1 

We  next  find  Henry  Drury  dying  seised  of  the  manor  in  1587,  when 
it  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Henry  Drury. 

MANOR  OF  COPDOCK'S  OR  COBDOES  OR  COPDOES. 

This  manor  was  the  lordship  of  Thomas  de  Weyland  in  1280,  and 
devolved  in  the  same  course  as  the  Manor  of  Whelnetham  Parva  next 
mentioned  to  the  time  of  Thomas  le  Despencer,  2nd  Baron  Despencer,  and 
Earl  of  Gloucester.  He  married  Edmund  de  Langley,  the  Duke  of  York's 
daughter,  but  strangely  we  find  the  manor  mentioned  in  his  inquis.  p.m.' 
The  manor  certainly  belonged  to  Isabel,  daughter  of  Thomas  le  Despencer 
and  Constance  Plantagenet,  married  to  Richard  Beauchamp,  Lord  Aber- 
gavenny  and  Earl  of  Worcester,  and  there  was  a  fine  levied  in  1430  by  John 
Verney,  clerk,  and  William  Lee,  against  this  Richard  Beauchamp,  Earl  of 
Worcester,  and  "  Isabella  "  his  wife.3 

The  manor  was  acquired  in  1544  by  Robert  Garneys,  and  a  fine  was 
levied  of  it  this  year  by  him  against  Eustace  Sulyard  and  others.4 

From  Robert  Garneys  the  manor  passed  to  his  grandson,  Thomas 
Garneys.  He  married  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Sulyard,  Knt.,  of 
Wetherden,  and  had  one  child  only,  a  daughter  Elizabeth.  The  manor, 
on  Thomas  Carney's  death,  2oth  Dec.  1566,  passed  to  his  brother,  Nicholas 
Garneys.5  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Clere,  of  Stokesby,  in 
Norfolk.  A  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  in  1586  by  Sir  William  Drury,6 
but  Nicholas  Garneys  died  seised  of  it  about  1623,  leaving  a  son,  Charles 
Garneys,  of  Boylands  Hall,  Norfolk,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Wentworth,  of  Somerleyton,  and  died  3Oth  Jan.  i657.7 

A  fine  was  levied  of  the  Manor  of  Whelnetham  Magna  and  the  advowson. 
probably  of  the  main  manor,  in  1422  by  Sir  William  Phelyp,  Sir  Thomas 
Marny,  Sir  Richard  Waldegrave,  jun.,  Sir  William  Berdewell,  William 
Swynbourne,  John  Wodehous,  Robert  de  Tye,  John  Lancaster,  Richard 
Baynard,  Guido  Corbet,  William  Rpkewode,  sen.,  John  Rokewode,  and 
John  Chelebere,  clerk,  against  William  Rokewode,  jun.,  and  Agnes  his 
wife.' 

WHELNETHAM   PARVA   MANOR. 

This  was  the  lordship  of  Thomas  de  Weyland,  who  had  a  grant  of  free 
warren  here  in  1280,'  and  he  in  1282  with  William  his  son  levied  a  fine  of  two 
parts  of  the  manor  against  Thomas  de  Cayley,  Simon  his  brother,  and  Joan, 

'See  the  main  Manor.  'Fine,  Trin.  28  Eliz. 

M.P.M.,  3  Hen.  V.  45.  'Will  nth  Aug.  1643,  proved  6th  July, 

'Feet  of  Fines,  8  Hen.  VI.  14.  1658. 

4 Fine,    Easter,    36   Hen.    VIII.  'Feet  of  Fines,  9  Hen.  V.  50. 

'See  Manor  of  Kenton,  in  Loes  Hundred.  'Chart.  Rolls,  8  Edw.  I.  2. 


WHELNETHAM.  353 

wife  of  Alexander  de  Whelnetham.1  The  unfortunate  Thomas,  Lord 
Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  had  to  abjure  the  realm  in  1288,  as  mentioned 
in  the  account  of  Brandeston  Manor,  in  Loes  Hundred.  This  manor,  or 
at  least  two  parts,  went  to  his  son  John  de  Weyland,2  who  had  a  grant  of 
free  warren  in  1301, 3  and  died  in  1312,*  when  the  manor  passed  to  his 
brother  and  heir,  Sir  Richard  Weyland,5  who  died  in  1319,  when  it  vested 
in  his  daughter  and  heir  Cecily,  married  to  Sir  Bartholomew  Burghersh, 
who  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  here  in  1349.'  He  died  in  13697  when  the 
manor  passed  to  his  daughter  and  heir,  married  to  Edward  le  Despencer. 
She  died  in  1360,  and  he  in  1375,*  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir 
Thomas  le  Despencer,  2nd  Baron  Despencer,  Earl  of  Gloucester.  He 
married  Constance,  daughter  of  Edmund  Plantagenet,  surnamed  De 
Langley,  Duke  of  York,  and  the  manor  passed  to  Isabel  his  daughter, 
married  to  Richard  Beauchamp,  Lord  Abergavenny  and  Earl  of  Worcester. 

It  subsequently  vested  like  the  Manor  of  Whelnetham  Magna  in  Sir 
John  Raynsford,  and  was  settled  by  him  upon  his  son  on  his  marriage 
with  Elizabeth  Knevitt. 

A  little  later  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Thomas  Jermyn,  who  by  his 
will  dated  2nd  Jan.  1496,  and  6th  July,  1503,  declares  :  "  First  I  will  that 
my  feoffees  shall  be  feoffees  in  all  the  said  manors,  &c.,  unto  the  fest  of 
Seynt  Mighell  1506  to  the  use  of  myn  executors.  And  after  the  said  fest 
I  will  that  my  feoffees  shall  make  a  state  of  my  manor  of  litell  Whelnetham 
(except  all  those  londes  and  woodes  that  lyen  on  the  north  side  of  a  waye 
that  ledyth  from  Gyppysfelde  unto  Syckolsmer  townes  ende)  to  Thomas 
Jermyn  my  son  to  him  and  to  his  heires  lawfully  begotten  without  ende." 
He  then  limits  remainders  successively  to  Robert  Jermyn  and  Francis 
Jermyn  his  sons  in  tail  male  and  to  his  own  "  next  heirs  without  end." 
The  will  was  proved  5th  Nov.  1504,  and  the  manor  vested  in  testator's 
son,  Sir  Thomas  Jermyn,  who  died  seised  of  it  8th  Oct.  1552  (?  I3th  Oct. 
1553)'  from  which  time  it  has  passed  in  the  same  course  of  devolution  as 
the  Manor  of  Rushbrook,  in  this  Hundred,  down  to  Frederick  William, 
Marquis  of  Bristol,  in  1827. 

In  1855  the  manor  belonged  to  the  Rev.  James  William  Wenn,  in  1885 
to  Henry  J.  Oakes,  from  which  time  it  has  passed  in  the  same  course  as 
the  Manor  of  Nowton,  in  Thingoe  Hundred,  and  is  now  vested  in  Lieut. -Col. 
Orbell  Henry  Oakes,  of  Nowton  Court. 


'Feet  of  Fines,  10  Edw.  I.  8.  4Chart.    Rolls,    23   Edw.    III.   3. 

'Abbr.  of  Pleas,  18  Edw.  I.  Trin.  62.  'I.P.M.,   43   Edw.   HI.   pt.   i.    14. 

'Chart.  Rolls,  29  Edw.  I.  7.  "I.P.M.,  49  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  46. 

4I.P.M.,  6  Edw.   II.  34.  9 1. P.M.,  7  Edw.  VI.  66. 
3  See  Manor  of  Onehouse,  in  Stow  Hundred. 


354  THE   MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 

WOOLPIT. 

HE  only  estate  in  this  place  specified  in  the  Survey  was  that 
of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds,  and  was  held  as  a  hamlet. 
It  consisted  of  3  carucates  of  land,  and  the  hall  to  which  it 
belongs  was  in  another  Hundred.  There  were  17  villeins, 
3  bordars,  3  ploughteams  belonging  to  the  men,  4  acres  of 
meadow  in  demesne,  and  wood  for  the  maintenance  of  20 
hogs.  There  were  also  40  freemen  with  a  carucate  of  land, 
6  ploughteams,  and  3  acres  of  meadow.  In  the  time  of  the  Confessor  all 
had  power  to  give  and  sell  their  lands  so  that  the  soc  and  all  services  remained 
in  the  abbot's  possession  ;  and  they  all  belonged  at  the  time  of  the  Survey 
to  the  abbot's  told.  The  value  was  xos.  Sd.  When  the  Survey  was  taken 
15  acres  in  alms  belonged  to  the  church. 

The  Survey  states  that  this  hamlet  was  always  valued  at  £3.  It  was 
9  quarentenes  in  length  and  6  in  breadth,  and  paid  in  a  gelt  nd.  Several 
persons  had  holdings  here." 

WOOLPIT  MANOR  OR  COLD  HALL  MANOR. 

This  lordship  and  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Woolpit  became 
vested  in  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edmunds  by  the  gift  of  Earl  Ulfketel,  the  church 
being  appropriated  by  Hen.  II.  after  the  death  of  the  then  parson  to  the 
use  of  the  sick  monks. 

An  extent  and  customary  of  the  lands  of  the  monastery  in  Woolpit  in 
1357  will  be  found  amongst  the  Additional  MSS.  in  the  British  Museum.2 

The  abbots  continued  to  hold  until  the  suppression  of  the  abbey,  when 
the  manor  passed  to  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  in  1541  to  John,  Lord 
Russell.3  The  particulars  for  the  grant  are  still  in  existence,  and  may  be 
seen  in  the  Record  Office.4 

Lord  Russell  had  licence  the  same  year  to  alienate  to  John  Smith,5 
who  had  licence  two  years  later  to  alienate  to  George  Smith,  who  died  in 
1560,  leaving  John  Smith  his  son  and  heir.  Though  Davy  makes  Woolpit 
Manor  the  same  as  Cold  Hall  Manor,  it  is  possible  that  in  the  i6th  century 
and  prior  thereto  there  were  two  manors  in  Woolpit — otherwise  it  is  difficult 
to  understand  how  there  could  be  grants  to  different  persons  of  the  same 
manor  at  the  same  time.  The  grant  to  Lord  Russell  in  1541  is  distinctly 
of  "  Cold  Hall  Manor,  Woolpit."  In  1542  on  the  State  Papers  we  find  a 
lease  mentioned  as  made  that  year  by  the  Crown  to  Sir  Thomas  Darcy,  of 
"  Woolpit  Manor,"  with  warren  of  coneys,  fairs,  &c.6  Further  we  find  that 
four  years  later,  namely,  in  1546,  Sir  Thomas  Darcy,  Knt.,  had  a  grant  of 
the  manor,  and  the  same  passed  on  his  death  to  Thomas,  Lord  Darcy,  of 
Chick,  who  had  licence  to  alienate  in  1584  to  William  Risby  and  Katherine 
his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  George  Smith.  This  is  not  unlikely  the 
date  when  the  two  manors  coalisced. 

In  1587  a  fine  was  levied  of  the  manor  by  William  Castleton  against 
John  Agmondesham  and  others.  It  related  also  to  lands  in  Rattlesden 
and  Woolpit.7  John  Wymondesham  had  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  and 

'Dom.  ii.  3626.  5/6.  74. 

'Add.  MSS.  14849.  'State  Papers,  1542,  1258. 

JS.P.  1541.  1056  (60).  'Fine,  Hil.  29  Eliz. 

4 33  Hen.  VIII.  D.K.R.  10  App.  ii.  p.  263. 


WOOLPIT.  355 

coheir  of  George  Smith,  and  we  find  that  in  1597  they  had  licence  to  alienate 
a  moiety  to  Sir  Robert  Gardiner.  Also  that  the  same  year  Daniel 
Curtys  and  Katherine  his  wife  had  licence  to  alienate  a  moiety  to  the  said 
Sir  Robert  Gardiner.  We  find,  too,  that  in  1596  Davy  enters  Sir  Robert 
Jermyn  and  Robert  Gardiner  as  lords.  There  is  certainly  a  fine  in  1590 
said  to  be  levied  by  Sir  Robert  Jermyn  and  others  against  Thomas,  Lord 
Darcy,  of  Chiche,  and  others.1  This  fine  included  Elmswell  Manor. 

If  we  might  venture  to  suggest  a  solution  of  the  various  transactions 
we  should  say  that  George  Smyth  died  seised  in  1560,  leaving  a  son  John, 
who  died  without  issue,  whereupon  the  manor  descended  to  his  two  sisters 
and  coheirs,  Elizabeth  and  Katherine.  Elizabeth  married  John  Agmon- 
desham,  and  Katherine  ist  \Yilliam  Risby  and  2ndly  Daniel  Curtys,  and 
each  of  these  daughters  and  their  husbands  sold  their  moieties  of  the  manor 
to  Sir  Robert  Gardiner.2  Also  that  Darcy  and  Jermyn  were  merely 
trustees. 

Sir  Robert  Gardiner  seems  to  have  obtained  a  grant  by  way  of  con- 
firmation from  the  Crown  in  1610,  and  died  I2th  Feb.  1619,  aged  80,  without 
issue,  leaving  the  manor  to  his  nephew,  Gardiner  Webbe,  and  giving  an 
annual  rent  charge  of  £10  issuing  out  of  the  manor  to  the  almshouse  founded 
by  him  in  the  adjoining  parish  of  Elmswell.  Gardiner  Webbe  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Martin  Stutevile,  of  Dalham,  Knt.,  and  died  i5th 
March,  J.674,3  leaving  an  only  daughter  Katherine,  who  died  soth  March, 
1675.  It  is  stated  in  the  deed  of  partition  of  Sir  Henry  Wood's  estates, 
5th  Dec.  1747,  that  Sir  Henry  had  purchased  this  manor  from  George, 
Lord  Berkeley.  It  is  included  in  this  partition/  and  those  allotted  to 
Dorothy,  wife  of  John  Robinson.  She  was  one  of  the  daughters  and  co- 
heirs of  Elizabeth  Chester,  and  coheir  of  Sir  William  Chester,  Bart.,  who  was 
the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John  Chester,  Bart.,  who  was  eldest 
son  and  heir  of  Sir  Anthony  Chester,  Bart.,  by  Dame  Mary  his 
wife,  who  was  daughter  of  Samuel  Cranmer  by  Mary  his  wife,  afterwards 
Dame  Mary  Chester,  wife  of  Sir  Henry  Chester,  K.B.,  which  Mary  Cranmer 
afterwards  Dame  Mary  Chester,  was  one  of  the  sisters  and  coheirs  of  Sir 
Henry  Wood,  the  purchaser  of  this  manor. 

In  1764  Joshua  Grigby5  was  lord  of  the  manor,  which  passed  on  his 
death  in  1771  to  his  son  and  heir,  Joshua  Grigby,  who  died  in  1798,  when  it 
passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Joshua  Grigby,  who  married  ist  in  1784  Mary 
Brackebury,  who  died  5th  Jan.  1823,  and  2ndly  in  1827  Anna,  2nd  daughter 
of  William  Crawford,  of  Haughley  Park.  Joshua  Grigby  was  High  Sheriff 
in  1810,  and  died  in  1829,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  widow,  and  on  her 
death,  5th  March,  1853,  passed  to  Grigby's  eldest  nephew,  John  Harcourt 
Powell,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  H.  Waddington,  and  dying  1855 
the  manor  passed  to  his  son,  Capt.  Thomas  Harcourt  Powell,  who  dying 
in  1892,  it  went  to  his  nephew  John  Harcourt  Powell.  The  manor 
is  now  vested  in  John  Reginald  Hargreaves,  of  Drinkstone  Park,  and 
of  Arborfield,  co.  Berks.,  son  of  Thomas  Hargreaves,  of  Arborfield,  J.P. 
for  Berks.,  High  Sheriff  1867,  and  of  Sarah,  daughter  of  Washington 

'  Fine,  Easter,  32  Eliz.  « See  Manors  of  Dunningworth,  in  Plomes- 

*See    Elmswell    Manor,     in    Blackbourn  gate  Hundred,    Blythforth   Manor, 

Hundred.  in  Blything  Hundred,  &c. 

'This  is  according    to  the  Martin   MSS.  'See  Liffey  Hall  Manor,  Buxhall,  in  Stow 

Page   says   he   died   in  1668.    Sec  Hundred. 

Elmswell  Manor. 


356 


THE    MANORS   OF   SUFFOLK. 


Jackson,  of  Liverpool.  J.  R.  Hargreaves,  i^th  June,  1891,  married 
Bertha  Carnage  De  Lacy,  daughter  of  John  Whitlock  Stradling  Carne,  of 
St.  Donat's  Castle,  co.  Glamorgan. 

Arms  of  HARGREAVES  :     Quarterly,    Or  and  Vert  on  a  fesse  Erm. 
between  3  bucks  courant  counterchanged  a  fret  Gules. 


ADDENDA. 


VOL  I.-ADD   TO   BURY  ST.   EDMUNDS. 


MANOR  OF  HABYRDON. 

No  such  manor  is  mentioned  by  Davy,  but  many  references  to  it 
appear  in  Gillingwater's  Historical  and  Descriptive  Account  of  St.  Edmund's 
Bury,  1804. 

The  first  is  dated  4th  June,  1487,  and  quoted  from  the  register  as 
follows  : — 

"  This  Indenture  Witnesses  that  Mr.  John  Swaffham,  sacrist  of  the 
Monastery  of  St.  Edmund  of  Bury  with  the  assent  and  will  of  the  Prior 
and  Convent  of  that  Place  has  granted  and  to  Farm  Let  to  Simons  Lolepeke 
of  Bury  aforesaid,  yeoman,  the  Manor  called  Habyrdon  in  Bury  aforesaid  &c. 
To  Hold,  &c.  for  the  Term  of  seven  years  &c.  yielding  therefore  yearly,  &c. 
And  the  said  Simon  his  Executors  and  Assigns  shall  find  or  cause  to  be 
found  One  White  Bull  every  year  of  his  said  term  as  often  as  it  shall  happen 
that  any  Gentlewoman  or  any  other  Woman  from  Devotions  or  Vows 
by  them  made  shall  visit  the  Tomb  of  the  glorious  King  and  Martyr  St. 
Edmund,  and  make  the  oblation  of  the  said  White  Bull,  &c.  In  Witness 
whereof  to  one  part  the  seal  of  the  Sacrist  is  affixed,  &c.  Dated  the  4th 
day  of  June  in  the  2nd  year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  King  of  England, 
the  seventh  since  the  Conquest." 

Another  lease  is  in  1520  :  "  This  Indenture  made  the  I2th  Day  of 
September  in  the  I2th  year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  VIII.  Between 
Master  John  Eye,  Sacrist  of  the  Monastery  of  St.  Edmund's  Bury,  and 
Richard  Skinner  of  Bury  aforesaid  Husbandman,  Witnesses  that  the 
aforesaid  John  Eye  with  the  consent  &c.  Hath  Demised  and  to  Farm 
Letten  to  the  aforesaid  Richard  the  Mannor  of  Habyrdon  &c.  for  the  term 
of  ten  years,  &c.  And  the  said  Richard  shall  find  One  White  Bull  as  often 
as  it  shall  happen,"  &c.  as  in  the  former  deed. 

A  third  lease  is  in  1533  :  "  This  Indenture  Witnesses  that  we  John 
by  Divine  permission  Abbot  of  the  Monastery  of  St.  Edmund's  Bury  with 
the  consent  and  permission  of  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  the  same  have 
Demised  and  to  Farm  let  to  Robert  Wright  Glazier  and  to  John  Anable 
Pewterer  of  Bury  aforesaid,  our  Mannor  of  Habyrdon  with  the  appurtenancies 
pertaining  to  the  Office  of  Sacrist  of  our  said  Monastery,  &c.  To  Hold,  &c. 
for  the  Term  of  20  years,  &c.  Yielding  yearly  to  the  said  Abbot,  &c.  for 
the  use  of  the  Office  of  Sacrist  2O/.  45.,  &c.  And  the  said  Robert  and  John 
shall  find  One  White  Bull  every  year  of  the  aforesaid  Term  as  often  as  it 
shall  happen  that  any  gentlewoman  or  any  other  woman  from  Devotion 
or  Vows  by  them  made  shall  visit  the  shrine  of  the  glorious  King  and 
Martyr  St.  Edmund  to  make  the  oblations  of  the  said  white  bull,  &c.  In 
Witness  whereof  to  one  part  of  this  Indenture  remaining  with  the  above 

wi 


358  ADDENDA. 

named  Abbot  Prior  and  Convent,  the  said  Robert  and  John  have  affixed 
their  Seals  and  to  the  other  part  remaining  with  the  said  Robert  and  John 
we  the  above  named  Abbot,  Prior  and  Convent  have  caused  the  Common 
Seal  of  our  Chapter  to  be  affixed.  Given  in  our  Chapter-House  the  28th 
Day  of  April  in  the  2§th  year  of  King  Henry  VIII.,  and  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  1533-" 

Several  of  the  leases  of  the  abbey  show  that  they  required  their  tenants 
to  keep  a  white  bull  always  in  readiness  for  the  usfc  of  the  abbey,  and  in 
order  to  support  their  ceremony  of  the  "  White  Bull."  The  idea  was  that 
if  any  married  woman  who  had  no  children  and  wished  to  become  a  mother 
would  but  come  with  a  white  bull  to  the  shrine  of  St.  Edmund,  and  make 
her  offerings  and  vows,  she  would  presently  obtain  her  desire,  and  as 
it  was  usual  for  processions  to  give  great  dignity  and  solemnity  to  any 
ceremony,  therefore  it  was  thought  necessary  to  have  a  very  public  one  on 
this  important  occasion,  and  for  this  purpose  a  white  bull  was  provided, 
elegantly  adorned  with  garlands  of  flowers,  ribbons,  &c.,  which,  being  led 
by  one  of  the  monks,  the  woman  at  the  same  time  following  him,  and  after 
stroking  his  milk-white  side,  the  procession  thus  proceeded  through  Church- 
gate  and  Guild-hall  Street,  and  along  the  Cook-row  down  to  the  great 
West-gate  of  the  abbey,  attended  by  all  the  monks  singing,  accompanied 
with  a  prodigious  concourse  of  people  forming  a  very  numerous  cavalcade  ; 
the  bull  being  dismissed,  the  woman  entered  the  church,  advanced  to  St. 
Edmund's  shrine,  said  her  prayers,  made  her  offerings  at  his  altar,  kissing 
the  stone,  and  entreating  with  tears  the  blessing  of  a  child ;  she  then 
returned  from  the  abbey  with  the  full  assurance  of  speedy  success.' 

The  remarkable  custom  brought  many  from  afar,  and  was  so  profitable 
as  a  means  for  replenishing  the  monastic  coffers  that  for  the  convenience 
of  those  living  at  a  distance  it  was  pronounced  to  be  equally  efficacious  for 
them  (and  probably  it  was  so)  if  they  caused  to  be  offered  by  any  other  means 
one  of  these  white  bulls  at  St.  Edmund's  shrine.  There  is  in  the  Record 
Office  a  deed  in  proof  of  this.  It  runs  thus  :  "To  all  Faithful  Christian 
People  that  shall  inspect  these  Presents.  John  Swaffham  sacrist  of  the 
monastery  of  St.  Edmund  of  Bury  an  exempt  jurisdiction  appertaining 
immediately  to  the  Apostolic  See,  and  Arch  Deacon  of  the  same  place, 
Health  on  the  Author  of  Health  :  We  make  known  to  you  all  by  these 
Presents  that  Father  Peter  Minnebode,  Licentiate  in  Holy  Theology,  and 
Father  Peter  Brune  together  with  Father  Carmelites,  a  lay  Brother  of  the 
Order  of  Carmelites  of  the  City  of  Gaunt,  on  the  second  day  of  the  Month  of 
June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1474  did  in  the  presence  of  many  credible  persons 
offer  at  the  Bier  of  the  Glorious  King,  Virgin  and  Martyr  St.  Edmund  of 
Bury  aforesaid  One  White  Bull,  according  to  the  ancient  custom  to  the 
honour  of  God  and  the  said  glorious  Martyr  in  relief  of  the  desire  of  a  certain 
Noble  Lady.  Sealed  with  the  Seal  of  our  Office.  Dated  the  Day,  Place 
and  Year  abovesaid." 

One  cannot  help  being  reminded  of  the  ancient  heathen  festival  called 
Lupercalia,  at  which  goats  being  killed,  whips  were  made  of  their  skins, 
and  with  these  instruments  boys  almost  naked  ran  through  the  streets, 
and  therewith  scourged  the  women  they  met,  who  offered  themselves  to 
those  lashes  as  fancying  the  like  result  as  the  offering  of  the  White  Bull. 

The  white  bull  kept  hi  reserve  by  the  abbey  had  a  pleasant  time,  and 
enjoyed  ease  and  plenty  in  the  fields  of  Habberdon.  It  was  never  yoked 
to  the  plough  or  employed  in  any  labour. 

'  Gillingwater,  pp.  142,  143. 


ADDENDA.  359 

The  manor,  subject  to  the  lease  of  the  28th  April,  1533,  to  Robert 
Wright  and  John  "  Hannable,"  was  with  other  property  demised  by  Hen. 
VIII.  in  his  33rd  year  to  Sir  Anthony  Wingfield,  K.G.,  and  Comptroller 
of  the  Household  for  21  years,  and  apparently  by  Edw.  VI.  the  28th  May 
in  his  fourth  year  to  the  said  Sir  Anthony  Wingfield  for  22  years  from  the 
end  of  the  said  Robert  Wright  and  John  Hannable's  term,  and  was  granted 
by  Queen  Elizabeth  I4th  Feb.  1560,  to  John  Eyre  in  fee.  The  manor  is 
not  expressly  mentioned  in  this  grant,  and  was  apparently  then  extinguished. 

From  a  MS.  in  the  writer's  possession,  he  takes  the  following  : — 

"  The  Manor  of  Bury  was  vested  in  the  Crown  James  ist  by  Letters 
Patent  in  the  4th  and  5th  year  of  his  Reign  granted  to  the  Aldermen  and 
Burgesses  of  Bury  and  their  successors  for  ever  the  view  of  frankpledge  and 
C.  of  frankpledge  of  all  Inhabitants  within  the  Town  and  all  amerciaments 
and  penalties  within  the  same  paying  therefore  yearly  2os.  Also  the 
Fairs  and  Markets  of  the  Town  and  the  ground  and  soil  thereof.  And  also 
Cottages,  tenements  and  stalls  within  ye  Fair  and  Market  and  the  Tole, 
Stallage  and  piccage  fines  and  amerciaments  of  the  same  paying  therefore 
yearly  8li.  los.  as  a  fee  farm  rent.  Also  the  Goal,  Prison  and  Tole  House  and 
Market  Cross  without  Rent.  The  Goods  and  Chattels  of  felons,  felour  de  see, 
clerks  convicted  ;  fugitives,  outlaws,  condemned  persons,  Deodands,  waifs 
and  estrays  within  the  said  Borough  of  Bury  and  the  Limits  thereof  paying 
the  yearly  rent  of  loli." 

These  grants  were  confirmed  by  charter  dated  lyth  Sept.  12  Jac.  I. 
and  by  the  said  charter  of  6  Jac.  the  said  aldermen  and  burgesses  were 
constituted  and  ordained  bailiffs  and  collectors  of  all  farms,  rents,  revenues, 
and  profits  within  the  aforesaid  Lordship  of  Bury  and  Manor  of  East  Gate 
Barns,  and  were  yearly  to  gather, collect,  account  for,  and  pay  the  same  to  the 
Receiver  for  the  time  being  without  any  fee  to  be  allowed  therefore,  which 
they  have  performed  and  are  for  ever  to  perform,  but  by  reason  hereof  the 
rents  of  the  said  Manor  and  Lordship  of  Bury  and  the  Manor  of  East  Gate 
Barns  are  much  intermixed  and  confounded,  the  said  Manor  of  East  Gate 
Barns  being  granted  in  fee  farm  unto  the  City  of  London,  for  which  the 
yearly  rent  of  £27.  45.  4^.  is  reserved,  but  gathered  and  paid  by  the  town 
clerk  of  the  said  town,  and  the  yearly  rent  of  £60.  6s.  g%d.  being  for  the 
Lordship  of  Bury  collected  also  by  the  said  town  clerk  promiscuously 
with  the  said  £27.  45.  4^.  and  yearly  answered  and  paid  to  the  Receiver, 
whereof  there  is  also  granted  in  fee  farm  by  several  letters  patent  unto 
sundry  persons  in  all  the  yearly  rent  of  £21.  gs.  id.,  so  that  the  yearly  rent 
of  the  said  Manor  and  Lordship  is  but  £38.  75.  8%d.  besides  the  said  fee 
farm  rents. 

The  above  premises  were  conveyed  by  the  contractors  to  John  Moodie, 
of  Sproughton,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  Esq.,  for  £1,156.  i6s.  gd. 

VOL.   III. 

Having  obtained  some  additional  information  respecting  the  Manor 
of  Brentha,  Clopton,  in  Carlford  Hundred,  substitute  the  following  account 
for  that  given  in  Vol.  III.,  pp.  30,  31,  32  :-- 

MANOR  OF  BRENTHA  alias  BRENDHALL. 

In  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor  this  manor  was  held  by  Edmund 
the  priest  a  freeman  under  the  Abbot  of  Ely,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Great 


360  ADDENDA. 

Survey  by  William  de  Arcis.  William  de  Arcis  was  probably  the  son  of 
Osbern  de  Arcis,  who  came  over  with  the  Conqueror,  though  his  name  does 
not  appear  on  the  Rolls  of  Battle  Abbey.  An  account  of  him  will  be  found 
in"Recherchessur  Le  Domesday  "by  Lechande-D'Ainsyet  de  St.  Marie,  page 
200.  By  thetime  of  Hen.  III.  the  manor  had  passed  to  Robert  de  Brendhall  or 
de  Aula  Combusta,  of  Clopton.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir, 
William  de  Brendhall,  and  he  by  William  de  Aula  Combusta,  of  Clopton, 
in  1284.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Nicholas  de  Brendhall,  who  had  the 
manor  in  1291,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Thomas  de  Aula  Combusta, 
who  had  it  in  1298.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir,  Nicholas  de 
Aula  Combusta,  who  had  it  in  the  time  of  Edw.  III. 

It  does  not  appear  that  Nicholas  de  Aula  Combusta  had  any  issue, 
and  the  manor  probably  reverted  to  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  by  King 
Edw.  III.  to  Sir  Bartholomew  de  Burghersh.  He  was  the  son  of  Bartholo- 
mew de  Burghersh,  Constable  of  the  Tower,  who  died  2nd  Aug.  1355,  by 
Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Theobald,  2nd  Lord  Verdon, 
which  Bartholomew  was  son  of  Robert  de  Burghersh,  of  Burghersh,  in 
Sussex,  and  Chiddingstone,  in  Kent,  Constable  of  Dover  Castle  and  Warden 
of  the  Cinque  Ports,  by  his  2nd  wife,  a  daughter  of  Guncelin  de  Badlesmere, 
Chief  Justice  of  Chester,  2  Edw.  I.  The  lord  of  this  manor  was  in  the  wars 
in  Gascony,  and  distinguished  himself  at  Cressy  in  1346  and  Poictiers  in 
1356.  Sir  Bartholomew  died  5th  April,  1369,  his  will  being  dated  the  day 
before.  Sir  Bartholomew  constituted  Margaret,  his  2nd  wife,  widow  of 
William  Pichard,  sister  of  Bartholomew,  Lord  Badlesmere  (who  remarried 
William  de  Burcester),  and  Sir  Walter  Paveley  his  executors.  The  manor 
passed  to  Sir  Bartholomew's  daughter  and  heir,  Elizabeth,  who  married 
Edward  Despencer,  Lord  le  Despencer,  K.G.  His  lordship  had  been  under 
the  tuition  of  Bartholomew  de  Burghersh  when  Lord  Chamberlain  to  the 
King.  In  1356  he  had  attended  the  Black  Prince  into  France,  and  was 
present  at  the  victory  at  Poictiers,  while  the  following  year  he  made  proof 
of  his  age  and  had  livery  of  his  lands,  his  homage  being  respited  on  the 
ground  of  his  services  in  France  and  his  being  still  there.  He  formed  part 
of  the  retinue  of  Lionel,  Duke  of  Clarence,  in  1368,  and  accompanying  the 
Duke  of  Lancaster  into  France  in  1373  commanded  the  rear  of  the  army. 
The  same  year  he  was  in  Flanders,  the  next  year  in  the  wars  in  France,  and 
the  following  year  with  Edmund,  Earl  of  Cambridge,  and  divers  others  of 
the  nobles  in  Brittany,  in  the  service  of  the  Duke  de  Montford.  He  is  said 
by  Froissart  to  have  been  "  a  great  Baron  and  a  good  Knight."  By  his 
will  dated  at  Lanblethian  6th  Nov.  1375,  he  bequeathed  his  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  Abbey  of  Tewkesbury,  near  his  ancestors,  on  the  south  part, 
and  gave  to  Elizabeth  his  wife  his  great  bed  of  "  Camaka-blu,  with 
Griffons,"  as  also  another  bed  of  camaka,  striped  with  white  and  black, 
and  all  the  furniture  belonging  thereto.  Moreover,  to  the  abbot  and  con- 
vent of  the  House  of  Tewkesbury  he  gave  a  whole  suit  of  his  best  vestments, 
as  also  two  gilt  chalices,  and  a  Hanap  gilt,  likewise  the  Ewer  wherein  to  put 
the  Body  of  Christ  on  Corpus  Christi  day  which  was  given  him  by  the 
King  of  France.  He  died  in  his  castle  of  Kaerdiff  nth  Nov.  1375,  and 
was  buried  at  Tewkesbury  before  the  door  of  the  vestry,  near  the  choir,  and 
his  widow  built  for  a  tomb  the  Chapi-1  of  the  Holy  Trinity.1  The  manor 
does  not  appear  amongst  those  assigned  to  the  widow  in  dower.3  She  made  her 
will  4th  July,  1409,  as  Elizabeth  de  Burghersh,  Dame  le  Despenser,  and 
bequeathed  her  body  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  Our  Lady  at  Tewkesbury 

1 1.P.M.,  49  Edw.  III.  pt.  ii.  46.  'Close  Rolls,  50  Edw.  III.,   i,  13. 


ADDENDA.  361 

betwixt  Edward,  Lord  Despencer  (her  husband)  and  Thomas  le  Despencer  her 
son,  appointing  her  interment  to  be  within  three  days  after  her  decease,  and 
that  a  black  cloth  with  a  white  cross  should  be  laid  over  her  corpse,  with 
five  tapers  about  it,  and  no  more,  during  the  office  of  burial ;  likewise  that 
a  stone  of  marble  should  be  placed  over  her  grave  with  her  portraiture 
thereon.  She  also  appointed  that  seven  of  the  most  honest  priests  that 
could  be  found  should  sing  for  her  for  the  space  of  one  whole  year  next 
after  her  death,  and  each  of  them  for  so  doing  should  receive  five  pounds. 
Moreover,  she  willed  that  1,000  masses  should  be  sung  for  her.  To  the 
Lady  Morley,  her  daughter,  she  bequeathed  her  best  chalice ;  to  the  Lady 
Margaret  Ferrers,  her  daughter,  two  chargeons  and  12  dishes  of  silver ;  to 
her  daughter  Philippa  a  bed  of  red  worsted,  with  all  the  furniture  apper- 
taining thereto  ;  and  to  Elizabeth,  her  granddaughter,  daughter  to  the 
above-mentioned  Margaret,  two  other  chargeons,  12  dishes,  and  six  saucers 
of  silver.' 

Her  son  Thomas,  commonly  called  Thomas  Lord  Despencer,  served  in 
Ireland  in  1394,  but  two  years  later  was  with  Edward,  Earl  of  Rutland, 
Thomas  Mowbray,  Earl  of  Nottingham,  and  others,  arrested  at  Nottingham 
and  charged  with  high  treason.  However,  Thomas  did  not  long  remain 
under  a  cloud,  for  in  1397  he  was  created  Earl  of  Gloucester  by  reason  of 
his  descent  from  Gilbert  de  Clare,  viz.,  son  of  Edward,  son  of  Edward,  son 
of  Hugh  (who  in  15  Edw.  II.  was  banished  the  realm),  by  Eleanor,  one  of 
the  sisters  and  coheirs  of  the  said  Gilbert.  It  appears  from  his  petition 
to  Parliament  for  the  revocation  of  the  decree  of  banishment  against  his 
great-grandfather,  Hugh  le  Despencer,  that  this  Hugh  had  no  less  than  59 
lordships  in  various  counties,  28,000  sheep,  1,000  oxen  and  steers,  1,200 
kine  with  their  calves,  40  mares  with  their  colts  of  two  years,  160  draught- 
horses,  2,000  hogs,  3,000  bullocks,  40  tuns  of  wine,  600  bacons,  80  carcasses 
of  Martinmass  beef,  600  muttons  in  his  larder,  10  tuns  of  cider,  armour,  plate, 
jewels,  and  ready  money  upwards  of  £10,000,  36  sacks  of  wool,  and  a  library 
of  books.2 

Thomas,  Earl  of  Gloucester,  married  Constance,  daughter  of  Edmund 
de  Langley,  Duke  of  York,  5th  son  of  Edw.  III.,  and  attended  Rich.  II. 
into  Ireland  in  1398.  The  following  year,  however,  he  was  one  of  the  chief 
of  those  nobles  who  acted  in  the  deposition  of  the  King,  but  the  very  first 
Parliament  of  Hen.  IV.  brought  him  to  account.  He  seems  to  have  been 
in  league  with  the  Earls  of  Kent,  Salisbury,  and  Huntingdon  to  surprise 
King  Henry  at  Windsor,  and  the  plot  leaking  out  he  attempted  flight,  but 
was  caught  at  Bristol  and  taken  to  the  market-place,  and  there  summarily 
beheaded  by  the  rabble  5th  Jan.  1399-1400.  He  was  buried  in  the  choir 
at  Tewkesbury,  and  certain  of  his  lands  (but  not  this  manor)  were  granted 
by  the  King  to  his  widow  Constance,  who  died  in  November,  1416.  Thomas 
and  Constance  left  issue  one  son  Richard,  and  two  daughters,  Elizabeth 
and  Isabel.  Richard  Despencer  married  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of 
Ralph,  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  but  died  at  Merton,  near  London,  yth  Oct. 
1414,  being  then  but  14  years  of  age,  without  issue,  and  was  buried  at 
Tewkesbury  on  the  left  side  of  his  father.  His  widow  became  the  wife  of 
Henry  Percy,  Earl  of  Northumberland.  Elizabeth,  sister  of  Richard 
Despencer,  died  in  childhood,  and  Isabel,  the  other  sister,  was  married  ist 
to  Richard  Beauchamp,  Lord  Bergavenny,  and  afterwards  Earl  of  Worcester, 
and  2ndly  (under  a  special  dispensation  from  the  Pope)  to  Richard  Beau- 
champ,  Earl  of  Warwick. 

'Pr.  loth  Aug.,  1409.  'Dugdale,  Baronage,  397. 


362  ADDENDA. 

This  manor,  however,  does  not  appear  on  Richard  le  Despencer's 
death  to  have  passed  to  his  sister,  but  to  his  aunt,  Anne,  who  had  married 
Sir  Hugh  Hastings,  Knt.,  of  Elsing  and  Gressinghale,  in  Norfolk.  She 
subsequently  married  Thomas,  Lord  Morley,  of  Hingham,  in  Norfolk,  and 
surviving  him,  died  seised  of  this  manor,  as  also  of  Blaxhall,  in  1426. 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VI.  the  manor  passed  to  the  Lewegor  or  Lewgore 
family,  and  amongst  the  Early  Chancery  Proceedings  we  find  an  action  as 
to  a  messuage  and  land  in  Clopton  brought  by  Thomas  Hervy  against  Alice, 
wife  of  John  "  Leweger."1  Amongst  the  wills  proved  at  Ipswich,  1458- 
1477,  is  one  said  to  be  of  one  "  John  Lewood,"  of  Clopton.  The  probability 
is  that  this  name  is  "  Lewgore,"  as  no  one  of  the  name  of  "  Lewood  "  has 
been  found  amongst  the  family  names  of  Clopton.  It  is  clear  that  in  the 
time  of  Edw.  IV.  the  Lewgores  resided  in  the  parish  of  Clopton,  and  a  William 
Lewgore  farmed  Kingshall  Manor.  We  learn  this  from  certain  Early 
Chancery  Proceedings  recording  an  action  as  to  copyhold  lands  in  Clopton 
stated  to  have  been  formerly  held  by  Thomas  Clamston.  The  action  was 
between  Margaret,  widow  of  the  said  Thomas  Clamston,  and  William  Base, 
tenant,  and  William  Lewgore,  stated  in  the  action  to  be  "farmer,  of  Kynees- 
hall  Manor."1 

In  the  time  of  Hen.  VIII.  we  find  the  manor  vested  in  Alice  Lewgore 
(the  wife  of  William  Lewgore),  who  died  seised  of  it  27th  Feb.  1524,*  when 
it  passed  to  her  son  and  heir,  George  or  Gregory  Lewgore,  who  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Edward  Latimer,  of  Freston,  and  died  igth  Jan.  1540,* 
when  it  passed  to  his  cousin  and  heir,  George  or  Gregory  Lewgore.  He 
married  Joane,  daughter  and  coheir  of  John  Frewar,  of  Hadleigh.  In 
1543  a  fine  of  the  manor  was  levied  by  Augustus  Parys,  clerk,  and 
others,  against  this  Gregory  Lewgore,5  and  in  1544  a  claim  was  made  upon 
him  and  his  wife  for  forfeiture  of  the  manor.6  In  1551  George  Lewgore 
sold  the  manor  to  Thomas  Codd,  alderman  of  Norwich,7  who  in  1557  was 
called  upon  to  show  title  to  the  manor.8  However,  he  died  seised  of  the 
manor  in  1558,  when  it  vested  in  his  cousin  and  heir,  Thomas  Codd, 
from  whom  it  passed  to  Thomas  Rous,  son  of  Sir  Anthony  Rous,  of  Henham, 
by  Agnes,  daughter  of  Thomas  Blennerhasset,  of  Frenze  Hall,  co.  Norfolk. 
Thomas  Rous,  in  1562,  was,  like  Thomas  Codd,  called  upon  to  show  title 
to  the  manor,9  but  seems  to  have  been  able  to  show  this  satisfactorily. 
He  appears  to  have  resided  at  Dennington,  and  married  1st  Catherine, 
daughter  and  heir  of  Gyles  Hansard,  of  Lincolnshire,  and  by  her  had  no 
issue.  He  married  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  and  coheir  of  Sir  Nicholas  Hare, 
of  Bruisyard,  Knt.,  Master  of  the  Rolls,  and  by  her  had  issue  Sir  Thomas 
Rous,  his  son  and  successor,  Anthony,  Margaret,  who  married  Henry  Hobart, 
of  Blickling,  co.  Norfolk,  and  Lucy,  and  died  in  1573.  Sir  Thomas  Rous 
the  son  married  Parnel,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Goodwyn,  Knt.,  of  Winchen- 
don,  co.  Bucks.,  and  had  issue  a  son,  Sir  John  Rous.  Sir  John  resided  at 
Henham  Hall,  in  Suffolk,  and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Christopher 
Yelverton,  of  Easton,  co.  Northampton,  Knt.,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  England, 
and  had  issue  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 

'E.C.P.  35-38  Hen.  VI.  26,  126.  'Fine  Mich.  5  Edw.  VI. 

•E.C.P.  5  Edw.  IV.— 49  Hen.  VI.  32,  264.  'Memoranda   Rolls,  4  and  5  Phil,  and  M. 
3 1. P.M.,  16  Hen.  VIII.  16.  Mich.  Rec.  Rot.  48. 

4I.P.M.,  32  Hen.  VIII.  17.  'Memoranda  Rolls,  4  Eliz.  Hill.  Rec.  Rot. 
3  Fine,  Mich.  35  Hen.  VIII.  35. 

•Memoranda    Rolls,  36  Hen.  VIII.  Pas. 
Rec.  Rot.  10. 


ADDENDA.  363 

Sir  John  Rous,  of  Henham  Hall,  the  eldest  surviving  son,  succeeded 
to  the  lordship  of  this  manor  on  the  death  of  his  father  in  1652,  and  was 
advanced  to  the  dignity  of  a  baronet  I7th  Aug.  1660.  He  served  as 
burgess  in  Parliament  for  Dunwich  in  1661,  and  married  ist  Anne,  daughter 
of  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  of  Gillingham,  co.  Norfolk,  Bart.,  by  whom  he  had 
no  issue.  His  2nd  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Knyvett,  of 
Ashwell-Thorp,  co.  Norfolk,  by  whom  he  had,  with  other  issue,  a  son, 
Sir  John,  2nd  Bart.  He  was  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  in  1681,  and  married  ist 
Philippa,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bedingfield,  of  Darsham  Hall,  sister  and 
coheir  of  Thomas  Bedingfield,  and  granddaughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Beding- 
field, Knt.,  one  of  the  judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  the  time  of 
Chas.  I.  He  married  2ndly  Anne,  daughter  of  Robert  Wood,  of  Kingston- 
on-Thames,  co.  Surrey. 

Sir  John  Rous,  2nd  Bart.,  appears  to  have  disposed  of  the  manor  to 
Arnald  or  Arnold  Browne,  for  in  1684  we  find  him  holding  his  first  court. 
He  did  not  long  retain  the  manor,  for  nine  years  later  it  was  vested  in  William 
Betts,  of  Yoxford,  who  held  his  first  court  23rd  Oct.  1693.  It  is  not  unlikely 
that  a  John  Betts  held  before  William,  for  amongst  the  Chancery  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth  we  find  a  claim  by  John  Betts 
against  Margaret  Deaves  and  George  Booke  for  production  of  deeds  relating 
to  Clopton  Hall,  the  main  manor.1 

William  Betts  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Thomas  Mann,  of  Yoxford. 
His  will  is  dated  I7th  Jan.  1708,  and  he  was  buried  at  Yoxford  3rd  Mar. 
1709,  when  the  manor  passed  to  his  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Betts,  who  died 
without  issue  in  1716,  when  the  lordship  vested  in  his  brother  and  heir 
Henry  Betts,  who  married  Elizabeth,  and  died  i8th  Nov.  1721,'  when  it 
passed  to  his  widow  Elizabeth.  She  died  in  1774, J  when  the  manor  passed 
to  Rebecca,  daughter  and  eventual  heir  of  Henry  Betts,4  married  to  Edmund 
Anguish,  from  whom  the  manor  went  to  their  only  child  Anne,  married 
to  Matthew  Raper,  of  Wendover  Dean,  co.  Bucks.,  on  whose  death,  26th 
Nov.  1826,  it  devolved  on  Felix  Vincent  Raper,  a  Lieut.-Col.  in  the  service 
of  the  East  India  Company,  who  held  a  court  for  the  manor  I3th  April, 
1830,  and  again  7th  Sept.  1835,  2oth  May,  1839,  and  his  last  court  3ist  May, 

1849.  He  died  I4th  Nov.  1849,  when  the  manor  passed  under  his  will  to 
his  widow  and  Chas.  Fraser  as  trustees.     They  held  a  court  23rd  May, 

1850.  In  1852,  after  the  widow's  death,  Chas.  Fraser,  as  surviving  trustee, 
sold  this  with  the  three  other  manors  in  Clopton  by  deed  dated  I7th  May, 
1864  (Joseph  Beaumont,  of  Coggeshall,  concurring  in  the  assurance)  to 
Joseph  Erck,  Thomas  Cree  the  younger,  and  Richard  Stevens  in  undivided 
third  shares.      By  deed  dated  4th  June,  1865,  Joseph  Erck  conveyed  his 
undivided  third  share  to  Joseph  Beaumont,  and  by  deed  dated  24th  Feb. 
1871,  the  said  Thomas  Cree,   Richard  Stevens,  and  Joseph  Beaumont 
conveyed  the  whole  of  the  four  manors  to  John  Frederick  Robinson,  of 
Hadleigh. 

By  indenture  dated  loth  Jan.  1872,  John  Frederick  Robinson  conveyed 
the  same  four  manors  to  William  Sidney  Calvert,  of  East  Befgholt.  Ten 
years  later,  by  deed  dated  4th  Jan.  1882,  the  said  William  Sidney  Calvert 
conveyed  the  four  manors  to  Edward  Broughton  Rouse,  M.A.,  LL.D., 
of  Ipswich.  The  parcels  of  the  deed  of  1864,  practically  adopted  in  the 

•C.P.  i.  83.  *  His  son   William   having  died   without 

'Will,  2gth  July,  1721.  issue  in  1771. 

'Will,  Aug.  1771,  proved  zgth  Dec.  1774. 


364  ADDENDA. 

subsequent  assurance,  were  :  "  All  that  the  Manor  or  Lordship  of  Brentha 
alias  Brendhall  in  Clopton  or  elsewhere  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  or  by 
whatsoever  other  name  or  names  the  same  is  or  has  been  called  or  known. 
And  also  all  that  the  Manor  or  Lordship  of  King's  Hall,  alias  Kinshall  in 
Clopton  aforesaid  or  elsewhere,  &c.  And  also  all  that  the  Manor  or  Lord- 
ship of  Rouse  Hall  in  Clopton  or  elsewhere  or  by  whatsoever  other  name  or 
names,  &c.  And  all  that  Manor  or  Lordship  of  Wascolies  alias  Wastcolies 
in  Clopton  aforesaid  or  elsewhere,  as  the  said  manors  are  situate,  lying  and 
extending  in  the  towns,  fields,  and  hamlets  of  Clopton  aforesaid,  and  in 
Otley,  Burgh,  Grundisburgh,  Charsfield,  Debach,  Monewden,  Martlesham, 
Woodbridge,  Hasketon,  and  Helmsley,  or  any  of  them,  or  elsewhere  in 
the  said  county  of  Suffolk,  together  with  all  courts,  royalties,  privileges, 
rights,  members,  and  appurtenances  whatever  to  the  same  respectively 
belonging  or  appertaining." 

Edward  Broughton  Rouse,  by  deed  dated  23rd  May,  1908,  conveyed 
this  manor  and  the  Manor  of  Wascolies  to  William  James  Anton,  of  Bristol, 
and  he,  by  deed  dated  27th  May  following,  conveyed  the  same  in  fee  to 
the  Hon.  Alexander  Hewitt  Kerr,  of  Portland,  Oregon,  United  States  of 
America,  of  the  ancient  family  of  which  the  Marquis  of  Lothian  is  the 
present  representative  in  Scotland.  The  Hon.  A.  H.  Kerr  has  since  conveyed 
the  manor  to  his  son,  Alexander  Thomas  Warwick  Kerr,  who  is  the  present 
lord,  and  heir-apparent  to  the  lordships  of  Kingshall,  Rousehall,  and 
Wascolies. 

The  Court  Rolls  of  this  manor  and  that  of  Wascolies,  eight  in  number, 
commencing  with  the  reign  of  Charles,  and  continuing  complete  up  to  the 
present  time,  are  in  the  possession  of  the  lord  of  the  manor. 

The  fines  are  arbitrary. 

The  custom  of  this  manor  is  that  the  youngest  son  is  heir,  the  widow 
is  entitled  to  one-third  for  dower,  and  forfeiture  is  incurred  for  taking  down 
trees  crn  the  copyholds  without  the  lord's  licence.  On  licence  to  fell  timber 
one-third  of  the  value  is  paid  to  the  lord. 

Some  of  the  customary  freeholders  pay  in  addition  to  the  free  rent  a 
castleward  rent,  and  for  every  penny  of  such  rent  the  lord  takes  on  death 
or  alienation  a  castleward  relief  of  55. 

Courts  were  held  as  follows  :  24th  Oct.  1698  (William  Betts,  lord) ; 
24th  Oct.  1700  ;  6th  Sept.  1703  ;  zgth  March,  1704  ;  3ist  Oct.  1705  ; 
28th  Sept.  1707  ;  2nd  Nov.  1708  ;  8th  Nov.  1709  ;  Thomas  Betts'  first 
court  6th  Nov.  1710  ;  3rd  April,  1712  ;  gth  Nov.  1713  ;  3rd  Feb.  1714  ; 
I4th  April,  1715  ;  3rd  May,  1715  ;  first  court  of  Henry  Betts,  nth  Oct. 
1716  ;  6th  May,  1717  ;  I2th  Nov.  1717  ;  6th  Oct.  1719  ;  3rd  Dec.  1722  ; 
27th  Sept.  1723;  7th  July,  1724;  6th  Dec.  1728;  3rd  Dec.  1731  ;  4th 
Feb.  1732  ;  3Oth  Oct.  1732  ;  ist  Aug.  1737  ;  4th  Aug.  1770  ;  ist  Oct. 
1771  ;  i8th  April,  20  Jac. ;  3rd  Oct.  20  Car.  ;  27th  March,  n  Jac.  ;  I2th 
June,  1660  ;  5th  Oct.  16  Jac.  Courts  have  also  been  held  in  1908  and  1909. 

Arms  of  BURGHERSH  :  Gules,  a  lion  rampant,  double  queued  Or. 
Of  DESPENCER  :  Quarterly,  Or  and  Gu.  in  the  second  and  third  a  fret  Or. 
Of  KERR  :  Azure  on  a  chevron  Argent  between  in  chief  two  Suns  in  splendour 
and  in  base  a  unicorn  rampant  Or,  three  mullets  Gules.  Crest :  Issuant 
from  a  crest  coronet  of  fleurs-de-lis  Argent,  a  demi-figure  representing  an 
angel  proper  vested  and  with  wings  erect  Azure  crined  and  holding  with 


ADDENDA.  365 

both  hands  a  mullet  Or.  Of  LEWGORE  :  Arg.  a  bend  ragulee  Vert.,  betw. 
2  escallops  Gu.  Of  Rous  :  Sable,  a  fesse  dancetter  Or,  between  three 
crescents  Arg. 


Vol.  V.  p.  65.  The  fifth  paragraph  refers,  of  course,  to  the  Old  Hall 
now  pulled  down,  and  not  to  the  present  Hall,  of  which  an  illustration  is 
given,  as  pointed  out,  in  "  The  Athenaeum  "  of  the  igth  Feb.  1910. 


XI 


INDEX  RERUM. 


Alston  Arms,  225 

„      Sir  Joseph,  Will  of,  223 
Alton  H.,  Account  of,  103 
Amor  H.,  View  of,  4 
Arnpton  M.,  Leases  of,  246,  247 
Angervile  Anns,  90 

„         Family,  90 
Anstruther  Arms,  57 
Aspal  Arms,  83 
Audley  Anns,  253 

„      Family,  252 
Bacon  Arms,  298 
,,      Edmund,  Inscription  on,  297 
„  „         Will  of  1553,  294 

.»  »  „        "624,  20 

,,      Family,  294-298 
Badlesmere  Arms,  258 

„          Bartb.  de,  Account  of,  255 
Barker  Arms,  66 
Bavent  Family,  155 
Baynard  Arms,  83 

Beauchamp's   Tower,   Prison   for    State  crimi- 
nals, 185 
Beaumont  Anns,  107 

„          Joseph,  D.D.,  Will  of,  106 
Bentley,  Curious  story  as  to  Farms  at,  n 
Berdewell  Arms,  349 
Bereford  ( ?  Hillary)  Arms,  83 
Bergholt,  Curious  Sign  at  Alehouse  in,  15 
Berners  Arms,  39 

Betts,  William,  Will  of,  1551.  140 
Blosse  Arms,  7,  8 

,,      Thomas,  Effigy  of,  7 
Boitwell  M.,  List  of  Lords  of,  29 
Bokenhara  Family,  276 
Boleyn,    Anne,    Tradition    as    to    disposal    of 

Heart  of,  39 

Boss  H.,  Built  or  Rebuilt  by  Anthony  Bull,  92 
Botiller  or  Butler  Arms,  179 
Boys'  Hospital  founded  by  Jas.  Calthorpe,  250 
Boyton  Arms,  69 

Bradfield  Combust,  Origin  of  name,  25$ 
Breton  Arms,  45 
Brewse  Arms,  116.  118 
Family,  115-118 
Sir  John,  Inscription  on,  116 
Thomas,  Description  of  Effigy  of,  115 
Bright  Arms,  315 

Family,  310-31$ 

„        Portraits  of,  31$ 
Mary,  Will  of,  1743,  3«3-3M 
Robert,  Conveyance  to,  1601,  310 
Thomas,  Conveyance  to,  1711,  311 
„        Will  of,  1713,  312 
..        jun..  Inscription  on  313 
„  „    Will  of,  1713,  312-313 

Browne  Arms,  192 
Brownrigg  Arms,  107 
Buck,  Penalty  exacted  for  killing  a,  $8». 
Bull  Anns,  92 

Bull.  White,  Ceremony  of  the,  358 
Burghersh  Arms,  364 

Bury  St.  Edmunds,  tee  Addenda,  pp.  357-359 
Calthorpe  Arms,  251 
Cardinal  Arms,  19 

Carey,  Sir  Robert,  Action  brought  by,  233 
,,  ,,         in  a  Tournament,  233 


Castleton  Arms,  321 

Catlyn,  Jeremiah,  Will  of,  1694,  275 

Chamberlain  Arms,  279 

Chaplin,  Joseph,  Charitable  Bequests  of,  18 

Clench  Arms,  66,  67 

Clenche,  Sir  John,  Monument  to,  65-66 

Cockerells  Hall  Manor,  139-142 

Coell  Arms,  250 

Coket  or  Cocket  Arms,  250 

Coldham  H.  built  in  1574,  343 

Columbine   H.,   Curious   Note   on,    in   Carey's 

Memoirs,  232 
Combs    Curious  entry  in  Domesday  as  to,  149 

,,        H.  rebuilt  by  O.  Bridgman,  154 
Cook  Family,  117 

Copinger,  Alice,  murdered  at  Fasbourn  Hall  in 
1240,  136 

„          Arms,  139 

„          Family,  131-142 

,,  .,        Letter   in    1717   as   to   anti- 

quity of,  131 

,,          Gregory,  High  Sheriff,  1724,  141 

,,          Hall  or  Court,  135 

„          Henry,  Friend  of  Rev.  Geo.  Ruggle, 

'33 
,,  „      Monument  to,  at  Lavenham, 

•33 

„          John,  Account  of,  132 

,,  ,,      Will  of,  1441,  136 

,,          Walter,  Curious  Grant  to,  132 

„  „       Inscription  on,  132 

„          Sir  William,   Lord   Mayor  of  Lon- 
don, 1512,  132 

„  „  Will  of,  1512,  136 

Cornwall,  Robt.,  E.  of,  Account  of,  149-150 
Court  Rolls  of  Bergholt  described,  i8». 
Creping  H.,  Description  of,  101 
Croftes,  Edmund,  Will  of,  248 
Cropley  Arms,  226 
Custom,  Curious,  at  Bergholt,  14 
Customs,  Curious,  in  Haughley  M.,  205 
Dagworth  Arms,  166 

,,          H.,  King  John  at,  166 

,,          Nicholas  de,  163 
Darcy  Arms,   7 
Davers  Arms,  338 

„      Sir  Charles,  Account  of,  336 
,,      Sir  Jermyn,  Will  of,  1740 
„      Sir  Robert,  Will  of,  1714,  335 
Davillers  Arms,  39 
Davy,  Rev.  Chas.,  Account  of  Writings  of,  220, 

221 

Dcbenham  Arms,  116,  118 
Derehaugh  Arms,  19 
Despencer  Arms,  364 

„          Edward,  Lord,  Account  of,  360 

„          Thomas,  Lord,  Account  of,  361 
Devereux  Arms,  225 
Digby  Arms,  175 

Drinicstone  Rectory  Ho.  built  by  Moseley,  1760, 
264 

,,         M.,  Particulars  of  Sale  of,  263 
Erwarton  H.,  Description  of,  38 

„  „    Peculiar  Gateway  at,  39 

„   View  of,  38 

Essex.  Henry  de.  Tried  for  Treason,  94 
Esturmy  Arms,  139 


11. 


INDEX    RERUM. 


Everett,  Isaac,  Descendants  of,  30*1. 
Ewen  Arms,  279 

Fakenham  Wood,  Settlement  respecting,  74 
Fasbourn  Hall,   131-138 

„  „         Ancient  Mount  at,  135 

,,  ,,         Description  of,  135 

»  „         View  of,  137 

Ferneley  Arms,  161 
Finborough,  Anglo-Saxon  Ode  on  Defence  of, 

168-171 
,,  H.,  Description  of,  174 

,,    Twice  Rebuilt,  173,  174 
Fish,  Curious  Claim  to,  in  1255,  309 
Fishery  Rights,  Action  respecting,  23 
Fish-hawk,  Ancient  Service  of,  $4 
Fiske  Arms,  321 
Folkes  Arms,  321 
Fornham  Hall  Rebuilt,  270 
Forster  Family,  34 
Freston  Arms,  42 

„       Family,  40 

,,       Tower,  Description  of,  41 
Gage,  John,  Account  of,  342 
Gambling,  Estates  lost  by,  n 
Gant,  Gilbert  de,  at  Battle  of  Lincoln,  199 
Gedding  Arms,  279 

„        Family,  272-274 

..        Hall,  Description  of,  278 

„  ,,     Restoration  of,  278 

„  „     Views  of,  272,  273 

„        Manor,  Abstract  of  Court  Rolls,  1607 


Gilbert  or  Gilberd  Arms,  175 

„       ,,        „       Family,  $in. 
Gilbert,  Henry,  Account  of,  173 

,,        Dr.  Will.,  Account  of,  51*. 
Gipping  Chapel,  Erection  of,  185 
,,        H.,  Description  of,  192 
,,          ,,    Inventory  of  Goods  at,  188-190 
,,        M.,  Conveyance  of,  1676,  set  out,  186 
„        River,  192 
Gipps  Arms,  270 
Gislebert,  Rich.,  son  of  Earl,  Curious  Services 

of,  36 

Gloucester,  Thos.,  E.  of,  beheaded,  361 
Goldingham  Arms,  8 

,,  Elizabeth,  Inscription  on,  6 

„  Family,  5-6 

,,  John,  Monument  to,  6 

Gooding  Arms,  42 

.,        Family,  40,  41 
„        Thomas,  Will  of,  40 
Gough  Arms,  251 
Grey  Arms,  34 

„    Sir  Will,  de,  C.J.,  33 
Hall  Arms,  122 
Hargreaves  Arms,  356 
Harland  Arms,  8 
„        Family,  7 

,,        Sir  Robt.,  distinguished  naval  officer,  7 
Haughley  Castle,  Description  of,  197-198 
,,         Manor,  Rental  of,  206-211 
,,         Park,  View  of,  205 
Hayncs  Arms,  200 
Hill  Arms,  139 
Hillary  Arms,  set  Hereford. 
Hintlesham  H.,  Description  of,  56,  57 
,,  ,,    View  of,  62 

„  Priory,  Account  of,  8,  58*. 

,,  .,       Agreement     on     Sale     of, 

1699,  61 

Holbroke  Arms,  67 
Holbrook  Arms,  116 


Hollingswortb,   Mr.,    Fanciful   suggestions  of, 

220 

Honors,  Creation  of,  197 
Houghton  Anns,  147 
I  Heigh  Arms,  342 

Ireland,  King  of  Arms,  Office  of,  created,  177 
Jenny,  John,    Inscription  on,  99 

„  ,,     Verses  by,  99 

Jermyn,  Ambrose,  Will  of,  1577,  332-333 
„        Arms,  338 

„        Sir  Thomas,  Curious  Will  of,  1552,  332 
„  „  Gipps'  Account  of,  333 

„        Thomas,  Will  of,  329,  353 
Keble  Arms,  238 
Kedington  Arms,  325 

„          Family,  324-325 

„          ,  Will  of,  1702,  324 

Kemp,  Robert,  Curious  Letter  of,  in  1690,  74-76 
Kerr  Arms,  364 
Kcrridge  Arms,  84 

„        Family,  81,  82 

..        Capt.  Thos.,  Grant  of  Arms  to,  84 
Kilkenny  Castle,  1391,  177 
Lambe,  Thomas,  Singular  Epitaph  on,  16 
Latimer  Arms,  116 

,,         John,  Ld.,  in  "  Pilgrimage  of  Grace,"  65 
Lavenham  Church,  Verses  on,  133 
Le  Heufe  Arms,  298 

,,        Michael,  Inscription  on.  297 
Lewgore  Arms,  365 
L'Isle  Arms,  57 
Littel  Arms,  102 
Lloyd  Arms,  57 

,,      Harriet,  Charitable  Bequests  of,  56 
Loveday,  Roger,  engaged  in  a  Trial  in  1275,  89 
Lovell,  Sir  Thomas,  Statute  touch.,  256,  257 
Lupercalia,  Ancient  Festival  of,  358 
Market,    Petition    to   Parliament   respecting   a, 

23-» 
Marriage  Custom,  Ancient,  14 

Mausoleum  at  Felsham  Hall,  266 

Moat  dug  at  King's  Hall,  326 

Monks  Horton  Priory  founded,  198 

Morley,   Alice,    Lady,   Curious   Will   of,    1518, 

M4-M5 

„          ,,      Epitaph  on,  145 
Elizabeth,  Lady,  Inscription  on,  144 
Family,  142,  143.  "43"- 
Henry,  Lord,  Account  of,  143 
Will.,  Lord,  Epitaph  on,  144 
Murder  of  Princes  in  the  Tower  examined,  182- 

185 
Muskctt  Arms,  196 

,,        Henry,  Grant  of  Arms  to,  in  1576,  193 
Necton  Hall,  Situation  of,  253 
Nerford  Arms,  118 
North  Arms,  175 
Onehouse  H.,  Description  of,  219,  220 

,,  „    Origin  of  Name,  219 

Ormond,  Jas.,  E.  of,  Account  of,  177-178 
Ositha,  Martyrdom  of.  229 
Pukenham  Arms.  315 

,,          John  de,  Blomefield's  Note  on,  309 
„          Manor,  Early  Customs  in,  303 
Paley  Arms,  251 
Parker  Arms,  39 

,,       Sir  Philip,  High  Sheriff,  37 
,,      Col.  Windsor,  Account  of,  320 
Partridge  Family,  84 
Pettiward  Arms,  175 

Roger,  Account  of,  174 
Pipard  Arms,  57 
Plantagenet,  Richard,  Account  of,  199 


INDEX    RERUM. 


in. 


Powys,  Richard,  M.P.,  Account  of,  56 

Presseneys  Arms,  342 

Rattlesden  M.,  Sale  Particulars  of,  263 

Ray,  R.,  Curious  Letters  of,  194-196 

Raynforth  Arms,  352 

Reade  Anns,  102 

Reppes  Arms,  236 

Reydon,  Robt.  de,  Inquisition  on,  1323,  71-72 

Reymes  or  Raimes  Arms,  48 

,,        ,,        ,,       Family,  Note  on,  I2O». 
Riddlesworth  Arms,  279 
Rivett,  James,  Inscription  on,  1587,  148 
Rochford  Arms,  83 
Rokewode  Arms,  342 

„          Gage,  Writings  of,  342 
Ros,  Lord  de,  Family,  256 
Rosse  Arms,  83 
Rougham  Hall,  View  of,  323 
Rous  Arms,  365 
Rush  Arms,  76 
Rushbrooke  Arms,  338 

„  Family,  3$6n. 

,,  Hall,  Description  of,  337 

„  Pedigree  of,  331 

„  Robt.,  M.P.,  Account  of,  337 

Rust  Arms,  231 
St.  Cleer  Arms,  260 
St.  Osith,  Martyrdom  of,  229 
St.  Osyth  Abbey,  Origin  and  History  of,  229-230 
St.  Philibert  Arms,  116 
Samford  Hundred,  1-128 

,,        Map  of,  i 

„        Parishes  and  Manors  of,  I,  2 

,,        Unidentified  Entries  of,  126-128 
Scott,  J.  N.,  Strange  Dream  of,  266 
Scrope  Arms,  116 
Shardelowe  Arms,  116 
Shetland  M.,  Description  of,  in  a  Deed,  224 
Shelley  H.,  Description  of,  82 

„         ,,    View  of,  82 
Shelton,  Maurice,  Debts  of,  74 

„  „        Will  of,  73 

Skippon  Arms,  96 

,,        Family,  95 

,,        Sir  Philip,  at  Battle  of  Naseby,  95 
Spring  Arms,  305,  307 

,,       Elizabeth,  Inscription  on,  1678,  306 

„       Family,  Origin  of,  304 

„      James,  Inscription  on,  1483,  304 

,,       Sir  Will.,  Inscription  on,  1654,  305 

»  »  »  >,    '684,  306 

Stow  Hundred,  130-242 
»  ••         Map  of,  130 

„  ,,        Parishes  and  Manors  of,  130 

Strange  Arms,  346 
Stutton  H.,  Description  of,  100 
Suane  of  Essex.  Ancestry  of,  94 
Suffolk  Dun  Polls  preserved  at  Gedding  Hall, 

279 

„       Will,  E.  of,  Inquis.  p.m.  on,  200-201 
Sulyard  Arms,  211,  242 
,,        Family,  202-206 

„        Sir  Edward,  imprisoned  under  Crom- 
well, 204 
Talbot  Family,  53 

,,      John,  Hollingsworth's  Account  of,  164 
,,          ,,     Inscriptions  on,  165 


Tateshale  Arms,  84 

Tatshall  or  Tateshall,  Robt.  de,  Account  of,  79 

"  Tattingstone  Wonder  "  built  by  Thos.  White, 

106 
Thedwestry  Hundred,  243-356 

„  „         Map  of,  130 

„  „         Parishes  and  Manors  of, 

243-244 

Thorpe  Arms,  83 
Tibetot  Arms,  116 
Tilney  Arms,  83,  84 

„       Family,  81 
Timperley  Arms,  57 

„  Family,  SIH.,  54,  55 

,,          Henry,  ruined  by  South  Sea  Scheme, 

56 

,,          Sir  Thos.,  Inscription  on,  55 
Tollemache  or  Talmache  Family,  9-13 

,,  History  of,  criticised  by  Freeman,  9 

Tyrell  Arms,  192 

,,      Charles,  Interesting  Lease  by,  191 

„     Edmund,  Curious  Note  on  Mortgage  by, 

190 

,,     Pedigree  of,  182 
„      Sir  James,  Account  of  Murder  of  Princes 

by,  182 

,,      Thomas,  Debts  of,  186,  190 
„     Sir  Walter,  181 

Vaux,  &c.,  Manor,  Curious  Description  of,  118 
Vesey  Arms,  63 

,,     Charles,  Deed  on  Marriage  of,  1630,  59 

,,      Frances,  Affidavit  of,  1691,  60 

,,      Will.,     Agreement     of,     with     Shelley 

Wankford,  62 
Villiers  Arms,  237 
Visdelieu  Arms,  87 

,,        Family,  86 
Wakerley  Arms,  279 

„         Family,  277-279 
„          Rarity  of  Surname  of,  277 
Walsingham,  George,  Baron,  Burnt  to  Death, 

34 

„  Thos.,  Baron,  Pension  of,  33 

Ward,  John,  Claim  of,  in  Chancery,  125 
Water-mill,  Grant  of  a,  230 
Welbrck  Arms,  48 
Wenham,  Little,  H.,  Description  of,  112 

„  „        „   View  of,  1 10 

Wentworth  Family,  246 
Western  Family,  106 

Wetherden  H.,  erected  by  Sir  John  Sulyard,  242 
„          H.  M.,  Rental  of,  1750,  set  out,  240- 

242 

Whettell,  Will.,  Monument  to,  249 
\Vhite  Arms,  107 

Will,  Costs  in  connection  with,  in  1557,  2i8«. 
\Vilton  Arms,  116 
Wingfield  Arms,  116 
Wollaston  Arms,  175 

,,          Rev.  Will,  Account  of,  173-174 
Woolverstone  H.,  Description  of,  125 

„  Park,  Account  of,  125 

Wright  Arms,  42 
Young  Arms,  258 

„      Dr.  Arthur,  Page's  Remarks  on,  258 

„         „       Writer  on  Agriculture,  257 


INDEX    LOCORUM. 


Abbot's  Bridge.  135 

Abbot's  Mill,  268 

Abington,  co.  Camb..  106 

Acres,  143 

Acton,  72*.,  73,  76,  77,  120, 
121,  121*.,  132,  165,  325 

Acton,  co.  Middx..  46 

Acton  Burnell,  204 

Agincourt,  96 

Akenham,  331 

Albcmarlc,  &c.,  Abbey,  3 

Albury  H.,  co.  Herts.,  106 

Albury  Park,  342 

Aldeby  H.  M.,  250*. 

Alders  M.,  179 

Alderton,  200,  210 

Aldh.im.  14,  58*. 

Algarkirk  H.,  co.  Line.,  337 

All  Hallows,  co.  Kent,  133 

Alphamstone,  co.  Essex,  117 

Alphcton  M.,  350,  350*. 

Alrys,  120 

Alsildeston,  98 

Altamounton  Spettel  or  Bent- 
ley  M.,  13 

Alton  H.  M.,  2,  98,  103 

Alvcrdiscott,  co.  Devon,  95 

Amer,  &c.,   H.   M.,   i,  3-4 

America,  336*.,  364 

Ampton,  46,  243,  245-25>,  3°7, 
345-346*. 

Anjou.  165 

Aquitaine,  114,  165 

Arborfield,  co.  Berks.,  355 

Arcot,  7 

Ardleigh,  co.  Essex,  117 

Argents  M.,  2,  102 

Arundel,  177 

Ash  Bricking.  30*.,  40 

Ashdon,  co.  Essex,  249,  325 

Ashfield,  242 

Ashton,  co.  Lane.,  343 

Ashwell  Thorpe,  80,  363 

Aspall,  ti6 

Athilburgh  Ch.,  17 

Attleburgh,  80 

Ayr,  N.B.,  192 

Babergh  Hund..  I,  17*.,  49, 
68,  68*.,  69*.,  72*.,  73*., 
A  77,  97,  I20-I2I*.,  148, 
233*-,  243,  274*-,  3'9»-, 
34i,  343,  350*. 

Bablyshew,  293 

Bacton,  150,  162,  210,  213,  226 

Badgecroft,  292 

Badingham,  7,  23,  54,  160, 
160*.,  235*. 

Radlcrsmere,  255 

Badley,  16,  154,  155,  233-234, 
269 

Hadmondisfirld  M.,   173*. 

Badwcll  Ash,  297 

Bagges,  280,  285 

Balcaskic,  co.  Fife,  38,  56 


Baldmanscroft,  282,  28$ 
Bangerston,  co.  Pemb.,  341 
Bantonfeld,  282 
Barbadoes,  323,  335 
Bardfield  Magna,  82 
Bard  well,  330-333 
Barking,  81,  154*.,  331 
Barkingham.  co.  Norf..  99 
Barley,  co.  Herts.,  175 
Barnelmes.  204 
Barnham,  248 
Barningham,  324 
Barrardys  M.,  214 
Barringham  M..  73*. 
Barrow,  312 

Barrowden,  co.  Rut.,  172 
Barsham,  23,  113*. 
Barton.  247,  253,  309,  310,  330 
Barton,  Gt.,  243,  252-253,  276, 

3'°,  33«,336». 
Barton,  Little,  331 
Barton  Mere,  295 
Basse  M.,  co.  Herts.,  222 
Bath,  101,  174,  175 
Bat  lie  or  Barelics,  312 
Battisford,  21,  237 
Battle  Abbey,  131,  360 
Bavents  M.,  129,  149,  155-157 
Bawdsey,  152-153 
Baylham,  130,  240 
Baynard's  Castle  Honor,  339 
Baythorn  Pk.,  co.  Essex,  135 
Bayton,  295 
Beam  Close,  281 
Beauchamp's  Tower,  185 
Beaufort,  334 
Beaulieu,  185 
Beck-holt,  14 
Bedall,  co.  York,  172 
Bedford,  55 

Bedford,  co.,  145,  302,  345 
Beeston,  co.  Norf.,  320 
Begatona,  254 
Beighton  or  Beyton,  243,  254, 

294,  296,  310,  344 
Belaugh,  co.  Norf.,  348 
Belnei  (?),  126 
Belphin's,  280 
Belstead,  34,  93 
Belstead,  Gt.,  or  Washbrooke, 

i,  3-4,  34 
Belstead,  Little,  i,  3,  5-8,  117, 

121 

Belstead,  co.  Essex,  322 
Bemans  M.,  307 
Benetleygh,  72 
Benhall,  42*.,  76,  82,  190 
Bentley,  i,  9-13,  35,  no,  115, 

ttl 

Beoly,  co.  Wore.,  204 
Bercolt,  see  Bergholt. 
Berdhedds,  291 
Berelands,  283,  291 
Bergavenny,  155,  177 


Bergholt,  East,  i,  14-22,  24, 
»5.  28,  3',  38,  47,  53,  64,  7<>, 
7',  77,  79,  85,  95,  97,  104- 
106,  108-111,  119,  126-128, 

363 

Bcria,  119,  122 
Bcrkhampstead  M.,  199 
Berking,  168 
Berks,  co.,  355 
Bermuda,  W.I.,  106 
Bernard's  Inn,  75 
Bern  ham,  300 
Bersted,  co.  Essex,  259 
Beyton,  see  Beighton. 
Bhurtpore,  320 
Bigpons  Ten.,  293 
Bildeston,  82,  262,  266*. 
Birch,  230 
Birne  H.  M.,  122 
Bishopscroft,  309 
Blackbourn  Hund.,  37*. ,  73*., 

961.,     129,     201,     222,     222*., 

243,  248,  262*.,  264*.,  295, 
300-301,  308,  309*.,  326*., 

327,  332*.,  344*. ,  346,  355*. 
Blackmere,  165,  200 
Blacksaltes,  280,  284 
Blakcnham,  Little,  118 
Blakeshall,  131*. 
Blaxhall,  40,  217*.,  362 
Bletso,  co.  Beds.,  145 
Blickling,  co.  Norf.,  362 
Bloxwith,  Gt.,  173 
Blythford    M.,    213*.,    264*., 

3S5«- 
Blything  Hund.,  in*.,  213*., 

264*.,  301,  355*. 
Bocking  M.,  151*. 
Bodmin,  38 
Bogeys,  287 
Boislcdne,  204 
Boitwell   or  Boyton  H.   with 

Groats  M.,  2,  28-29 
Bolesover  Castle,  176 
Bollys,  291 

Bolom  M.,  co.  Northd.,  120*. 
Bond's  Croft,  288 
Bonds  H.  M.,  2,  42 
Bonington,  co.  Kent,  too 
Bononia,  see  Boulogne. 
Boos  Hall,  91 
Bordeaux,  165 
Bordeshaw    or    Bradshaw    or 

Bosford  at.  Boss  H.  M.,  2, 

91-92 

Boresplace,  co.  Kent,  132 
Borouphbridge,  255 
Bosmcrc  and  Claydon  Hund., 

i,    u,    13,    25*.,    30*.,    33, 

5*w..     65*.,    89,     too,     129, 

151*.,  154*.,  155,  156*.,  158, 

233-234,  236*. 
Boss  H.  M.,  26*.,  92 
Boston,  co.  Line.,  15 


INDEX   LOCORUM. 


v. 


Bosworth,  147,  172 

Botelers,  345 

Boulogne  Honor,  176,  197,  240 

Bowen  H.  M.,  2,  122 

Boxford,  337 

Boxstead,  233*.,  301,  331 

Boyland  Hall,  249,  352 

Boyton,  2,  24,  28,  55,  68,  69, 

69*.,  no,  129,  179 
Brabant,  204 

Bradfield,  153,  254-261,  287 
Bradfield   Combust,   243,   254- 

258,  274,  330,  333 
Bradfield    Monks,    274,    281, 

286,294,  295,  330,  332,  333 
Bradfield  St.  Clare,  84,  243, 

254,  259-260,  330,  333 
Bradfield  St.  George,  243,  254, 

260-261 

Bradfield,  co.  Essex,  350 
Braham  H.,  i,  23-24,  105 
Braintree,  co.  Essex,  66 
Bramford,  16,  25,  26,  91,  161 
Brandeston,     2,     45,      142;;.. 

2i7»->  353 

Brandon  Ferry,  302 

Brantham,  i,  15,  19,  22-24, 
101,  105,  no 

Branthram  (  ?),  98 

Branton,  co.  Northd.,  192 

Brantonfeld,  284 

Brasiers  al.  Thorney  Mom- 
piers  M.,  129,  161,  238 

Braybrooke  Ch.,  277 

Brend's  Place,  291 

Brendwenham,  72 

Brent  Eleigh,  120,  inn.,  304 

Brentba    al.    Brendhall    M., 

359-365 

Brent  Pelham,  145 
Bressingham,  co.  Norf.,  249 
Brest,  144 

Brett,  River,  82,  243 
Brettenham,     136,     138,     141, 

156,   1571.,  260,  26o«.,  282, 

283,  288,  289,  291 
Bretton's,  44 
Bricett,  Gt.,  89,  147 
Bricett  Priory,  180 
Bridge  Place  M.,  i,  24 
Bridges  Highfeld,  285,  292 
Briggescroft,  285 
Briggs,  280 

Brightlingsea,  co.  Essex,  43 
Brigbtwell,  99 
Brimsfield,  155 
Bringley's  Grove,  260 
Brinton,  145 
Brisingham,  24 
Bristol,  95,  255,  361,  364 
Brittany,  144,  360 
Brockdish,  co.  Norf.,  146 
Brockley,  245,  325,  345 
Brodewaye,  284 
Broke  H.  M.,  i2«.,  42,  64». 
Brokes,  i,  25-26,  91,  23in.,  238 
Brome,  36,  37,  37*. 
Bromehall  Ho.,  co.  Norf.,  141 
Brook  H.  M.,  243,  266-267 
Brookes  al.  Whiney  Close,  187 
Bmckley  Bond  M.,  2 
Bruges,  i6o». 
Bruisyard,  55,  362 


Brunanburgh,  168 
Bubsalyscroft,  285 
Buckenham  C.,  79,  80 
Bucks,  co.,  37,  331,  336,  362, 

363 

Buckler's  Bond  M.,  45 

Bull  Meadow,  290,  292 

Bulls,  291 

Bumstead,  co.  Essex,  160 

Bumsteds,  291 

Bungay  Castle,  112 

Bures,  69*1. 

Burgate  Ch.,  10 

Burgh,  364 

Burghersh,  co.  Sussex,  360 

Burnt  Wenham,  77 

Burrards  Hall,  324 

Burstall,  i,  iiw.,  25-27,  89 

Burston,  co.  Surrey,  260 

Burt's  Manor,  i73». 

Bury  St.  Edmunds,  33,  135, 
138,  141,  146,  166,  174,  187, 
190,  197,207,218,223,  243, 
245,  246,  248,  255,  256,  259, 
260,  268,  276,  277,  278,  286, 
287,  294-295«.,  298,  3oi»., 

303.  305,  307,  3".  3«2,  3'4, 
317,  320,  320M.,  324,  326, 

329.  330,  333-336«.,  338,35'. 
357-359 

Bury  Abbey,  173,  217,  239,  252, 
254,  255,  260,  261,  286,  303, 
3°7.  3«9.  3«°,  322.  325-327, 
33°,  346,  347,  357,  358 

Bushey  Close,  207 

Bushoppesclose,  285 

Butley,  15,  I3in.,  173,  175,  193 

Buxhall,  54n.,  59-6o».,  62, 
114,  129-149,  173,  174,  176, 

179,  210-212,  217,   225,  264, 
281,  283,  288,  317,  319,  355«. 

Byall  Fenn,  co.  Camb. ,  37 
Bylston,  279,  288,  289,  291 
Cachefache,  246 
Caistor,  co.  Norf.,  68 
Calais,  143,  177 
Caldecot  H.  M.,  219*. 
Caldecotes  M.,  129,  219-221 
Caldewell,  120 
Callys,  295 
Calo-Wetuna,  126 
Caltham  M.,  2,  118 
Calthorp  H.  M.,  248 
Calthorpe,  co.  Norf.,  37,  250, 

3°7 

Calthorpe,  co.  Oxford,  172 
Cambridge,   11,  29,  30*.,  37, 

52,   68,    82,    106,    1 16,    I2i, 

I25,    '33,    '33"->    '35,    l66, 

180,  223,  225,  249,  253,  317, 

35« 
Cambridge,  co.,  304,  347 

Campsey  Abbey,  236 
Campsey  Ash,  40,  236 
Canada,  336 
Canapetuna,  32 
Canteleons  M.,  179 
Canterbury,  117,  118,  177,  255, 

257 
Cantilupes  al.  Cantelowes  al. 

Cantelos  M.,  129,  176-179 
Cantys,  341 


Capel,  15,  24,  35«.,  72,  97,  105, 

114,  117,  118 
Capel  St.  Mary,  2,  28-31 
Capellys  al.  Felsham  H.  M., 

260 

Cardons,  &c.,  M.,   129,  237 
Carisbrook  Castle,  182 
Carlford  Hund.,  3,  43,  64*1., 

77«.,  88,90,93*.,  115*.,  359 
Carlisle,  79,  176 
Cartheward,  286 
Cassenhall,  I3iw. 
Castel's  M.,  2,  30 
Castillon,  165 
Catleye,  co.  Camb.,  347 
Catnade,  no 
Catts,  187 
Causton  Ch.,   235 
Chadgrave  M.,  153 
Chamberleyns  M.,  274». 
Chantry  House,  248 
Charles  M.,  ii». 
Charsfield,  364 
Chattesham,  2,  31,  581.,  114 
Chavents  M.,  243,  326-327 
Checkley,  195 
Chediston,  301 
Chelmington,  105 
Chelmondiston,  2,  32,  44 
Chelmsford,  87,  102,  261 
Chelsea,  19,  269 
Chelsworth  M.,  65 
Chemonton,  120 
Cherry  Ground,  56 
Chester,  204,  255,  360 
Chester,  co.,  38,  54 
Cheteboe,  325 
Chevington,  325,  347 
Chevins  Wood,  294,  295 
Chiche,  268,  355 
Chick,  230 

Chiddingstone,  co.  Kent,  360 
Chilham  Castle,  255 
Chilton,  49,  211,  227,  228 
Chinery's  Hills,  207 
Chinsall  Wood,  260 
Chirches,  290 

Churchford  H.  M.,  2,  29-30 
Church  House  M.,  i 
Cinque  Ports,  360 
Clapham,  76 

Clapkin  M.,  co.  Sussex,  155 
Clare,  147 
Clare  Honor,  25 
Claughton  H.,  co.  Lane.,  342 
Clauncheferme,  17 
Clavering,  co.  Essex,  100 
Claxton,  Gt.,  co.  Essex,  24 
Claxton,  co.  Norf.,  37 
Clay  Close,  225 
Clements  M.,  129,  237 
Clenchewarten  Ch.,  71 
Clopton,  3,   43,  243,  319-320, 

359,  36o,  362-364 
Cloversand  Hoggars,  209 
Clowton,  209 
Cobles  Pightells,  224 
Cockens,  282 
Cockerells  M.,  59,  6on.,   129, 

131,  139-142,  176 
Cockfield,  i7».,  105,  264 
Cockins,  291 
Cocksall  M.,  133,  134 


INDEX    LOCORUM. 


Coekshott  Wood,  187 
Corkthorp,  ro.  Norf.,  249 
Coddenham,  120 
Coggcshall,  122,  206,  231,  363 
Cogmans,  138 
Cogsctt  Gardens,  138 
Cokcltes,  248 
Coko  Street,  280 
Colchester,    12,   48,    JIM.,    76, 
80,  81,    113,    161,   259,   277, 

33<> 

Cold  H.  M.,  343 
Coldbam.  243,  288,  289,  341- 

343 

Coldham  Land,  290 
Coleshill,  co.,  Warw.,  172 
Colkirk,  co.  Norf.,  56 
Colneis  Hund.,  12*1. ,42,  109*1., 

161,  23 in.,  238 
Colquhoun,  102 
Columbine   H.    M.,    129,   231- 

234,  237*1. 
Combs,  129,  I49-I55>  >73>  '79. 

231,234,  235,  264,  266*1. 
Commandry  al.  St.  John's  M., 

1,15,  20-21 
Conyers  Green,  253 
Cookes  Meadow,  187 
Cookfield.  277 
Cookins,  283 
Coombe,  co.  Sussex,  12 
Coopers-in-Newton,  208 
Copdock,  2,  4,   10,  33-35,  93, 

118,  120,  244,  352 
Copdock  H.,  co.  Essex,  265 
Copford  Church,  12 
Copinger  Hall  or  Ct.,  135 
Cork,  278 
Cornwall,  co.,   182,   184,  305, 

333 

Corsham,  33 
Gorton,  310 
Cosbak  M.,  53 
Cosford    Hund.,    461.,    721., 

81*1.,      129,     I54».,     157*1., 

iSon.,  243,  260*1.,  262,  265- 

267,  308».,  345*1. 
Cossey,  co.  Norf.,  204 
Cotton,  195,  213 
Covel,  208 
Coventry,  146 
Coward's  Croft,  287 
Cowling,  15,  156*.,  347*1. 
Cowper's  Croft,  286 
Craneborne  Chase,  178 
Cravens  M.,  2131. 
Creak,  N.,  co.  Norf.,  151 
Creeling,  209,  235 
Greeting  All  Saints,  65*.,  158 
Creeling  St.  Peters,  129,  158- 

161 

Creeling  West,  159,  161,  166 
Creping  M.,  2,  23*.,  100-101, 

105 
Cressingham,  co.  Norf.,  236, 

324 

Cressy,  256,  360 
Cretingham,  16*1.,  154 
Crimea,  258 
Crowe  H.  M.,  2,  102 
Crowfield,  66 
Crow's  H.,  81,  348 
Cuckstall  Fields,  207 


Culford,  247,  346 

Culpho,  124 

Dagworth,   129,   162-166,   195, 

196,  215 
D.illiam.  355 
Dallinghoo,    23*.,    200,    225, 

226 

Dalmer.  246 
Dangevilles  M.,  2,  90 
Darsham,  4,  37,  125,  363 
Dariford,  co.  Kent,  4,  6,  45, 

156 

Davington  Ct.,  co.  Kenl,  133 
Dawley  M.,  co.  Middx.,  133 
Dawos,  208 
Debach,  211,  364 
Debden,  41 

Debenham,  81,  181,  348 
Debons,  285 
Dedham,  113,  277 
Delapre  Abbey,  324 
De  Montford  Ho.,  102 
Demseys  or  Farmers,  209 
Denham,  112 
Dennington,  6,  294,  362 
Denston  M.,  \^<»t.,  321,  3211. 
Deny's   and    Helhouse   Lands 

al.  Beames,  2,  28-29 
Depden,  248 
Derby,  co.,  176,  334 
Dersingham    M.,    co.    Norf., 

3°9 

Devil's  Ditch,  36 

Devon,  co.,  16,  95,  172,  174 

Dickleborough,  co.  Norf.,  24 

Didlington,  co.  Norf.,  235,  324 

Dilhorne  H.,  co.  Staffs.,  106 

Diss,  276 

Ditchingham,  co.  Norf.,  100 

Dixmude,  143 

Dodnash,  i,  9,  11-13,  45 

Doncaster,  275 

Donyland,  Gt.,  H.,  113 

Dormisden,  210,  211 

Dorsei,  co.,  178 

Dover  Casile,  197,  237,  360 

Dowes  Close,  289 

Drinkslone,  139,  146,  223,  226, 
231,  243,  262-264,  266,  274, 
275,  288,  294-296,  317,  320, 

330,  335.  35S 
Drystock,  co.  Rut.,  172 
Dublin,  222 
Dumfries,  co.,  106 
Dungarvan  Barony,  165 
Dunham,  347 

Dunmow  Ch.,  222,  262,  267 
Dunningworth  M.,  264,  3551. 
Dunton,  co.  Essex,  341 
Dunwich,  131*1.,  363 
Durham,  co.,  102,  304 
Earl  Hanningfield  Ch.,  265 
Earl's  Colne  Priory,  101 
Earl's  H.  M.,  17*1.,  105 
Earl  Stonham,  236 
Eastgate  Barns  M.,  359 
Easl  Indies,  7 
Eastlings-in-Newton,  208 
East  Looe,  co.  Cornwall,  333 
Easton,  co.  Northampton,  362 
Easlon  Gosbeck  Ch.,  120 
Easlon,  Little,  222 


East  Ruddon,  co.  Devon,  172 
Easl  wood,  co.  Glos.,  46 
Eddington,  co.  Wilts.,  263 
Ederidds,  281 

Edgbaston,  co.  Warw.,  250 
Edgefield,  co.  Norf.,  34,  333 
Edgehill,  18 
Edminestuna,  126 
Edwardestone,  81,  259 
Egham,  38 

Elde    al.    Oldhall    al.    Old- 
haugh  and  Le  Hoo  M.,  243, 

325-327,  333 
Eldon,  142 
Elmham  S.,  301 
Elmsett,  61,  62,  141 
Elmswell,  250,  264*1.,  348,  355, 

355"- 

Elsing,  co.  Norf.,  142,  362 
lOhliam,    129 
Elveden,  279 
Elvetham,    co.    Hants.,    250, 

307 

Ely  Abbey,  299 
Ely  Diocese,  243,  317 
Endryers,  290 
Eresby,  186 
Erith,  co.  Kenl,  24711. 
Erslangg  Parva  Ch.,  226 
Erveston     al.     Torslun     al. 

Toi's  Hill,  228,  229 
Erwarton,  2,  18,  i8w.,  32,  36- 

39,  41,  42,  44,  45,  87,  100, 

109*1.,  123,  125 
Escefella,  216 
Esenden,  co.  Rut.,  172 
Essex,  co.,  6,   19,  23,  24,  30, 

3«>  34,  37,  40,  4»,  43,  55.  58. 
58*1.,  62,  66,  76,  80,  82,  94, 
96,  loo,  101,  106,  109,  113, 
117,  119,  121,  134,  135,  144, 
148,  150,  160,  171*1.,  175, 
181,  182,  186,  198,  206,  218, 
222,  223,  229,  231,  249,  259, 
261,  262,  265,  304,  3<>5>  3>o, 
322,  324,  325,  331,  333, 
336*1.,  345,  346,  350 

Eton  College,  31 

Euston,  54 

Evesham,  171 

Ewell,  co.  Surrey,  99 

Exeter,  142 

Eye  Castle,  200 

Eye  Honor,  5 

Eye  Manor,  200 

Eyke,  264 

Fakons  H.  M.,  53*1. 

Fakenham,  Gt.,  331,  336*1. 

Fakenham  Wood,  74,  75 

Fasbourn  Hall,  114,  131-138 

Faulkbourn,   co.   Essex,   265, 

277 

Fawley,  co.  Hants.,  34 
Felbrigge,  co.  Norf.,  33 
Felchurch,  4 
Felix  H.,  co.  Essex,  106 
Felsham,   179,  226,  243,  261- 

263,  265-267,  274,  275,  276, 

280,  287-289,  291,  292,  330 
Felstead,  co.  Essex,  171*1. 
Fen  Farm,  56 
Fenn  H.  M.,  129,  131,  147-148, 

3'7,  3'9 


INDEX   LOCORUM. 


VII. 


Ffyshcroft,  291 
Fife,  co.,  38,  56 
Finborough,    Gt.,    (x)n.,    129, 
138,    140,   167-179,   194,   196. 

212,  214W.,   219,  228,   233 

Finborough,   Little,    129,    138, 

179-180 
Fincham,  81 
Finningham  M.,  253 
Firle,  co.  Sussex,  194,  268 
Flanders,  143,  160*.,  186,  204, 

360 

Flempton,  192,  300 
Flixton,  46,  150 
Flore  Ch.,  277 
Flow-ton.  59,  60,  62,  141 
Fold  Hall,  195 
Folsham,  207 
Forfar,  co.,  206 
Forncett  St.  Peters,  312 
Fornham,  253,  270 
Fornham  All  Saints,  263,  269, 

3'7 
Fornham  St.  Genevieve,  198, 

215*1.,  243,  268-271 
Fornham  St.  Martin,  330 
Forton  ( ?),  309 
Foston,  co.  Line.,  270 
Foxhole  M.,  64 
Framlingham,  82,  166,  202 
Framlingham  Castle,  13,  112, 

198 
France,  3,  43,  61,  141,  i43"-» 

165,  182,  239,  256,  360 
Freemantle,  co.  Hants.,  38 
Frenze  H.,  co.  Norf.,  362 
Fressingfield,  105 
Freston,    2,   40-42,   44,    103*., 

105,  120,  362 
Fritton,  2i9». 
Frogmore,  co.  Hants.,  56 
Frostenden,  161 
Furneaux  M.,  345". 
Furneux  M.,  301 
Gallows-fields,  196,  208 
Gascony,  360 
Gatles,  295 
Gaunt,  358 
Gawdy  Hall,  305 
Gedding,  30,  243,  263,  272-293, 

3'9,  3'9"- 

Gedding,  co.  Kent,  274 
Gedgrave,  18 

Geldham  H.,  co.  Essex,  76 
Genoa,  178 
Germie  M.,  1 14 
Gersyngdon,  20 
Giffard's  H.  M.,  49 
Gifford's  H.,  68,  68».,  201 
Gillesland,  14; 
Gillingham,  co.  Norf.,  363 
Gippesfeld,  287,  353 
Gipping,  7,  129,  174,  181-192, 

209,  211,  212,  225,  231-232, 

235,  236,  314 
Gipping  River,  192,  243 
Glamorgan,  co.,  356 
Glemham  Ho.,  317,  319,  347 
Glemsford,  324 
Glevering  H.  M.,  26*.,  92*1. 
Gloucester,  132,  182,  184 
Gloucester,  co.,  46,  205,  320 
Goldingham  H..  co.  Essex,  6 

YI 


Goldingham's  M.,  co.  Norf.,  5 
Goodrich,  165 
Goodwingscroft,  290 
Gosfield,  co.   Essex,   186,  218, 

265 

Gouldstons,  co.  Essex,  249 
Grange,  The,  Colchester,  38 
Grantham,  35 
Gray's  Inn,  35,  269 
Greenes  Wood,  187 
Greenwich,  co.  Kent,  155 
Gressenhall,    co.    Norf.,    in, 

362 

Gresten  St.  Mary,  159 
Gretham,  co.  Rut.,  172 
Grimston  H.  M.,  109*. 
Groby,  258 
Grundisburgh,  364 
Guisnes,  182 
Gunnells,  59,  60,  141 
Guthululvesforda,  126 
Habberdon,     Habyrdon,    357- 

359 

Hacheston,  26/1.,  92,  92*1. 
Hackney,  56,  125,  264 
Hadleigh,  30,  55,  57-59,  72,  81, 

106,  114,  118,  140,   147,  362, 

363 

Hadnam,  140 
Hagoneth,  see  Haughley. 
Hale  H.  M.,  340 
Hales  Abbey,  199,  205 
Halfe  Pightells,  224 
Hallingbury  Morley,  144,  145 
Halls  al.  Timperley's  M.,  243, 

264 

Halsted,  343 
Ham,  co.  Middx.,  301 
H.iinl.iki-.  8o».,  255 
Hammersmith,  141 
Hampshire,  34,  38,  56,  250,  307 
Hampton  Ct.,  56 
Hardhead,  291 
Hardheds,  283,  288 
Hardwicke,  co.  Glos. ,  320 
Hareston  Castle,  176 
Harfleur,  96,  129 
Hargrave  Ch.,  277 
Harkstead,  2,  43-46,  310 
Harleston,   129,   193-196,  210, 

211,  225 

Harling,  co.  Norf.,  236 
Harringworth,  114 
Harrold's  or  Horrold's  M.,  i, 

25,  26 

Harrowden,  172 
Hartford  End,  co.  Essex,  100 
Hartington    M.,    co.    Middx., 

»33 

Hartismere  Hund.,  i,  37,  37*., 
53".,    I2iw.,    129,    164,   201, 

213.  253 

Hartland,  co.  Westm.,  65 
Harwich,  i,  37,  102,  192 
Hasketon,  115*1.,  3^4 
Haslemere,  co.  Surrey,  337 
Hastings,  162 
Hatfield  PevereH,  6 
Haughley,  95,    129,    191,    193, 

195-212,  214,  225,  235,  239, 

240,  242,  355 
Hawstead,   81,    89,    186,    218, 

2i8».,  226«.,  274,  330,  332 


Heagham,  143 

Hedingham  ad.   Cas.   Honor, 

34 

Hegeseth,  274 
Heigham,  105,  120 
Hell's  Hill,  287 
Helmete,  131**. 
Helmingham,  n,  13,  3O«.,  33, 

58«.,  100,  isiw.,  154,  236/1. 
Helmsley,  364 
Hengrave,  187,  194,  204,  268, 

268n.,  271,  305,  334,  341 
Henham,  2i3«.,  362,  363 
Heningham  Honor,  28 
Hepworth,  37*. ,  253,  330,  333 
Hereford,  co. ,  223 
Herlestede  M.,  66 
Herling,  West,  348 
Heron,  181,  182 
Hertford,  275,  276 
Hertford,  co.,  33,  46,  106,  142, 

145.  175.  «99>  218,222 
Hertz  Manor,  201 
Hessett,  243,  254,  268,  294-298, 

3°7-  3'7.  326,  330,  344,  348 
Hethersett,  80 
Hethese  (?)  M.,  301 
Heveningham,  173 
Heygham,  72 
Higham,  2,  47-49,  97 
Higham  Ferrers  Ch.,  277 
Highfield,  280,  291-293 
High  Town  Green,  263 
Hillesden,  co.  Devon,  174 
Hillington,  co.  Norf.,  82,  150 
Hindon,  co.  Wilts.,  250 
Hingham,  co.  Norf.,  144,  145, 

362 
Hintlesham,  2,   27,  32,   50-63, 

92,  114,  118,  140,  MOW.,  179, 

264 
Hitcham,    92,    136,    138,    173, 

'79,  275,  304 
Hobbys,  280,  281 
Hobhauncells,  286 
Hodges,  289 
Hods,  280 

Hogges  Meadow,  281 
Holbrook,  2,  \\n.,   12,  26,  32, 

33*.,  40».,  44,  65-67,  09,  102- 

105,  124,  173 
Holeton,  72,  in 
Hollingshearth,  Lit.,  al.  Hor- 

ringer,  269 

Holmebury,  co.  Heref.,  223 
Holmehale,  340 
Holt,  co.  Norf.,  4,  34 
Holton,   2,    15,   59,    68-69,  97i 

1 18,  140 

Holton  St.  Mary,  78 
Holy  Land,  198 
Honington,  295,  331,  336*1. 
Hoo,  co.  Kent,  133 

Hopton  M.,  222,  222W.,  262*. 

Horham,  15,  151".,  154 
Horningsheath,  307,  333,  351 
Horse  Closes,  210 
Horsenden,   co.    Bucks.,   331, 

336 

Houghton,  co.  Norf.,  297,  323 
Houghton-le-Spring,  304 
How,  The,  208 
Howlots,  213 


viii. 


INDEX    LOCORUM. 


Home  Hund.,  4211.,  6$".,  99*., 
15111.,  154*.,  160,  i6o«., 
i73».,  218,  235*. 

Home  Manor,  6511. 

Hunsdon  M.,  96 

HunstantOD  or  Hunston,  So, 
*67.  305,  348 

Huntingdon,  co.,  277 

Huron,  Lake,  336 

Hurts  Manor,  96*. 

Hynthe  Place.  5111. 

Icklingham,  304 

Ickworth.  88,  248,  331 

Idvies,  co.  Forfar,  206 

Iken.  131 

Illaruisa/.  New  H.  M.,  i.  15- 
16 

Ingersby,  173 

Ingham,  115.  245-248,  346 

Inner  Temple,  138.  269 

Ipswich,  i,  6-7,  11,  12,  23-26, 
28,  31-32,  34,  40,  41,  45,  57- 
59,65,66,71,72,92,93,  loo, 
101,  105,  106,  112-114,  ''7, 

120-122,     136,     140,     152,     154, 

156,  160,  166,  174,  190,  192, 

198,  209,  230,  231,  235,  269, 

275.  276,  33°.  33' -362,  363 
Ipswich  Priory,  26,  48,  57,  93, 

lit,   122 

Ireland,  i43->44,  165,  176,  177, 
223,  233,  249,  270,  278,  305, 
361 

Iselhatn,  co.  Camb.,  116 

Iveletle,  34 

Ixworth,  57,  248,  309,  330 

Ixworth  Thorpe,  295 

Jacob's  Croft,  283 

Jersey,  334 

Jerusalem,  256 

Jones  Closes,  290 

Justans,  289 

Kaerdiff  Castle,  360 

Kaffa,  258 

Kedington,  325 

Kelverstone,  co.  Norf.,  226 

Kent,  co.,  4.  6,  45,  48,  99,  100, 
"32.  '45-  '55-  '56,  218,  219, 
247"-,  249,  255,  274,  320*., 
35'.  360 

Kenton.  202,  35211. 

Kcntwell,  147 

Kenya  al.  Kings,  286 

Kersey,  42,  4611. 

Kesgrave,  40 

KethilJ,  co.  Norf.,  5 

Ketteringham,  co.  Norf.,  17 

Kettlebaston,  133 

Kettleburgh,  153,  190 

Ketton,  95 

Kilbenny  Castle,  177 

Kilverstone,  co.  Norf.,  225 

Kilworth,  N.,  277 

Kingerby,  co.  Line.,  341 

Kinges,  291 

Kingsdown,  co.  Kent,  255 

Kingshall  M.,  243,  326,  362, 
364 

King's  Lynn,  34 

Kingston-on-Thames,  363 

Kirkley  M.,  26 

Kirkniic  had.  106 

Kirkton  (Cherchetuna),  85 


Kirtling,  co.  Camb.,  306,  347 

Kirton,  44 

Knalts,  62 

Knodishall.  Si.  258 

Knotts,  62 

La  ( ?  Lavenham),  289 

Lackford,  298,  299,  307 

Lackford  Hund.,  240.  253,  302 

Lakengheath,  302 

Lambeth,  1431.,  168 

Lamphiis.  co.   Dumfries,   106 

Lanblethian,  360 

Lancaster,  341 

Lancaster,  co.,  174,  218,  342, 

343 

Lancaster  Honor,  89.  131 
Landford,  co.  Wilts.,  175,  176 
Langcliffe,  co.  York,  250,  346 
Langeston  M.,  64 
Langford,  co.  Norf.,  214 
Langham,  308 
Langham  M..  co.  Essex,  181 
Langley  Pk.,  co.  Norf.,  161 
Langston,    &c.,  M.,   i,    nn.. 

25-27 
Lanhernc,  co.  Cornwall,  182, 

184 

Large's  Manor,  329*1. 
Lark,  River,  243 
Lausele,  274 
Lavenham,  17*1.,  105,  133,  265, 

289,  304,  325,  332,  347 
Lawncy's  M.,  243,  326 
I.avvshall,  301,  343,  350 
Laxficld.  118,  1731.,  299,  320 
Layer  de  la  Hay,  co.  Essex, 

322 

Layham,  17,  i2on. 
Laymarney,  co.  Essex,  333 
Lay  wood,  308 
Le  Brookhalle,  266 
Le  Downe,  284,  289,  292 
Leeds  Castle,  255 
Lee  Hoc  M.,  243,  327 
Leffey  H.   M.,   129,   131,   142- 

'47,  355"- 
Lehawe,  289 
Leicester,  180,  277 
Leicester,    co.,    41,    172,    173, 

277.  278 

Leighs  Priory,  109 
Leiston,  118 
Leleseye,  I3i».,  260 
Lenton  ( ?),  no 
Le  Seate,  289,  291 
Le  Sextens,  332 
Le  Shone,  293 

Letheringham,  23,  115,  i6o«. 
Leverfelde,  287 
Levington,  87 

Lewes,  82,  131,  199,  272,  316 
Leyham,  72,  J2n.,  81 
Lincoln,  176,  199,  206,  277 
Lincoln,    co.,    15,    79,    I7i»., 

204,  270,337,  341,  362 
Lincoln's  Inn,  204,  225,  341 
Link  Fields,  208 
Lingle,  195 

Linstead,  co.  Kent,  218 
Linton,  co.  Camb.,  304 
Little  Greene,  187 
Liverfcldc,  279 


Livennere,  Gt.,  243,  245,  247, 
248,  295,  299-302,  346 

Livennere  Parva,  247,  248, 
295,  300 

Liverpool,  356 

Loddon,  347 

Loes  Hund.,  i6«.,  23».,  26*., 
921.,  1421.,  154.  i6oM., 
217*.,  264,  352*..  353 

Lompkyn,  283 

London,  7,  15,  19.  23,  46,  5i»., 
52,  54,  56,  61,  74,  76-  81,  82, 
91,  102,  in,  126,  132,  133, 
136,  138,  142,  144,  154,  156, 
160,  165,  172-174,  179,  182- 
184,  186,  203,  218,  219,  223, 
225,  249.  25°.  263,  266,  269, 
304,  310,  311,  3i4».,  317, 
3'7»-,  329.  332-335.  33«, 
350,  35',  359-  3°i. 

Loneham,  282 

Long  Stratton,  294 

Lothingland  Hund.,  21911. 

Loudham  Hall,  264 

Loughton,  co.  Warw.,  172 

Luberlow  Field,  198,  205 

Lucknow,  320 

Lune,  co.  Norf.,  268 

Lupton,  co.  Devon,  16 

Luss,  102 

Lyere  Bretoun  Ch.,  45 

Lyminster,  co.  Sussex,  337 

Lynere  Fields,  224 

Lynn,  257 

Lynne,  co.  Norf.,  133 

Lytton,  M.,  295 

Maiden  H.  M.,  243,  265,  267 

Maine,  165 

Maiden,  106,  182 

Maldur.  245 

Malwa,  320 

Manchester,  135,  142 

Manesfort,  127 

Manfeld,  282,  291 

Manningtree,  40 

Marecroft,  Gt.,   187 

Mark's    or     Merk's,     M.,     2, 

76-77- 

Marlingford,  co.  Norf.,  259 
Maroh,  280 

Maplestead,  Gt.,  218,  223 
Marshall,   143 
Martin's  Fen,  208 
Martlesham,  364 
Mauntre,   17,  88 
May  Close,  224 
Mayo,  co.,  341 
Meath,  co.,   177 
Melcombe  Regis,  336 
Melcroft,  281,  287 
Mclfeld,  224.  281,  290 
Melford,  Long,  81,  306,  324, 

34" 

Mellclose,  289 
Melton  Mowbray,  278,  279 
Mendham,  235.  347 
Mendlesham,  187,  191 
Merton,  4,  33.  34,  361 
Melfield,  99*. ,  235. 
Mettingham  M.  1 12 
Mickleham,  co.  Surrey,  142 


INDEX    LOCORUM. 


IX. 


Middleham,  co.  York,  79 
Middlesex,  co.,  46,   133,  269, 

301 

Middle  Temple,  37,   102 
Middleton,  150,  239 
Milden,  nS 
Mildenhall.      173,     225,     253, 

266,  301,  345,  346 
Mill  Farm,  56 
Milner  (Myllner),  280,  281 
Minn,  co.  Cornwall,  305 
Minotts  or  Minetts  M.,  2,  48- 

Mistley  H.,  co.  Essex,  19 
Monewden,  327,  364 
Monkes  Wood,  294 
Monks  Horton  Priory,  198 
Monk  Soham  M.,  218 
Monserrat  Island,  341 
Morley,  143 
Mortimer  Cross,  178 
Morton,  co.  Staffs.,  34 
Moscow,  258 
Mose  Church,  114 
Moseley,  317 

Mounthall,  co.  Essex,  305 
Mumses  Park,  260 
Muriells  M.,  248 
Mutford  Hund.,  26 
Mychell  Grove,  55 
Nacton,  I2«.,  42,  64,  64n.,  92, 

125,  161,  23in.,  238 
Narburgh,  co.  Norfolk,  6 
Naseby,  95 
Naughton,  82 
Nayland  M.,  97,  148 
Neoton    or   Conyers    H.    M., 

243,  253 
Necton's    or   Netton's   M.,    2, 

92-93 

Nedging  Manor,  i8on. 
Needham  Market,  24,  161 
Netherall  M.,  co.  Norf.,  150 
Netherhall,  2,  29,  45-46,   66, 

68«.,    190,    209,    268n..    313, 

3'5-  3>9»- 
Netherhall   al.    Barrards   M., 

129,  214-215 
Netherhall     al.     Ladies     al. 

Richardshall  M.,  243,  308 
Netherhall    al.     Netherplace 

M.,  243,  244.  328,  344 
Netherton,  co.  Yorks.,  148 
Newbery,  178 
Newcastle,  178,  341 
New  Hall  or  Ho.,  252 
Newhall   al.    Malkinshall   al. 

Beaumonts     M.,     243,    307- 

308 

Newmarket  Heath,  36 
New  Street,  211 
Newton,  72,  73».,  Hon.,   121, 

211,  213,  214,  223,  228,  232, 

235 

Newton,  Old,  69».,  129,  133, 
179-181,  187,  209,  211-215, 
235,  237,  268n. 

Norfolk,  co.,  4-6,  24,  33,  34, 
36,  37,  54-56,  59,  66,  68,  74, 
79,  80,  82,  95,  99,  ico,  in, 
114-116,  120,  131,  133,  141, 
M4-I47,  «57>  '60,  172,  182, 

194,      203,     204«.,     214,      2l8, 


225,  226,  235,  236,  239,  249- 
250,  252,  259,  267,  268,  274, 
276,  279,  297,  300,  301,  304, 
3°5>  307;  3°9,  3'2,  3«7,  32°, 

323,  324,  330,  333,  338,  340, 
348,  352,  362,  363 

Normandy,  3,  139,  149 
Norman  Farm,  56 
Northampton,  277*!.,  278 
Northampton,    co.,     55,     277, 

324,  362 

Northland  Grove,  332 
Northlands,  56 
Northumberland,    co.,    I2ow., 

192 

North wich,  co.  Ches.,  38 
Northwood's  M.,  2,  93 
Norton,    141,    167,    225,    295, 

3 10-3 1 1 «.,  33°,  344,  347 
Xortons  (ould)  M.,  134 
Norway,  269 
Norwich,    34,    39,    41,     74*. , 

82K.,    IO2,    IO9,    II2rt.,    Il6«., 

131,    140,    141,    186,    213*., 

249*.,    259,    266,    276,    277, 

308.  31  in.,  362 
Norwich  Diocese,  I,  129 
Nottingham,  361 
Nottingham,  co.,  197 
Nowton,  330,  35«-353 
Nun,  288 
O  a  keys,  207 
Oakley,  co.  Soms.,  301 
Oakley,  Little,  55 
Offord  Darcy,  277 
Offton,  78,  112 
Offton  Monks  M., 
Okenhill  H.  M., 
Okholt  Ch.,  212 
Old   Hall,   i,   9,   11-13,   '5-'9> 

21,  266 

Old  Lawn,  135 
Old  Rave,  19 
Ollantigh.  co.  Kent.  249 
Onehouse,     129,     173,     1741., 

210,  216-221,  225,  353*. 
Orchard  Pightle,  187 
Orchenfield,  165 
Oregon,  364 
Orford,    18,    nz,    131,    131"., 

152,  153,  214,323 
Orwell  Park.  8,  213 
Orwell  River,  I,  38.  41,  125, 

192 

Osemundeston  Ch.,  259 
Otley, 14,  173,  294,  295, 

364 

Oulton.  10.  276 
Ousden,  317,  317*.,  347 
Overbury  H.,  17,  72». 
Overhall  M.,  2,  87,  88,  97 
Owldholt,  co.  Essex,  23 
Oxal  Closes,  208 
Oxburgh,  55,  202 
Oxeney,  290 

Oxenheath,  co.  Kent,  48 
Oxey,  co.  Herts.,  46 
Oxford,  21,  31,  56 
Oxford,  co.,  11,  172,  176 
Pakenham.  80,  81,  140,  145".. 

I47«.,     190,     276,     303-315, 

319*.,  320,  326,  326*.,  330, 

334,  344,  35',  35'«- 


Pallants  Farme,  187 

Pametuna,  119 

Pannington  H.  M.,  2,  121-122 

Paphos,  256 

Parham,  116,  1^2,  153,  2oo«., 

258,  266".,  323 
Paris,  43,  96,  265 
Park  Meadow,  287 
Parker's,  289 
Parva  Erstangy  Ch.,  266 
Paston,  278 
Patches,  209 
Paysy  Fields,  187 
Peckham,  334 
Pederton,  co.  Soms.,  178 
Fellers,  286,  290 
Pembroke,  co.,  341 
Pencethorp,  co.  Norf.,  194 
Penfield  H.,  co.  Essex,  148 
Pertrecroft,  280 
Peterborough,  278 
Peterhouse,  103 
Peter's  Hill,  51 
Petits,  138 
Peverell  Honor,  197 
Phillets,  210 
Pike  Meadow,  210 
Pipe,  co.  Staffs.,  i24». 
Piperdes,  53*. 
Plashwood,  191,  207,  225 
Flatten,  co.  Meath,  177 
Playford,    77«.,    87,    88,    90, 

93«.,  113,  301 
Plomesgate      Hund.,       42«., 

O/Jtt.,    152,    2OO».,    2OI,    2I7»., 

258,  264,  266».,  323,  355*. 

Pluckley,  87 

Plumpton,  co.  York,  114 

Plunnbridge,  co.  Herts.,  218 

Poictiers,  142,  360 

Poix,  182 

Polstead,  77,  81,  223,  329 

Pond  Hall,  54 

Pond  Pightell,  225 

Pool  H.,  co.  Salop,  334 

Portland,  364 

Preston  ( ?  Freston)  M.,  65 

Preston,  co.  Rut.,  172 

Prevet,  324 

Priory  M.,  2,  57-58 

Priory  Knaps,  60 

Prittlewell,  co.  Essex,  41 

Pulham  H.  M.,  129,  240,  242 

Purtepyt  ( ?),  127 

Putney,  co.  Surrey,  174, 
i;4«.,  218,  219 

Pykescroft,  280 

Pymans  House,  208 

Pyssers,  292,  293 

Quarhams  M.,  103 

Quidenham,  co.  Norf.,  66 

Raleigh  Honor,  163 

Ramsey,  127 

Ramsey's,  283 

Ranworth,  co.  Norf.,  160,  235 

Rattlesden,  59,  60,  138-140, 
148,  148*.,  174,  224,  225, 
243,  263,  264,  274,  275,  279- 
282,  284,  286,  288-293,  316- 

32 «,  33',  336«.,  347,  354 
Raven's  H.  or  Reymes  M.,  2, 

49 
Ravysbury,  co.  Surrey,  172 


X. 


INDEX   LOCOKUM. 


Rawood,  260 

Raydon,  2,  54,  70-78,  81,  in, 

llS,    120 

Rayleigh  Honor,  96 
Rayne,  co.  Essex,  171*1. 
Rayne  Parva,  331 
Read,  co.  Lane.,  218 
Reading  Abbey,  94 
Rectory  House,  264 
Red  Castle  M.,  243,  315 
Rcdenhall,  30$ 
Redgrave,  301 
Reed,  325 

Regrave  St.  Mary,  276 
Rcmbrow  M.,  2,  31 
Rendlesbam,  125 
Rcydon,  105,  114,  I2itt. 
Reyne  Parva,  336*. 
Reynes,  284 
Rhie,  143 

Rickinghall  M.,  53 
Rickinghall  Superior,  531. 
Riddleswortb,  218,  279 
Ringshall,  156"..  180 
Risbridge    Hund.,    15,    156*1.. 

'73*->     236*->     260,     260*., 

317*1.,  320-321*1.,  347,  347"- 
Risby,  325 

Rishangles,  121*1.,  235 
Rivcnhall  PI.,  co.  Essex,  106 
Rivershall  M.,  99 
Riveshall  M.,  37*1. 
Rochester,  272 
Rockell  al.  Rockylls  M.,  1:9, 

225,  226 
Rodeham,  181 
Rogens,  293 
Rokcyard  Hall,  181 
Rombrydge,  287 
Rome,  203 
Romsey  Abbey,  139 
Rothcrficld  Pipard,  176 
Rouen,  165,  333 
Rougham,  225,  243,  294,  309, 

310,  312,  322-33°,  333,  334, 

344 

Roughtone  M.,  153 
Rouse  H.  M.,  364 
Rushbrook(e),    133,    194,    243, 

257,  261,  289-291,  295,  305, 

306,  318,  323,  325,  327,  329- 

338,  35',  35'»->  353 

Rushmere,  3o«. 

Russheworth  Ch..  300 

Russia,  258 

Rutland,  co.,  172,  277 

Rynehill,  218 

St.  Albans,  177,  232,  233  • 

St.  Donat's  Castle.  356 

St.  Edmund's  Ditch,  36 

St.  Etheldreda  Abbey,  316 

St.  Osith  Abbey,  185,  185*1., 
229,  230 

St.  Osyth.  co.  Essex,  150 

St.  Pierre  dc  Selincourt  Ab- 
bey, 182 

Samford.  171*1.,  187 

Samford  Hund.,  1-128,  140*1., 
179,  264,  310 

Sampson  H.  M.,  46*1. 

Sampsons  M.,  248 

Sapiston,  295 


Saxham,  Gt.,  102,  102*1.,  266, 

347 
Saxham,  Little,  245,  249,  269, 

329,  329*1.,  331,  337 
Saxham  Street,  181 
Saxies  M.,  243,  343 
Saxmundham,  96*1.,  118,  201 
Scavelcy,  14 

Scolc  Ho.,  co.  Norf.,  147 
Scotland,  144,  239,  309,  364 
Scotland  H.,  329,  341,  343 
Scottuna,  127 
Seckford,  88 
Shardelowcs  M.,  347*1. 
Shcepcott  Field,  204 
Sheffield.  165 
Shetland  M..  262,  263 
Shimpling  Ch.,  301 
Shipdam,  co.  N'orf.,  301 
Shotley,  295 
Sicklesmere  or  Sygelsmcr  M., 

352 

Skabbcroft,  290 
Skelbcrtswell,  co.  Kent,  219 
Shelfhanger,  36,  86 
Shetland,   129,   147,  205,  210, 

211,  222-226 
Shelley,  2,  78-84,  114 
Shelton,  co.  Norf.,  145 
Shcnficld,  co.  Essex,  134 
Shenton,  co.  Leic.,  173 
Sliiffn.il.  34 

Shotley,  2,  38,  44,  85-88,  99 
Shottisham,  co.  Norf.,  59,  141 
Shropshire,  164,  165,  204,  334 
Shrubland  H.,  125 
Skynners,  48 
Slysetoft,  283 

Smallbridge,  69*1.,  304,  332 
Smithfield  Wood,  187 
Snape  M.,  79 
Sneltcrton,  co.  Norf.,  300 
Sogenhoe  M.,  153 
Somerleyton,  150,  202,  352 
Somerset,  co.,  1431.,  177,  301 
Somerton,  347 
Southampton,  178 
Southbourne,  131*1. 
Southern  Nigeria,  84 
Southfcld,  287 
South  Meadow.  293 
South  Town,  37 
Southwark,  76,  269,  311 
South" eld  M..  112 
Spalding,  co.  Line.,  204 
Spanbies  M.,  2,  97 
Spencer's  M.,  i,  15.  19-20 
Spring  Pightell,  225 
Sproston,  co.  Norf..  160 
Sproughton,  2,  7,  26,  26*1.,  57, 

89-93,  359 
Stafford,   co.,   34,    106,    124*1., 

"73-  34i 

Stamborn  H.,  62,  63 
Stanefeld,  274 
Stanfelda,  127 
Stanfield,  343 
Stanham's  or   Stonham's   M., 

243,  321 
Stanningficld,    243,   325,   339- 

343 

Stansficlcl,  81,  320,  325 
Stanton,  261,  305,  330,  332,  333 


Stanton,    Nether    and    Over, 

33° 

Stanton  Harcourt,  172 
Stanton,  co.  Sussex,  82 
Stavcrton  M.,  264 
Starlings,  280 
StifTkey,  co.  Norf.,  37 
Stockclston,  co.  Leic.,  41 
Stodhaugh  M.,  2,  118 
Stoke,  91,  100,  172 
Stoke  by  Ipswich,  26,  91 
Stoke  by  Nayland,  49,  56,  68, 

68«.,    81,    147,    274,    274*"., 

34i,  343 

Stokecurcy,  co.  Som.,  143*1. 
Stokesby,  co.  Norf.,  352 
Stoneham,  275-282,  288,  291 
Stonewclls,  282 
Stoneygate,  co.  Leic.,  278 
Stonham,  181,  213,  227 
Stony  Lands,  224 
Stour,  R.,  i,  38,  102,  103,  192 
Stow,  131,  205,  206,  211,  216 
Stow   Hund.,   60*1. ,   69*1.,   95, 

129-243,    266*1.,    268*1.,    317, 

3«9-  353"-,  355"- 
Stowe  Ch.,  277 
Stowhall,  230,  308 
Stowlangtoft,  46,  81,  308-310, 

330,  334,  348 

Stowmarket,  551.,  77".,  78, 
129,  138,  149,  i6s«.-i66M., 
"73,  '74,  179,  »8i,  i8i*f., 
185-186,  190,  192,  196,  197, 
204*1.,  209,  212,  215,  227-238, 
248,  263,  314 

Stowupland,  181,  227-238 

Stow,  West,  248 

Stradbrooke  Ch.,  in,  114 

Stratford,  2,  15,94-96,  in,  118 

Stratford  St.  Mary,  2,  94-97 

Stratton  H.  M.,  log**. 

Stratton.  Long,  131 

Stringes  Farm,  68 

Studhaugh,  320 

Stutton,  2,  23*1.,  57,  98-103, 
105 

Sudbury,    129.    132,    157,    190, 

243,  304 
Sudburyes    al.    Drurye's    M., 

327 
Sulveyes  or   Sullies  or  Mar- 

tyns  and   Sulveges,   M.,   2, 

77-78 

Sulyard  M.,  97 
Surrey,   co.,   55,   82,  99,    102, 

142,  172,  174,  218,  219,  257, 

260,  337,  363 
Sussex,  co.,  12,  82,  155,  194, 

258,  268.  337,  360 
Suiting  Wood,  187 
Sutton  M.,  243,  258-259 
SwafTham,  co.  Norf.,  6,  121*1. 
Swannes  M.,  155 
Swinnerton,  co.  Staffs.,  341 
Swyncombe,  co.  Oxf.,  u,  12 
Sy<  kolsmer,  353 
Syclesmere,  332 
Synorls,  Gt.  and  Lit.,  224 
Talbote  M..  53,  53*1. 
Talmach  Hall,  315 
T. mmn^ton,  274 
Tatshall,  79 


INDEX    LOCORUM. 


XI. 


Tattingstone,   2,  42,   64,   101, 

103-107,  in 
Tendring  H.,  7,  16,  97 
Tewkesbury  Abbey,  360,  361 
Thedwestry   Hund.,    30,    129, 

I45«-,  '47»->  2i5«.,  243-35° 
Thelnetham,  300,  30ow.,  302 
Theltham  M.,  248 
The  Park,  co.  Herts.,  33 
Thetford,  225,  249 
Thingoe    Hund.,    88,     loin., 

194,  2i8«.,   226«.,  243,  264, 

268».,  271,   329*.,  342,  352, 

353 

Thirkleby,  34 
Thirkleton  or  Thorkleton  al. 

Shecke  M.,  2,  88 
Thompson,  co.  Norf.,  34 
Thorington  H.  M.,  2,  123 
Thorndon  H.,  200,  201 
Thorndon,  Gt.,  co.  Essex,  182 
Thorne  woods,  172 
Thorney,  2,  30,  31,   162,   167, 

191.  227,  228,  230-232 
Thorney    Campsey    M.,    129, 

236-237 
Thorney    H.     (Moundevilles) 

M.,  129,  234-236 
Thorney  Kebles  M.,  129,  237 
Thorney  Lizon's  and   Liesnes 

M.,  237-238 
Thorney       Mumpliers      with 

Braziers  M.,  238 
Thornham  Magna,  190 
Thornwoods  M.,  289 
Thorp  Abbots  Ch.,  327 
Thorp(e),     15,     151*.,     I54«., 

229,  33°.  338 
Thorp(e)  Morieux,  8in.,  265- 

267.  275,  3o8«.,  311,  325 
Thorp  Parva,  5 
Thorpe,  co.  Norf.,  276 
Thorpe  Market,  235 
Thorrington    H.,    co.    Essex, 

"7 

Thorston,  228 
Thrandeston,  164,  231,  348 
Thrigley,  co.  Norf.  157 
Thurlow,  Gt.,  8 
Thurlow,  Little,  236*. 
Thurmond  M.,  276 
Thurmwood,  275,  277,  279 
Thurston.   105,    191,  225,  244, 

294,  295,  308-313,  322,  327, 

344-  348 

Thwaite,  154,  268 
Tibenham  Barony,  79 
Ticehurst,  278 
Tichmersh,  143 
Ticklesmere  M.,  244 
Tilton,  co.  Leic.,  172 
Timworth,  244,  247,  248,  253, 

345-346 
Toft,  127 

Tofts,  co.  Norf.,  317 
Tollesbury  Lodge,  324 
Topcroft,  co.  Norf.,  115,  116 
Torintuna,  119-120 
Torn6  M.,  228 
Torp,  127 
Tostock,    142.    241,    244,    295, 

310,  327.  330,  347-349 
Tothill,  208,  211 


Totnes,  56 

Toton,  274 

Totshill,  228 

Tottenham,  219 

Toulouse,   139 

Tower  Hill,  186,  223 

Towne  Meadowe,  283,  291 

Towton,  171,  178 

Trafford  Pk.,  co.  Lane.,  174 

Trent,  R.,  71,  193 

Trimley,  15,  156 

Trimley  St.  Martin,  logn. 

Troston,  295 

Trundledge  Wood,  187 

Tuddenham  N.,  348 

Tunstall,  I3i». 

Turchetlestuna,  128 

Turnewoods  M.,  289 

Tumor's,  281,  286,  287 

Turvey,  co.  Beds.,  345 

Twyford,  co.  Leic.,  278 

Tyburn,  341 

Tycesbrigg,  I3i«. 

Tymperleys,  51*1. 

Tynewith  Ch.,  245 

Ubbeston,  75 

Ufford,  153 

Ufford  Wyke,  91 

Ultun,  228,  229 

Ultuna  al.  Upland,  228 

Uphall  M.,  150,  151 

Uppingham,  co.  Rut.,  172 

Uttoxeter,  195 

Vaux   M.,   2,  30,    105*.,    in, 

112-118*. 
Vaux  hall,  269 
Veldham  H.,  co.  Essex,  82 
Vesey's  or  Bonhall  Payses  M., 

2,96-97 
Viners,  210 
Wakefield,  178 
Wakerle  M.,  277 
Waketon,  co.  Norf.,  131 
Walcote  M.,  153 
\Valdegrave,  332 
\Valden,  co.  Essex,  252,  345 
Waldingfield,  194 
Waldingfield,    Lit.,    29,    304, 

3'9»- 

Wales,  36,  239 
Wnllmanscroft,  289,  293 
Walpole,  235 
Walsacks,  207 
Walsham,  12,  65,  309*.,  330 
Walsingham,  co.  Norf.,  33 
Walton,  112,  278 
Wandsworth,  204 
Wanesdene,  131". 
Wangford,  302 
\Vantisford,  147 
Warcop,  co.  Westm.,  135 
Warden  Abbey,  302 
Warham  Hall,  34 
Warwick,  co.,  172,  250 
Wasbroke  Honor,  4&». 
Wascolies  M.,  364 
Washbrook,  34,  114,  n8,  223 
Wathe  M.,  150 
Wattisfield,    0».,     201,    259, 

330,  333 

Wattisham  M.,  154*. 
Weald  H.,  co.  Essex,  206 
Weeding  Hill,  207 


Weeley,  294 
Weledana,  239 
Well  Ct.,  co.  Kent,  99 
Wells  M.,  79 
Welymarshe,  291 
Wendover,  106 
Wendover  Dean,  363 
Wenham  Magna  or  Combust, 

2,  15,  30,  105,   108-111,  114, 

118 
Wenham    Parva,    2,    72,    81, 

IO5«.,  109,  111-118 
Went's,  280 
Werke,  256». 
Westhrom's,  242 
Westhall  M.,  153 
Westham,  co.  Essex,  310 
Westhorpe  M.,  202 
West  Indies,  106 
Westminster,  31,  74,  102,  in, 

'43,  '72,  235,  332,  340 
Westminster  Abbey,  184,  200, 

263 

Westmoreland,  co.,  65,  135 
Westoe  Lodge,  co.  Camb.,  n 
Weston,  54,  156 
Weston    Market,    191,    322*., 

326*. ,  327.  344». 
Westowe  H.,  331 
Wetherden,  129,  142,  186,  195, 

196,    202,    203,    210,    211,   217, 

225, 239-242, 330, 352 

Wethresfield,  325 
Weting  St.  Mary,  141 
Weybread  H.  M.,  42*1. 
Weybridge,  co.  Surrey,  257 
Weymouth,  336 
Whaddon,  co.  Wilts.,  37 
Whatfield,  301,  324,  345«. 
Wheatfield,  co.  Essex,  62 
Whelnetham     Magna     and 
Parva,   244,   274,   327,  330, 

332-334,  350-353 
Whepstead  M.,  264 
Wherstead,  2,  7,  8,  47,  72,  73, 

76,  119-123 

Whitchurch,  co.  Salop,  165 
Whiteacre,  co.  Norf.,  153 
Whitebredfeld,  280,  283,  287, 

290,  292 
Whitehall,  249 
White  Ho.  Farm,  263 
White  Street,  286 
Whittingham  H.,  105,  224 
Whitton,  91-93 
Whytecroft,  283,  291 
Wichingham,  65 
Wickhambrook,     1731.,     212, 

3.25 

Wickham  Market,  46*.,  275 
Wickham  Skeith,  213 
Wicks  Hill,  210 
Wigenhall,  co.  Norf.,  80 
Wight,  Isle  of,  232 
Wignall  St.  Mary,  203 
Wilford  Hund.,  152*. 
Wilts.,  co.,  37,   175,  178,  250, 

263 

Wimbledon,  76,  82 
Winchendon,  co.  Bucks.,  37, 

362 
Winchester,  34 


Xll. 


INDEX   LOCORUM. 


Wmdlestonet.     ro.     Durham, 

102 

\Vindsor,  233,  361 
Wm^'field,  $i*.,  165 
Winieiton  Kami.  313 
\Vi-^ct  .\!..  1 1  IN. 
\Vuhrr»den.  279 
\\  ithrrsfield.  260,  260*. 
\\  uliin^ton,  co.  Essex,  $$ 
Wivrnhoe,  co.  Essex.   113 
\Vix  Abbey  M..  58.  $8*. 
\\'ix  Lodge,  co.  Essex,  30 
Wolf's  Farm,  56 
Woodbridge,    105,    153,     180, 

338.  3**,  33«,  337-  364 
Woodhall,  282,  283,  288,  291, 

3 '7-3 "9 
Woodhouse  Land,  288 


Wood  Rising,  co.  Norf.,  2$2 
Wood's  Tenement,  291 
Wooller-s  Hill,  co.  Wore..  341 
Woolpit.    12$,    174,    193,   224, 
22$,  244,  263,  279,  289,  291, 

*9°.  3«8.  343.  354.  35° 
Woolverstone,   2,  32,   37.   38, 

41,  42,  4$,  66,  120,  124-126 
Wolverton,  105 
Worcester,  co.,  204,  247*1..  34' 
Wordsworth,  co.  York,  269 
Woringford,  co.  Essex,  113 
Worlingham  Scales  M.,  240 
Worlington  M.,  301 
Worsop,  16$ 
Wortham,  6,  207,  276 
Wortham,  co.  Kent,  14$ 
U"  rent  ham,  9$,  in 


Wrotham  W.,co.  Norf.,  338 
Wych,  co.  Wore.,  247». 
Wyck,  see  VVix. 
Wyfordby,  278 
Wyke,  91 

\Vykes  Priory,  31,  $i 
Wykes  Ufford,  153 
:     Wynderbyle  M.,  i$3 
Wyvenhoe,  16,  88 
\\'y\  rrstone  Ch.,  171 
Yarmouth,  37,  $4,  $5 
Yokcsford,  150 
YorkCh.,  133 
York,  co.,  79,   114,   148,   172, 

204,  2$o,  269,  346 
Yoxford,  363 
Zutphen,  172 


INDEX    NOMINUM. 


Abbott,  286 

Abel(l),  193,  284,  289 

Abergavenny,  Ld.,   133, 

352,  353 

Abury,  284,  289,  290 
Acelyn,  76 
Acton,  16,  210,  301 
Adams,  207,  208 
Adamson,  208 
Adedelung,  265 
Adeleigh,  182 
Adelund,  265 
Adgor(e),  24,  71 
JEha,  170 
Aelons,  193 
^schylus,  169*. 
Agas,  334 
Aggeworth      or      Dag 

worth,  162 

Agmondesham,  354,  355 
Agnew,  324 
Aguillon,  I43». 
Ailbern,  25,  36 
Ailric,  25 

Aisshefeld,  139,  300 
Alan,  E.,  9,  22,  28,  45, 

50,    57,    64,    98,    «o8, 

113,     119,     120,     122, 

124,     126 

Albemarle,  Abbot  of,  3 
Albemarle.  Title,  3,  5, 

43,  "26 
Albini,  79 
Alderford,  17 
Alderman,  122 
Alderson.  142 
Aldewyk,  274 
Aldrich,  297,  297*1. 
Aldwick,  139 
Alefounder,  113 
Alexander,      166,      282, 

283 

Alfleta,  159 
Alfric,  Bp.,  261 
Algar,  25,  108.  119.  121 
Allen,  55,  257 
Alleyn,  6 
Almor,  292 

Aln,  22,  29,  98,  127,  128 
Alneto,  217 
Alnold,  98 
Alphage,  132 
Alsi,  212 
Alsies,  3,  22 
Alston,  223 
Altham,  46 
Aluiet,  127 
Alured,  70 
Aluret,  124 


Aluric,  3,  9,  25,  43,  70, 

Atwood,  279.  286                Barkworth,  17,  88 

85,   86,   98,    104,    119, 

Auberville,  &c.,  175           Barlow,  331 

120,     124,     126,     127, 

Aubrey,  216                         Barnardiston,  95 

158,     159 

Audeley,  92                        Barnes,  207 

Alverd,  13 

Audley,    115,    200,    252,    Baron,  34 

Alviet,  25,  85 

253                                     Baroun,  71 

Alwin,  70,  98,  119,  123, 

Aula  Combusta,  360           Barrell,  259 

127 

Austin,  280 

Barrett,  81 

Alwort,  71                         Austyn,  139 

Barrington,  56,  102 

Amondeville,  230              Auti,  108,  in 

Barrow,  73,  74,  78,  121, 

Amor,  282,  286,  290-293  Aveline,  339 

301 

Amoundeville  or   Man-  Avenel,  150 

Barwell,  285 

devill,  234,  235              Awoode,  291                        Barwick,  302 

Ampton,  245                      Awsten,  282,  284                Base,  362 

Anable,  357                      JAyghe,  148                         Baseley,  34 

Ancaster,  Duke  of,  i 

Aylmer,  Bp.,  255,  329,    Basse(t),  262,  267,  314, 

Andrewe,  99 

35°                                       3'5 

Andrews,  26,  210,  240 

Ayston,  218 

Bassock,  207 

,Angar,  70 

Babington,  81 

Bassyng,  98 

Angervile,  90 

Babon,  281 

Bateman,  8,  214 

Anne,  105 

Babthorpe,  2O4». 

Bates,  76 

Annis,  241 

Bacon,    12,  36,    37,  62, 

Bath,  Countess  of,  247 

Anos  or  Hanes,  150 

76,    120,    122,    125.    154, 

Bathon,  136 

Ansaga,  158 

156,    160,    i6ow.,    208, 

Batingham,  71 

Ansell,  30,  118 

209,     254,     268,     286, 

Baudenyne,  94 

Ansgar,  3,  68,  71 

294,  296-298,  301,  308, 

Baudwyne,  19 

Ansgot,  108,  113 

3«°,    3«5>     326,    346, 

Bavent,  155,  156 

Anstruther,  27,  38,   56, 

348,     363 

Bawdy,  99 

57 

Badby,  333 

Baxter,  124,  206,  209 

Anstruther,  Lloyd-,  56 

Badele,  139 

Bayeux,  Bp.  of,  3,  22, 

Anton,  223,  364 

Badeley,  101 

25,  26,  28,  47,  70,  71, 

Apeltweyt,  201 

Badlesmere,    255,    258, 

78,  104,  108,  109,  126, 

Appleby,  80 

360 

149,    158,    l8l,   212 

Appleton,  30,  304 

Badwell,  260 

Baylyff,  331 

Arcis,  360 

Baignard,  339 

Baynard,   83,   339,  340, 

Ardern,  175,  193 

Baily,  208 

352 

Ardley,  223 

Baker,  191,  207,  289 

Beales,  210 

Argent,  102 

Bakere,  212 

Beamond,  284 

Armiger,  145 

Baldewene,  19 

Beamont,  290,  293 

Arnold,  97 

Baldewyn(e),  17,  20,  88 

Beane,  286 

Arundel,  182,  184,  256 

Baldock,  74,  75 

Beauchamp,     177,     200, 

Arundel,  E.  of,  73,  79, 

Baldrey,  236 

239,  352,  353,  361 

121,  178,  332 

Baldry,  206 

Beauclerk,  342 

Ashburnham,      E.'      of, 

Baldwin,  283,  304,  347 

Beaufort,  178 

«55-  234 

Ball,  138 

Beaufort,  D.  of,  250 

A  she,  248 

Ballachy,  34 

Beaumont,    42,    44,    80, 

Asheton,  341,  343 

Balles,  206 

103,     106,     107,     156, 

Ashfield,  46,  300,  310 

Banbury,  E.  of,  222 

163,   206,  231,  363 

Ashton,  38 

Bangor,  Bp.  of,  29 

Beccles,  5 

Ashurst,  132 

Banks,    79,    155,    i55«., 

Beck,  122,  161,  238 

Aspal(l).  Aspale,  64,  83. 

164 

Beckles,  107 

89 

Banninge,  213 

Bedford,  E.  of,  258,  346 

Asseman,  47 

Barber,  333,  351 

Bedge,  293 

Assh,  156 

Barbor,  93 

Bedingfield,   4,   35,   37, 

Asshefeld,  93,  152 

Bardolf,  Ld.,   143 

55,  99,   I25,  202,  213, 

Asshefield,  321 

Bardwell,  210 

363 

Assheford,   199 

Barell,  259 

Bedyngfeld,  103 

Astle,  14 

Barfote,  260 

Belayse,  269 

Astry,  225 

Barker,  6,  26,  66,   156, 

Belet,  222,  340 

Athowe,  122 

207,     209,     226,     281, 

Bell,  207,  208,  289 

Atmor,  290,  292 

286,  287,  292 

Bellers,  172 

xiv. 


INDEX    NOMINUM. 


Belmeis,  229 
Remey,  6$ 
Bence,  6$ 
Bendish,  160,  236 
Bendy sh,  37 
Beneyt,  326 
Benges,  321 
Benjafield,  351 
Benrumn,  171 
Bennet(t),  142,  324 
Bcrard,  109,  260,  294 
Berdewell,    245,    24511 

34«,  349.  35* 
Bereford,  83 
Bercns,  346 
Bergavenny,  Ld.,  5811., 

361 

Berkeley,  355 
Berkyngg,  45 
Bernai,  Abbot  of,  159 
Bernake,  80,  321 
Bernard,  152,  265,  331 
Berners,    12,   32,   37-39> 

41,  42,  45,  66,  81,  87, 

125,  126 
Berri,  228 
Berry,  279 
Bertie,  i,  154,  259 
Berton,  214 
Betoune,  310 
Betts,  75,  76,  140,  311 

3 '4,  363,  364 

Beverda,  299,  300 

Beyton,  254 

Bibbysworth,  217,  218 

Bigg,  117 

Biggon,  293 

Bigot,  5,  14,  25,  64,  70 
85,  86,  90,  104,  108 
no,  130,  168,  181 

212,  227 

Birch,  39,  338 
Birchmore,  276 
Bird,  146,  206,  208,  241 
Bishop,  241 
Black,  228. 
Blage,  351 
Blagge,  333 
Blague,  187 
Blake,  307,  319 
Blakeham,  340 
Blakes,  210 
Blakeston,  101 
Bland,  105,  106 
Blaze,  333 

Blenerhassett,  24,  362 
Blewett,  77 
Blois  and  Chartres,  E 

of,  3 

Blomcficld,  6,  Six.,  125 
13111.,  1541*.,  164 
I7in.,  204)*.,  209,  241 

259,  309 
Blomvill,  151 

Bloom(e),  207,  241 
Blosse,  6-8 
Blount,  14 
Blunt,  216 
Blyant,  214 
Blyston,  So 
Blyton,  91 
Booking,  40 
Bogas,  23,  24 


Boggas,  24,  206,  208 
Bogges,  241 
Bohun,  101,  164,  176 
Bokenham,  74,  100,  245, 
276,  279,  300,  302,  346 
Bole,  245,  246 
Boleyn,   Anne,   39,    54 

«45,  330 
Boll,  280,  289,  291,  293 
Bolton(e),  24,  96 
Bomsted,  281,  285,  286, 

Bond(e),  42,  44,  45,  64, 

132,  280,  334 
Booke,  363 
Boonc.  234 
Booth,  209 
Bordeshawe,  91 
Borough(e),  21,  311 
Borowdale,  348 
Boston,  Lord,  33 
Botcler,  see  Butler. 
Bothc,  213 
Botiller,  iff  Butler. 
Botreaux,  256 
Boulge,  91 
Boulogne,  Title,  139 
Bourchier,    27,    81,    93, 

222,  262 
Bourgchier,  262,  266 
Bouverie,  323 
Bovill(e),  107,  115,  158- 

160 
Bowde,  6 
Bowden,  289 
Bowers,  102 
Bowie,  292 
Bowls,  311 
Boxford,  53 
Boyland,  150 
Boys,  17,  loo 
Boyton,  71,  94,  179,  2I4 
Brackeburg,  355 
Brackenbury,  182 
Bradefeld,  89,  327 
Bradenham,  23 
Bradfield,  327 
Bradley,  210,  240 
Bradon,  35 
Bradstreet,  206 
Bradwoll,  208 
Bragrove,  161 
Braham,  23,  28,  48,  93. 

104,  no 
Brame,  95 
Brandish,  286 
Brandon,  I,  95,  154,  166 

193,  202,  259 
Braunford,  71 
Braybroke,  260 
Bray  brook,  214 
Breame,  209 
Breme,  162 
Brend,  283 
Brendhall,  360 
Breouse,  114 
Bresete,  212 
Breton,  43-45 
Bretoun,  45 
Brett,  291 
Bretton,  172 
Bretun,  43,  234 
Bretun  or  Bretton,  44 


Breeves,  105,  219  fBures,    17,    72,    73,    77, 

Brews(e),  20,  23,  81,  105,       120,    212,     226,    329, 

111-113,   115-118,  267,      341,    350 


300 

Brcwster,  95,  lit 
Brian,  73 
Brictmar,  70 
Brictnolt,  108 
Bridge,  277 
Bridgeford,  173 
Bridgman,  154 
Brien,  159,  216,  339 
Bright,    190,    241,    310-  Burlz,  41 

315,  343  Burneston,  56 

Bringlove,  84  Burrell,  56 

Bristol,    Title,    88,    9O,|  Burrough,  223 

336,  337,  353  !  Burroughs,  207 

Brito,  234  Burton,  276 

Brittany,   E.    of,  9,   n,  Burwell,  322,  323 

12,  57,  113,  120  |Bury,  286 


Burgate,  182,  321 
Burgh,    36,    65,    143"-, 

149,  '99,  239 
Burghard,  152 
Burgbersh,  142,  217, 

353,  360,  364 
Burke,  256*1. 
Burle,  411. 
Burley,  96 


Britten,  77 
Britulf,  347 
Brixi,  28 
Broc(k),  197,  210 
Broke,    12,    25,    42,    92, 


Bury,  Abbot  of,  58,  130, 
'47,  '93,  216,  239, 
242,  245,  252,  254, 
255,  259,  260,  262, 
265,  268/271,  272,  286. 


122,  161,  186,  231,  238  294,  299,  303,  307-309- 
Brokesbourne,  17,  350  316,  319,  321,  322, 
Brome,  290  325-327,  329,  339-  34°, 

Bromflete,  153  344-348,  35° 

Brotnwich,  302  Burys,  226 

Brook(e),  26,  30,  77,  87,  Bushby,  106 

116,    133,    1331.,   206.'  Russell,  175 

238,  241  Busset,  222 

Broughton,  156,  319,  321  Butler,  73,  77,  164,  176, 
Broun,  159  177,  '79-  345 

Brouncker,  Vise.,  333    I  Butt,  324 
Brown(e),  13,  191,   192,1  Buttes,  120,  121 


210,  276,  288,  347,  348, 

363 

Brownrigg,  106,  107 
Bruce,  241 
Brumpsted,  291 
Brun(e),  22,  358 
Brundish(e),    267,    290, 

324 

Brunwin,  32,  208 
Bryan,  121 
Buck,  81,  184 
Buckenham,    276,    287, 

301 

Buckingham,  63 
Buckingham,        Title, 

S&n.,  225 
Buggin,  138 
Buk,  318 
Bulbeck(e),  124 
Bull,  25,  59,60,92,  141. 

320 

Buller,  16,  106,  120 
Bullevard,  233 
Bulleyne,  122 
Bullock,  277 
Bulman,  91,  92 
Bumpsted,  283,  293 
Bumstead,  240 
Bunbury,  241,  252,  253 
Bunell,  208 
Bunyan,  346 
Burcester,  360 
Burch,  106 
Burcheric,  126 
Burchett,  46 
Burdoun,  89 


Button,  206 

Butts,  76,  102,  iai,  122 

Buxton,  205 

Buxtyn  (  f  Baxteyn),  206 

Bybbysworth,  208 

Byles,  3on. 

Cage,  6,  7,  279,  288-200 

Cailly,  Caily,  80 

Cakestreet,  131 

Cakestrete,  212 

Caldecote,  219 

Caldecotes,  217,  219 

Callowe,  288 

Calthorp(e),  37-39,  249- 

251,  306,  307 
Calvert,  16,  19-21,  363 
Calybutt,  24 
Cambridge,  E.  of,  360 
Campania,  3 
Campbell,  341 
Campe,  284,  291 
Campsey,  Abbess  of,  236 
Campsey,    Princess   of, 

150 

Campyon,  301 
Canham,  6,  257 
Cantelin,  139 
Cantelon  or  Cantelupe, 

176,  179 
Canteraria,  64 
Canterbury,  76 
Canterbury,  Abp.  of,  50, 

54,  146,  276 
Capel(l),  28,  139 
Capin,  70 
Capon,  57,  206,  215 


INDEX   NOMINUM. 


xv. 


Carbonel,  6,  160 
Cardinal!,  18-21 
Cardwell,  341 
Carey,  204,  232,  233 
Carill,  301 
Carington,  278 
Carleton,  156 
Carnac,  260 
Carne,  356 
Carpenter,  250,  298 
Carrick,  E.  of,  176 
Carryll,  300 
Carte,  184 
Carter,    76,    82,    133". 

207,  264 

Cartor(s),  207,  208 
Cartwright,  57 
Carvell,  203 
Castle,  323,  326 
Castleton,  320-321,  343 

354 

Castrick,  241 
Cat,  212 
Catelyn.  125 
Catesby,  25 

Catlyn,  125*.,  275,  346 
Cator.  24 
Caundyshe,  109 
Causton,  120 
Cave,  173 

Cavendish,  53,  103,  109 
Cavendyshe,  275 
Cavendyssh,  329 
Cayley,  352 
Celeolt,  85,  86 
Chadderton,  29 
Chadwick,  320 
Chamberlain,     29,     30, 

274-275*.,    278,     279, 

3'9 
Chamberlayne,  171,  178, 

279 

Chamberleyn,  17,  286 
Chambers,  13 
Chamley,  135 
Champaign,  E.  of,  3 
Champion,  160 
Chandos,  227 
Chaplin,  18 
Chapman,  77,  86.     See 

Felton. 

Charles,  12,  269 
Charlton,  91,  174 
Charyte,  348 
Chaucer,  96 
Chaumberleyn,  96,  121 
Chauvent,  326 
Chaworth,  256 
Ched worth,  Ld.,  37 
Cheke,  348 
Chelabere,  352 
Chelworth,  Vise.,  109 
Chenery,  101,  206,  241 
Cheseman,  71 
Chester,  355 
Chester,  E.  of,  199 
Chetilbere,  264 
Chetting,  6 
Cheynewe,  256 
Chinery,  208,  210,  314, 

3'4«- 
Chok,  54 
Choppin,  96 

ZI 


Christofer,   105 
Church,  55 
Clamston,  362 
Clanricarde,    Marq.    of, 

338 
Clare,  43,  76,  i43».,  182, 

200,  228,  255,  361 
Clarence,  D.  of,  172, 

'77,  256,  360 
Clark,  18,  34,  179,  207, 

209 

Clark  or  Cheke,  319 
Clarke,  21,  103,  106,  174, 

207,  301,  302,  308 
Clavering,  214 
Claxton,  301 
Clayton,  301 
Clement,  131,  208,  237, 

320H. 

Clench(e),  44-46,  65-67, 

122,   173 

Clere,  246,  352 
Clerebecke,  341 
Clerk(e),    24,    114,    166, 

187 
Cleves,    Anne    of,    155, 

'75 

Cleydon,  212 
Clifton,  54,  80-81 
Clopton,    81,    147,    207, 

266 

Clover,  209 
Clovile,  23 
Clyfton,  80 
Coalyng,  94 
Cobbold,  288,  310 
Cobham,  Lord,  133 
Cock,  218 
Cockayne,  164 
Cockerell,  139,  140 
Cockerill,  209 
Cocket(t),     247,     247*., 

346,  346*. 
Cockfield,  350 
Cockrill,  139 
Cocksedge,      138,     240, 

289,    298,    307,    317, 

3'8,     326 

Codd,  210,  241,  362 
Codington,  248 
Coe,  207 
Coell,  248-250 
Cogesale,  17 
Coggeshale,  215 
Coggeshall,  182,  268-269 
Cogleshall,  102 
Coi,  339 
Cok,  302 

Coke,  15,  122,  326 
Cokefeld,  339 
Cokefield,  114 
Cokerell,  214 
Coket,  Cocket,  245-248, 

250 

Colby,  46,  179 
Cole,  15,  18 
Coleer,  241 
Coleman,  i8».,  75,  191, 

219 

Colepeper,  48*1. 
Collison,  208 
Colman,    92,    174,   284, 

285 


Cologne,  Abp.  of,  200    [ 

Colquhoun,  102 

Colton,  275 

Columbus,  231 

Colvy,  290 

Comayn,  290 

Combennere,  320 

Comyn,  309 

Coningsby,  44 

Conoid,  209 

Constable,  260 

Constantyn,  44 

Conyers,  253 

Cook(e),  7,  61,  117,  122, 
160,  193,  194,  209, 
249,  285,  294,  297, 
298,  324,  347 

Cookhedge,  283 

Cooper,  209,  320 

Copedoc,  Copedok,  33 

Copinger,   131-136,   138, 

139.  '4',  '42,  147 
Coppedoc,      Coppedok, 

'0.33 

Coppidhock,  71 
Coppin,  208 
Coppinge,  343 
Coppinger,  281,  289 
Coppings,  279 
Copynger,  132,  264 
Corbet(t),  54,   160,   186, 

352 
Corbution,  108,  in,  119, 

123 

Cordall,  37 
Cordell,  13,  306 
Cornwaleys,  295,  297 
Cornwall,     Title,     129. 

149.  '63,  200 
Cornwalle,  96 
Cornwallis,  23,  28,  81, 

1 86,  240,  297 
Corrance,  323,  326 
Cosyngton,  109 
Cottenham,  Ld.,  142 
Cotterell,  236 
Cotton,  48,  148,  253 
Courtely,  93 
Courtnawke,  214 
Coussmaker,  257 
Covel,  75 

Cowell,  Byles-,  30*1. 
Cowper,  33 
Cox  or  Cocks,  45 
Coyte,  215 
Crabbe,  348 
Cracherode,  214 
Crane,  49,  93,  304 
Cranmer,  355 
Crasche,  260 
Craston,  11-13,  30 
Crawford,  205,  355 
Crawley,  234 
Creasy,  207 
Cree,  363 

Crek(e),  150,  151,  155 
Cremer,  60 
Creppinge,  100,  101 
Cressener,  73 
Cresswell,  41 
Cricketot,  310 
Cripps,  78,  82 
Crisp(e),  113,  206,  326 


Croc,  130 

Croft(es),    Crofts,    247- 

249,  285,  291 
Cromwell,  37,  80,  8o»., 

95,  165,  204,  229,  249> 

330 

Cropley,  224-226,  326 
Crosse,  172 
Crossman,  241 
Croun,  113 
Crowley,  154,  155 
Crull(e),  93,  96,  253 
Cuddon,  16 
Cudworth,  n 
Culler,  113 
Cullum,  131,  2i8».,  266, 

3'3,  324 
Culvert,  106 
Curson,  99,  270,  271 
Curtys,  355 
Curzon,  122 
Cutchey,  208 
Cuthbert,  207 
Cutler,  42,  59,  92,  259 
Cuton,  161 
Cutter,  140,  258 
Dacre,  Ld.,  145 
Dacres,  275 
Daggord,  163 
Dagworth,      101,      105, 

163,     164,     166,     177. 

See  Aggeworth. 
Dakeny,  19 

Dale,  58*.,  105,  131,  133 
Dalrymple,  7 
Dalton,  204 
Damant,  206 
Damorie,  I43«. 
Dancourt  or  Deyncourt, 

226 

Dandy,  154 

Daniel(l),  161,  231,  284 
Daniels,  157 
D'Anvers,  172 
Darcy,    6-7,     166,     177, 

182,     230,    231,    245, 

247,  325,  354,  355 
Darell,  91 
Darkin,  208 
Darren,  312 
Dartford,    Princess    of, 

156 

Dashwood,  8,  121,  270 
Daubiney,  Ld.,  143 
Daundely,  19 
Daundelyn,  20 
Daundy,  160 
Davenant,  29 
Daverous,  223 
Davers,    260,    261,    323, 

324,  33',  334-336,  338 
Davilers,  123 
Davillers,  36,  39 
Davis,  29,  81 
Davy,  220 

Dawes,  103,  166,  2:9 
Dawney,  204 
Dawson,  48 
Dawys,  302 
Day,  208 
Deane,   35,    57*.,    tfn., 

95,  97,   103,  218,  223, 

269 


XVI. 


INDEX    NOMINUM. 


Deaves,  363 

Debenham,    17,  89,  94, 
105,    105*.,    in,    114- 

Il6,    Il8.   2IQ 

De  Geddynge,  279 
De  Grey,  4,  34 
Drlamore,  91 
Denardeston,  114 
Drnbcney,  44 
Deneys,  109,  274 
Dengaine,      Dengayne, 

~'S6 
Denvers,  50 

Denys,  93 

Derby,  E.  of,  114,  260 

Derehaugh,   18,   19,  21, 

323 

Dereham,  276 
Derham,  23$ 
Derhaugh,  140 
De  Riddlesworth,  279 
Derry,  Bp.  of,  336 
De  Saumarez,  301 
Deschales,  350 
Deshaugh,  59 
Desmond,  E.  of,  256 
Despencer,  20,  142,  177, 

2«7,     255,    256,    352, 

353.    36o,    362,    364 
Devereux,  222,  223,  225, 

233,  262,  263 
Devon  E.  of,  43,  142 

'Ewes,  308,  334 
D'Eye,  231 
Dickenson,  133 
Digby,  171-173,  175,  178 
Digche,  222,  262,  267 
Dighton,  183-185 
Oil,  7, 
Dillon,  7 

Discipline,  297,  307,351 
Dixon,  225 
Dobbes,  282 
Dobic,  192 
Dobs,  55 

Dodenes(se),  10,  33 
Doget(te),  34,  103 
Donee  or  Dom,  226 
Doo,  241 
Dormes,  58 

Doubs  or  Douvys,  302 
Douglas,  322,  328 
Dowe,  225 
Dowlyng,  214 
Down,  Coun.  of,  143*. 
Downes,  13,  88,  236,  237! 
Downing,  286 
Dowvys,  Dowys,  302 
D'Oyley,  54,  59,  141 
Draine,  62 
Drane,  208 
Draper,  166 
Driby,   80 
Driver,  206 
Drought,  293 
Drummond,  342 
Drury,  37,  81,  186,  218, 

219,    226,    235,     245, 

308,  322,  326-328,  332, 

344,3S«.352 
Dudley,  18,  21 

Duffield,  241 


Dugdale,    65,    79,    178, 

256*. 

Duke,  13,  190 
Duleep    Singh,   Prince, 

r,279 

Dun,  200,  201 

Duncan,  320 
Duncombe,  7,  307 
Dunmosore,  226 
Dunmowe,  266 
Duraunt,  89 
Durham,  Bp.  of,  164 
Durrani,  209,  241 
Dynes,  290 
Dysart,  E.  of,  100 
Oyster,  48 
Dyxson,  91 
East,  37 
East  Angles,  E.  of,  265 

.»  ,,      K.  of,  255 

Eatnod,  98 
Echingham,  So 
Ede,  93 
Eden,  304 
Edeva,  108.  119 
Edgar,  23,  207,  210,  241 
Edith,  3,  9,  22,  28,  43- 

45,  64,   108,  113,  119, 

122,     124,     126,     167, 

254.     347 
Edmund,  9,  85,  119,  120, 

359 

Ednod,  70,  71 
Ed  on,  330 

Edric,  47,  158,  159,  209 
Edwards,  194,  210,  282, 

„  ?83'  331 
Edwi,  70 

Edwin,  45,  70,  98,   126, 

252 

Edwold,  77 
Egerton,  218 
Egleton,  269,  271 
Elflet,  339 
.Ifwara,  317 
Elizabeth,  Q.,  220 
Ellerkar,  52,  53 
Ellis,  207 
Eltham,  200 
Ely,  Abbot  of,  130,  131, 

158,     159,     168,     i8i,| 

228,    262,     294,     299, 

3'6,    359 
Ely,  Bp.  of,  12,  54,  274. 

293,  309,  3'7-3'9 
Elye,  288 

Elyngham,  163,  164 
Emerson,  241 
Emma    of     Normandy, 

«39 

Emoden,  209 
Enefield,  182 
Enefor,  207 
English,  287 
Enyor,  241 
Erck,  363 
Eresby,  Title,  i,  56,  152 

'54,  258,  259 
Eric,  252 
Ermiot,  108,  113 
Erniet,  71 
Ernulf,  40,  239,  350 


Erpingham,  17,  97 
Erskine,  57 
Escorcheveile,  see 

Scharcheneleye. 
Escudamore,  155 
Essex,  94,  163,  198,  199. 

217,  218 
Essex,    E.    of,    18,    95, 

222,    223,    233,    262, 

263,    333 
Estmunt,  85 
Esturmy      or     Sturmy, 

«3'i  '39 

Ethelred  II.,  139 
Eudo,  70,  71 
Eustace,  E.,  47.  71,  I27. 

130,     139,     167,     168, 

3«6 

Evan,  228,  337 
Everett,  30,  30*. 
Everson,  138,  207 
Ewelle,  329 
Ewen,  277,  279 
Exeter,  Bp.  of,  29 

Eye,  357 

Eylmer(e),  81,  214 
Eyre,  175,  208,  238,  359 
Fabyan,  260 
Fairclough,  209 
Fairford,  200 
Fakoun,  200 
Falc,  254 
Fanquier,  174 
Fastolf,   n,   12,   23,   26- 

28,    64,    68,    93,    no, 

160,  219,  235 
Fauconberg,  E.  of,  269 
Faulconbridge,  Ld.,  165 
Fausebroun,  114,  136 
Fausebrown,  212 
Fayer,  304 
Felaw(e),  93,  161 
Feleridge,  87 
Fellerigg(e),  90 
Felde,  226 
Fellgate,  93 
Felsham,  340 
Felton,    86-88,    90,    93, 

212,  214,  301,  322 
Felton  al.  Chapman,  87 
Fen(n),    222,    241,    262, 

267 

Fergus,  341 
Fermens,  5 
Ferneley,  160,  161 
Fernham,  6 
Feron,  182 
Ferrers,    114,    198,    222, 

258,  361 
Fielding,  30 
Fienes,  275 
Filiol,  163 
Fin,  25,  28 
Fincham,  81 
Firman,  153 
Firmin,  209,  241 
Fisher,  33,  133,313 
Fiske,   265,   31  in.,   320, 

321 

Fison,  100 
Fitters,  241 
Fitz-Alan,  177 


Fitz-Bernard,  255 
Fitz-Elys,  52 
Fitz-Gerald,  3ON.,  143*., 

»7°,  '77 

Fitz-Gilbert,  86 
Fitz-Gislebert,  76 
Fitz-Herbert,  172,  341 
Fitz  Isilie,  199 
Fitz  James,  73 
Fitz  John,  176 
Fitz  Lewis,  87 
Fitz  Maurice,  256 
Fitz  Michael,  20 
Fitz-Nicholas,  176 
Fitz  Osbert,  150 
Fitz-Ralph,     28-30,     34, 

64,   69,   79,    104,  274, 

3'9 

Fitz-Roy,  56,  250 
Fitz-Saxey,  340 
Fitz-Talbott,  255 
Fitz-Walter,    164,    339, 

340 

Fitz-Wanter,  235 
Fitz-Wymore,  120 
Flack,  166 
Flambert,  182 
Flanders,  Count  of,  139 
Flemeton  or  Flempton, 

245 

Flick,  166 

Flixton,  Prioress  of,  150 
Flomerdewe,  93 
Floyd,  343 
Foderingay,  345 
Folkes,  82,  252,  253,  348 
Follows,  207 
Ford,  171 
Forester,  54 
Forrest,  183,  184 
Forster,  34,  35,  35*. 
Fortescue,  54 
Forthe,  173 
Fortibus,  3,  43 
Fortrey,  37 
Foster,  35,  35*.,  44,  241, 

304 

Fox,  91 
Framlingham,   81,   235, 

348 
France,   King   of,    200, 

360 

Fraser,  363 

Fraunceys,  19,  20,  153 
Freelove,  44,  45 
Freeman,  9,  117 
Fremle,  20 
Frenche,  140 
Frenssh,  53*1. 
Freston,  40,  42,  103 
Frevyll,  65,  104 
Frewer,  24,  362 
Freysel,  274 
Fribern,  127 
Fringe,  201 
Frithwald,  King,  229 
Frodo,     130,     147,    216, 

227,  294,  299,  347 
Froissart,  360 
Frost,  208,  331,  336*. 
Froste,  73 
Froximere,  247*. 


INDEX    NOMINUM. 


XVII. 


Fuctner,  295 

Fulch,  340 

Fulcher,  299 

Fuller,   41,    i33».,    146, 

147,  241,  295 
Fuller,  209 
Fulthorp,  65,    101,    104 

105 

Furic,  9 

Furnival,  164,  165 
Fynch  (  ?  Lynch),  26 
Fyncham,  93 
Fyshe,  175,  175*. 
Gage,  194-196,  2°4,  241, 

268,271,334,341,342 

35' 

Gages,  147 
Gainsborough,  57 
Gairdner,  185*. 
Galgett,  235 
Galway,  317 
Carnage,  30 
Gant,  199 
Gardener,  233,  318 
Gardiner,   232-233,   236, 

355 

Gardner,  233 
Gardyner,  232 
Garenger,  47 
Garner,  142,  223 
Garneys,  202,  352 
Garnham,  207,  318 
Garrard,  82 
Garraway,  215 
Garulf,  170 
Gate,  67 
Gaunsel,  89 
Gaurine,  339 
Gavaston,  200 
Gawdy,  37,  42,  &7>  93, 

105,  124,  125,  206,  236, 

305,  348 
Gedding,  272,  274,  278, 

279,  327 
Geffory,   287 
Gerald,  227 
Gerard,  102 
Gennie,  114 
Gernain,  23 
Gernon,  88 
Gernoun,  89,  213 
Gerveys  or  Jervase,  256, 

'58 

Gery,  297 

Gibson,  168,  190,  236 
Gifard,  119,  123 
Giffard,  171,  182 
Gifford,  Ld.,  155 
Gilbert,  &c.,  51-52,  166, 

'72,  173,  '75,  '7?,  195, 
214,  231,  233 

Gildesburgh,  274 
Gill,  I74 

Gillingwater,  357 
Gilstrap,  270 
Gipps,  86,  268-270,  333, 

338 

Girard,  108 
Gislebert,  E.,  25,  28,  36, 

40,  47,  70,  85,  126-128, 

222,  316,  345 
Gislingham,  103 


Glamfield,  290 
Glandfield,  &c.,  207 
Glanville,  150,  152,  159, 

'75,  "93 
Gloucester,    E.    of,   43, 

143"-,    i?1.    '77,    200, 
255,  352,  353,  36i 

Glover,  161 

Glynn,  29 

Gocelin,  340 

Goda,  139 

Godbold,  307 

Goddard,  207 

Godestan,  22 

Godfrey,  16,  24,  29,  161, 

339 

Godine,  25 
Godman,  64 
Godmerston,  95 
Godric,  47,  86,  108,  126 
Godwin,  22,   25,  26,  28, 

1 08 

Gogh,  54 
Goldewell,  91,  92 
Golding,  44 
Goldingham,  5,  6,  8,  34, 

87,  322 
Gondwin,  47 
Gooch,  135,  210 
Goodal(l),  209,  213 
Gooday,  209 
Goodburne,  276 
Goodday,  133,  134,  138, 

263,  3'7 

Goode,  289,  293 
Gooding,  40-42,  322 
Goodmund,     162,     167, 

197,  229,  299 
Goodrich,  167,  207,  241, 

344,  347,  348 
Goodrick,  333 
Goodridge,  139 
Goodwin,  37,  59,  282 
Goodwyf,  264 
Goodwyn,  122,  282,  362 
Gooth,  281,  286 
Goring,  218 
Goscelen,  316 
Gosnold(e),  81,  173,  294, 

295 

Goss,  105 
Gosselyn,  94 
Cough,  250,  251,  307 
Gould,  54 

Grafton,  Title,  250,  252 
Graham,  101 
Gray,  186 
Green,    58*.,    207,    329, 

335 

Greene,  277,  315 
Grene,  182,  266 
Greno  or  Grenon,  98 
Grenon,  22,  29,  43,  98, 

103,  104,  124,  126-128 
Grcsham,       154,       156, 

1 561.,  160,  i6o«.,  226«. 
Grey,  4,  33,  34,  89,  177, 

256**. 

Grigby,  146,  355 
Griggs,  208 
Grigson,  312-314 
Grim,  22,  128 


Grimston,  55,  134,  235 
Grimwade,  30,   78,   118, 

'47 

Grislinge,  15 
Grome,    279,    281,    282 

284-286,  288,  290-293 
Groom(e),  241,  289 
Gros,  10 

Gross(e),  10,  38,  39*. 
Grove,  233,  334 
Grubb,  331,  336 
Grymesharewe,  19 
Gudgeon,  166,  263 
Gudmund,  300 
Guert,  9,  25,  85,  87 
Gundreda,        Countess, 

150 

Gunn,  278 
Gunvill,  300 
Gurdon,     18,    21,     103, 

209,  225,  241 
Guthere,  170 
Guthlaf,  170 
Gwyder,  56 
Gwyton,  346 
Hacoun,  89 
Hacun,  8gx. 
Haddeley,  53 
Haddely,  52 
Hadham,  156 
Hadiscoe,   163,  164 
Hadleye,  94 
Haggar,  56 
Haggit,  166 
Hakebech,  76 
Hakoun,  Sgw. 
Haldenby,  253 
Hale,  19,  21 
Hales,  34,  82,  232,  233 
Hales,  Abbot  of,  205 
Hall,  97,  122,  264 
Ha  11am.  334^. 
Halle,    139,  318 
Haman,  282 
Hamby,  238 
Hamelyn,  52 
Hamilton,  56,  57 
Hamlake,  19 
Hammer,  210 
Hammersley,  275 
Hamond,  278 
Hampden,  218 
Hampson,  208 
Hanes,  see  Anos. 
Hanford,  341 
Hankey,  18,  21 
Hanmcr,   210,   224,   252, 

253 

Hannable,  359 
Hansard,  362 
Harbord,  210,  225,  226, 

241 

Harcourt,  15,  172 
Hard  win,  159    • 
Hardyng,  101 
Hare,  55,  320,  331,  362 
Harecourt,  259 
Hargreaves,  355,  356 
Harkett,  74,  75 
Harland,  7,  8,  26,  121 
Harleston,  80,  245 
Harlewyn,  236 


Harlwyn,  40 
Harlyston,  245 
Harman,  35 
Hannell,  286 
Harmyn,  280,  281,  286 
Harold,  14,   16,  22,   29, 

43,    47,    85>    98»    Io8> 

109,  126,  128 
Harper,  147 
Harris,  296 
Harrison,  142,  206,  241, 

265 

Harrys,  281 
Hart,  4,  45,  263,  320 
Hartestong,  236 
Harvey,  187,  277,  312 
Harvy,  209 
Harwell,  231,  266,  289, 

290,  292 
Harwood,  120 
Harwyn,  284  * 
Hastings,  in,  114,  142, 

362 

Hatclyff,  256 
Hato,  127 
Haughton,  223 
Havers,  41,  113 
Ha  ward,   124 
Hawes,  288 
Hawkins,  241 
Haydon,  204 
Haynes,  100 
Hayward,  205,  207,  209 
Haywell,  241 
Hedersete,  139 
Hedge,  148*. 
Heigham,  186,  214,  233, 

240,  311,  315,  343 
Helle,  264 
Heltret,  316 
Hemenhale,  109,  309 
Hemested,  44 
Hengist,  168,  169 
Hengrave,  151 
Henon,  E.  of,  20 
Henry,  103,  184,  198 
Henson,  223 
Herbert,  al.  Yaxley,  87 
Hereford,     Title,     101, 

164,  222,  223 
Hereford     and     Essex, 

E.  of,  176 
Hereward,  340 
Herick,  23 
Herne,  210 
Heron,  241 
Herries,   134 
Hert,  89 
Hervey,    77,    88,     197, 

248,  330«.,  332-337 
Hervy,  139,  362 
Hethe,    245,    266,    345, 

346 
Heveningham,  172,  173, 

333 
Heydon,    24,    148,    201, 

235 

Heyward,  287,  288,  292 
Hickes,  168 
Hicks,  206 

Hill,  134,  135,  '38,  '39, 
142,  225,  320«. 


XVI11. 


INDEX   NOMINUM. 


Hillary,  *>,  83 
Hillhouse,  138 
Hind.  276 
Hmtlesham,  53 
Hitchroke,  125 
Hobart,    116,    161,    209 

Hobberd,  73 

Hodges,  56 

Hogan.  304 

Holand,  54 

Holbroke,    12,    26,    40, 

64,   67,  68,    104,    109 

in,  114.  124 
Holbrook,    n,    22,    26, 

27,  32,  33-  64,  68,  104 

116 

Holcot,  329 
Holdich(e),  160,  235 
Holebrok(e),     12,     in 

Holebrook,  114 
Holgate,  318 
Holgill,  9" 
Holgye,  91 
Holland,  66 
Holle,  308 
Holleck,  138 
Hollingsworth,          164 
166*.,     181,     185-186, 

194*.,    196,    202,  204« 

220,  228,  230*. 
Holman,  271 
Holmes,  147 
Home,  29 
Homer,  169 
Honton,  102 
Hoo,  23,  96,  300,  327 
Hopper,  125 
Hopton,  99 
Hore,  46 
Home,  88 
Horold,  26 
Horsley,  105 
Horsman,  259 
Hotham,   174.   '75.   '9< 
Hotot,  Houtot,  237,  301 
Houghton,  145,  '47 
Hovel(l),  '55,  >7',  259 
How,  207,  209 
Howard,    17,    54.    58"-, 

80,   81,   97,    132,    144. 

147,     205,     263,     269. 

322,  325,  327,  35« 
Howe,  37,  173,  231 
Howel(l),  '55,  207 
Hoxon,  206 
Hubbard,  97 
Hubert,  22 
Huddleston,  349 
Hughe,  5 
Hull,  54 
Hulton,  135 
Hume,  184 
Humfrey,  130,  316 
Humfrid,  119,  122 
Humgate,   240 
Humphrey,  216,  249 
Huoa,  86 
Hunfrid,  316 
Hungerford,    54,     146, 

.78 


Hunsdon.  Ld.,  305 
Hunt,     187,     191,     209, 

287,  288,  290,  329 
Huntingdon,  277,  361 
Huntingfcud,  234 
Huntingneld,  163,  234 
Huswyf,   54 
Ilger,  22 
Illeigh    or    Illey,    340- 

343 

[lies,  291 
Illey,  255 

Illyngworth,  91.  <>; 
[ngelric,  130,  139,  168 
Ingelset,  253 
Ingham.  245 
InsuJa,   180 
Ipswich,  Bp.  of,  193 
Irby,  33 
Isaac,  224 
Isacke,  99 
Isham,  345 
Isle,  del,  52,  57 
Ive,  179 

Iveagh,  Ld.,  279 
Jackson,  356 
Jacob,  207,  236 
James,  29,  283,  287 
faneto  Paulo,  152 
Janings,  187 
farrald,  107 
Jarrett,  38 
Jarvis,  294 
Jeffery,  81 
Jenkyn,  285 
Jenney,  81,  258,  348 
Jennings,  20,  314 
Jenny,  56,  99,  100,  103 

Jcrmyn,  133,  194,  248, 
257,  257*.,  260-261, 
286,  287,  295,  305, 
307,  323,  325-327,  329- 
335.  337,  338,  35', 
353,  355 

Jerningham,    202,    204 

242 

Jersey,  E.  of,  236,  238 
Jerveys,  260,  318 
Jerveys   or   Jarneys   or 

Gervys,  260 
Jervois,  265 
John,  109,  129,  345 
Johnson,   103,   190,  277 
Johnstone,  324 
Jones,  12,  26,  315 
Josey,  233 

Josselyn,  112,  117,  118 
Jower,  172 
Justin,  286 
Juxton,  290 
Karne,  331 
Keable,  186 
Kebell  or  Keblc,  236 
Keble,     180,    208,    232 

233,  236-238 
Kcdington,      132,     240. 

241,  324,  325.  343 
Kccble,  284 
Keen(c),    11-13,   73,  348 
Kclet,  253 
Kellygrew,  351 


Kelsale.  81 
Kcmball,  1 18,  241 
Kemble,  2171. 
Kembold,  281 
Kemp,  74,  75 
Kemscop,  171*. 
Kendall,  225 
Kcne,  295 
Kent,  269,  271 
Kent.  E.  of,  199,  361 
Kcnune,  253 
Kcppel,  7 
Kerdison,  5 
Kcrington,  225 
Kcrr,  364 

Kerridge,  81,  82,  84 
Kerrington,   324 
Kerrison,   103,   106 
Kersey,  92 

Ketel,  2i6-2i7«.,  220 
Ketelberston,  350 
Ketene,  33 
Kettleborough,   250 
Kildare,  E.  of,  176,  177 
Killigrew,  333 
Kimbald,  289 
King,  Si,   160,  237.  241, 

282,  286,  289 
Kinnoul,  E.  of,  342 
Kirby,  125,  197 
Kirkham,  51,  141 
Kitson,  271,  305 
Knevet,  351 
Knevitt,  15,  353 
Knight,  341 
Knipe,  207 
Knollys,  222 
Knopwood,  287,  293 
Knyvet(t),  80,  352,  363 
Kokerel,  176 
Kyllegrewe,  124 
Kyme,  153 
Kyng,  201 
Kytson,  268 
La  Bole,  245,  246 
Lacy,  356 
Laing,  184 
Lakyngheath,  274 
Lambe.  15,  16,  20,  347 
Lambert,  10,  207,  236 
Lampet,  86 
Lancaster,  23,  24,  352 
Lancaster,    Title,     177, 

255,  360 
Langeton,  43 
Langley,  352,  353,  361 
Langlif,  340 
Lant,  219 
Lanthcolde,  318, 
Large,  329,  331 
Laroche,  38 
Latimer,    40,    65,     102, 

116,  160,  362 
Latton,  48 

Laurence,  93,  125,  253 
Laurcns,  101 
Laurier      ( ?     Lawney) 

Law,  204 
La  Warre,  277 
Laweney,  219 
Lawnay,  219 


Lawney,  217 

Layer,  208 

Layman,  331 

Lay  ton,  24,  96 

Le  Blanc,  322 

Lcdmar,  47 

Ledmer,  108 

Lee,  264,  3°«»  35Z 

Li-gat,  260 

Le  Heufe,  297-298,  307 

Le  Heup,  317 

Leicester,     E.     of,     21, 

172,  '97,  '9s 
Lely,  57 
1  mi. in,  87 
Lemman,  235 
Lemsey     (?     Lawney), 

217 

I.c  Neve,  125 

Lenveisie,  90 

Leomar,  347 

Lescrop,  17' 

Lesingham,  152 

Leslie,  142 

Lesnes,  Abbot  of,  237 

L'Estrange,  80,  81,  17", 
178,  266,  267,  276- 
277,  279,  3°5  300, 

324 

Lesyngham,  153 
Leuric,  25,  70,  76,  '26 
Leveryngton,  90 
Leveson,  167,  175 
Levestan,  28 
Leweger,  362 
Lewgor(e),  362,  365 
Lew  in,  159 
Lcwood,  362 
Leyrebreton,  44 
Lichfield  and  Coventry, 

Bp.  of,  264 
Lincoln,  Bp.  of,  277 
Lincoln,     E.     of,     143, 

165,  199 

Lindsay,  E.  of,  I 
Lingard,  184 
Liscamp,  20 
L'Isle,  57,  »6s,  '93 
Liston,  6,  322 
Littcl(l),  61,  102 
Livermerc,  245 
Lloyd,  56,  57,  63 
Loch,  142 
Lock,  225 
Lofft,  279 
Logan,  337 
Lolepeke,  357 
Lomax,  342 
London,     Bp.     of,     55, 

229,  3S«> 

Long(e),  12,  26,  37 
Longchamp,  113 
Long,  Parker-a-Morley- 

109 

Lopham,  32 
Losa,  167 

Lothian,  Marq.  of,  364 
Louches,  19,  20 
Loudham,  86,  87 
Lovaine,  266 
Lovaine     or     Loveync, 

262 


INDEX  NOMINUM. 


xix. 


Loveday,  89 

Lovel,  73,   143-145,  206 

Lovell,     55,     121,     178, 

236,  256-257 
Lovetot,  Ld.,   165 
Loveyn,  226 
Lovyne,  260 
Lowe,   113 
Lowth(e),  5,  6 
Lucas,  32,  87 
Lucy,  212,  234 
Luffe,  209 
Luke,  323 
Lumley,  82 
Lyle,   52 
Lynch,    209,    231.      See 

Fynch. 

Lyng,  207,  208 
Lyston,  54,  262 
Madyson,  232 
Magnaville,  68,  70,  71, 

127,  158,  159 
Malcolm,  348 
Maiden,  287 
Malet,  3,   5,  14,  22,  85, 

158,  159 
Mallowes,  194 
Mallows,  215 
Malmesbury,    Will.    of. 

149 

Malpas,  54 
Man,  85,  319 
Manby,  209 
Mandeville,    198 
Mandut,  94 
Marn,  363 
Manners,     256*.,     270, 

271,  278 

Manners-Sutton,   270 
Mannings,  206 
Mannock,    48,    49,    56, 

68,  69,  215 
Mannyng,   101 
Mansel,  29 
Mansion,  347 
March,  E.  of,  178 
Marchant,  319 
Marci,  47 
Mare,  19 

Mareschal,  I43».,  301 
Mark,  76,  209 
Markes,  65 
Markhatn,  55 
Marks,  204 
Marlow,  7,  209,  241 
Marny,  352 
Marriott,  231 
Marsh(e),  76,  125,  241 
Marshall,  114,  199,  277 

298 

Marsham,  297 
Martin,     6n.,     29,     57 

103,     204,    208,     209 

241,     274,    324,     341 
Masculus,  216 
Maskcll,  261 
Maslyne,  233 
Mason,   113,   117,  269 
Matthew,  266 
Maundeville  or  Amoun 

deville,  234 
Maunsell,  253 


Mawa,  22 

Maximillian,  143,   184 
May,  29,  100,  101 
Maydenbath,  21 
Mayner,  71 
Meadow,  11-13 
Meadows,  241 
Melreth,  253 
Mendlesham,  212 
Merells,  122 
Merk,  76 
Merkant,  23 
Meron,  104 
Merry,  334,  351 
Methuen,  33 
Middleton,  235 
Mikelfeld,  213 
Milles,  190 
Mills,   102,   IO2H.,   187 
Milner,  29 
Milson,  311 
Milton,  113 
Mistertone,  165 
Moese,  217 
Molines,  Ld.,  143 
Monceux,  259 
Monchasy,   17 
Monmouth,    Title,    233, 

345»- 

Montacute,  255 

Montchensy,  34 

Mont  Chesny,  94 

Montechensy,  259 

Montfitchet,  103,  318 

Montford,  D.  of,  360 

Montfort,  22,  94,  128, 
M9.  '62,  167,  172, 
197-199,  212,  227-229, 
239,  254,  299,  300 

Montgomery,   150 

Monulf,  130,  131 

Moodie,  92,  359 

Moone,  35 

Moor(e),  48,  282,  284 

Moorbridge,  206 

Moose,  231 

Mootham,  264 

Morant,  6«.,  51*1. 

Mordaunt,  345 

More,  182,  184 

Moretaigne,  E.  of,  149. 
150,  159,  168,  216, 
"9.  255.  262,  316. 
339,  35° 

Moreton,   E.  of,  339 

Morieux,  265,  266 

Morley,  38,  39,  142-145, 
182,  361,  362 

Morn,  113 

Mortimer,  80,  171 

Mortlock,  174,  219 

Morton,  93 

Morton,  Title,  16,  19- 
21 

Mosele,  86 

Moseley,  263,  264,   313, 

3 '9,  347 

Mossell,  86«.,  87 
Mossell  or  Moswell,  86 
Mosyll,  99 
Motheham,  290 
Mott,  66 


Moumplers,  :6i 
Mounchesy,  259 
Mounteney,  212 
Mounteneye,  237 
Mountensey,   181 
Mounteny,  234 
Mowbray,  147,  177,  361 
Mowse,  24 
Moyle,  141,  142 
Munchensy,  48,  94 
Munday,  186 
Mundevill,  237 
Munfichet,  234 
Munne,  218 

Munnings,  196,  210,241 
Murieus,  36 
Murrey,  315 
Musgrave,  65 
Musgrose,  171 
Muskett,  41,   84*1.,    193, 
194,     196,     201,     207, 

2O8,        2IO 

Myklefeld,  213 
Mylde,  147 
Mynett,  49 
My  not  h,  48 
Nalbans,  Ld.,  334 
Nash,   100 
Naunton,  327 
Navetton,  265 
Navor,  247 
Nawton,  93 
Necton,  92,  93 
Neden,  324 
Needham,  81 
Neketon,  139 
Nekton,  92 
Nelson,  175 
Nerford,    72,    in,    114, 

III 

Nesebytt,  153 
Neve,  212,  213 
Nevil,  133,  164,  165 
Nevill,     23,     58*.,    65, 

256 
\evill  or  Fitz-Ranulph. 

79 

Neville,  252 
Nevyll(e),   101,   155 
Neweman,  64 
Newman,  147 
Newport(e),  103,  145 
Newtas,  301 
Newton,  106,  333 
Nicholas,   103,   179 
Nichols,  87 
Nicholson,   276 
Nicolas,  256*1. 
Nicoll,  54 
Nigel,  149,  216 
Noers,  50 
Norfolk,    Title,    5,    48 

54,  S8,  58«.,  144,  145 

"47,     236,     257,     269 

270,     301,     322,     325 

327,    330 
Norman,   130,  226,  227 

288 

Normandy,  Duke  of,  : 
Norrys,  287 


North,     34,     141,     173, 

'75,     '76»     '94,     306, 

347 
Northampton,  Marq.  of, 

222 
Northumberland,  E.  of, 

361 

Northwode,  93 
Northwold,   309,  317 
Norton,  10,  139,  348 
Norwich,  318 
Norwich,     Bp.     of,     29, 

166,  237 
Norwich,  E.  of,  218 
Notteme,  24 
Nottingham,  E.  of,  361 
Nowel(l),  218,  226,  245 
Nowton,  351 
Nun,  279-281,  284,  285, 

288-291 

Nunne,  275,  343,  348 
Nycoll,   105 
Nye,  301 
Nykeman,  264 
Oakes,   142,  351-353 
Oberville,  162 
Oburville,   167,  168 
Odo,  64,   109 
O'Donel,  341 
Offord,  157 

Off  wood,  205,  207,  210 
Ogard,  80 
Oldhalle,  153 
Oleville,   172 

Olf,  3 

Olorenshaw,  318 

Olton,  91 

Oneby,  19 

Oram,  208 

Orby     or     Orreby,     80, 

8o«. 

Ord,  Dr.,  253 
Ordlaf,  170 
Orebyn,  15 
Ormesby,  89 
Ormeston,  274,  319 
Ormond,  E.  of,  73,  77, 

120,  164,  176-178 
Orthington,  334 
Osbern,  47,  71,   127 
Osborn(e),  44,  146,  208, 

240,  241,  327 
Osgot,  108 
Ositha,  229 
Ostler,  286 
Otburville,  227 
Owinge,  268 
Oxford,    Title,    17,    18, 

21,  28,  34,  65,  94,  101, 

105,    I05«.,    190,    198, 

240,  252,  297,  318,  323, 

327,     348 
Page,  62,  174,  193,  275, 

286,  294,  310,  329 
Paget,  55 
Pakam,  348 
Pakeman,  172 
Pakenham,     151,     280, 

309,  310 

Paley,  250,  251,  346 
Palgrave,  99 
Palmer,  29,  207,  245*. 


XX. 


INDEX  NOMINUM. 


Pammant,  210                  Phclyp.  351 

Pyvett,  288,  291 

Rie,  Lord,  1431*. 

Panton,  60,  61                 '  Philbrick,  30*1. 

Ouatermayne,  54 

Rigby,  19,  21 

Parcyvall,  92                    Philippe,  152 

Kadcliffe,  41 

Riis  or  Rees,  102 

Pargiter,  23                      Philips.  9$ 

Raffc,  206,  241 

Ripariis     or     Redvers, 

Parker,    18,    37-39,    S6>  Phillipps,  90,  93 

Raimes,  47 

43,  "3,  '43»- 

91,  93,   109,   123,   13).  Phin,  5.  36,  47.  122 

Rainelm,  127 

Risby,  66,  267,  283,  287, 

144,     US-    201,    204,  Pichard,  360 

Rakelound,  329 

3".  354,  355 

319,     320                        Pictavicnsis,   see   Poic- 

Raleigh,  Ld.,  250 

Rissebrok,  329 

Parker-a-Morley,  37            tou. 

Ralph,  9,  167,  179,  197, 

Risshton,  200 

Parkin  (  ?  Perkins),  173 

Picrson,  208,  209 

199,     212,     228,     239,  Rivers,    E.,     194,    268, 

Parmenter,  60 

Pike,  So,  81,  102,  17111. 

268,     344.     347.     348 

271 

Pannounter,  264 

Pilkington,  324 

Hampton,  288 

Rivett,   147-148*.,  319 

Parnell,  217,  218 

Pillet,  42 

Ramsey,  53,  283 

Rix,  61 

Parr(e),  65,  222,  263 

Pinel,  71 

Ramsford,  275 

Rober,  56 

Parris,  304 

Pinges,  265 

Kanstorne,  138 

Robert,  40,   47,  94,  96, 

Parson,  see  Pers. 

Pipard,  57 

Rant,  231 

108,     in,     119,     121, 

Partridge,  30*.,  78,  84 

Pip.ird,  50-53,  176 

Raper,  363 

123,     197,     245,     282 

Paryent,  44 

Pippard,  52 

Ratlesden,  254,  318 

Roberts,  16,  19,  21 

Parys,  362                         Pitman,  322 

Rattlesden,  217,  259 

Robinson,  109,  118,  207, 

Pascal,  Paschal,  77 

3laiz,  318 

Ravenscroft,  204 

209,  355-  363 

Pasgrave,  125 

Plantagenet,    199,    352, 

Rawson,  342,  343 

Rochefort,  20 

Pastone,  153 

353 

Ray,  191,  194,  195,  207, 

Rochester,  13,  199 

Patrick,  29 

Playford,  145 

225,  337 

Rochester,    Bp.    of,   91, 

Patrycke.  40 

Playz,  102 

Raydon,  54,  68,  77 

92,  257 

Patteson,  264 

Plumbe,  6 

Rayleigh,  Ld.,  346 

Rochford,  83,  211 

Paulet,  263 

Plumpstede,  340 

Rayment,  208,  209 

Rochfort,  177 

Paveley,  08,  360 

Plumpton,  114 

Raymond,  207 

Rocke,  200 

Payn(e),  122,  300 

Plumptre,  29 

Raynford,  351,  352 

Roderic,  316 

Peacock,  29 

Poarle,  207 

Raynforth,  350-352 

Rod  way.  333,  351 

Pearl(e),  148*1. 

Poictou,  5,  130,  131,  159. 

Raynham,  331 

Rodwell,  241 

Pebemarsh,  29 

212,227 

Raynsford,  353 

Rodwode,  208 

Pecche.  53,  54 

Poictou   and   Cornwall. 

Read,  1  60,  208 

Roger,  22,  36 

Peche,  255,  265,  265*. 

E.  of,  199 

Reade,   16,  21,  96,   102 

Rogers,  46,  298,  307 

Peckenham,  95 

Pole,    48,    So,    96,    129, 

Rebow,  113,  214 

Rokewode,     Rokewood, 

Peel,  337 

143,    154*1.,    155,    164- 

Redstone,  112,  199 

77,  103,  196,  266,  302, 

Peghan,  101 

166,  i  86,  201,  202 

Redvers,  see  Ripariis. 

341,  342,  348,  352 

Pell,  268 

Poley,  16,  154,  173,  231, 

Reed,  200 

Rokwod,  5 

Pemberton,  75 

233.    25°"-.    269.    29'. 

Rees,  see  Riis. 

Rolffe,  214 

Pembroke,    Title,     114, 

301,  304 

Reeve,  154,  I94-196.  24' 

Romans,  King  of,  199 

14311.,  152,  199 

Pooley,  317 

Rcignold,  15 

Romesey,  52 

Pembrugge,  172 

Poor,  170 

Rempton,  291 

Romsey,  Abbess  of,  139 

Penbrigge,  274 

Popham,  59,  140 

Rendlesham,   Ld.,   34 

Ront,  210,  241 

Penbrugge,  274 

Porter,  82,  297 

Renyn,  65 

Rookwode,     Rookwood, 

Pendleton,  351 

Poskill,  287 

Reppes,  235,  236,  348 

54,  203,  286,  302,  341- 

Pepes,  122  - 

Potter,  207,  277 

Resshbroke,  260 

343 

Pepper,  219 

Povery,  325 

Reve,  see  Wright. 

Roos,  19,  20,  Son.,  143, 

Pepys,  142 

Povie,  283 

Revett,  48,  140,  317 

255-258 

Perche,  199 

Powell,  12,  26,  57,  355 

Reyden,  17 

Roper,  179,  187,  209 

Percy,  19,  80,  361 

Powys,  56 

Reydon,       71-73,       120 

Rorie,  254 

Perge,  266 

Poynings,  17 

120H.,    124 

Ros,  114,  255-257 

Perient,  295 

Poyntes,  333 

Reymes  or  Raimes,  47 

Rosall,  164 

Pers  or  Parson,  in,  11; 

Pratt,  207,  208 

49,  69,  71,  120,  I2on. 

Rose,  260 

Pery,  138 

Presseney,  339,  340,  342 

Reynold,  20,  26,  59 

Rosiear,  208 

Peryent,  44,  66 

Preston,  153 

Reynolds,  6,   7,    12,    15 

Rosier,  241 

Pesserara,  197 

Pretyman,      206,      209, 

87,   140,  241,  249,  266 

Rosse,  83 

Peter,  17,  193,  268,  272 

210,     213,     226,     241, 

Ribourg,  Coun.  of,  43 

Rothes,  Coun.  of,  142 

316,  319 

308 

Rich,  253 

Roughened,  302 

Peterborough,     E.     of 

Prior,   Pryor,   208,   241 

Richard,  25,  28,  36,  40 

Round,  198 

345"- 

310 

47,    70,    85,     126-128 

Rous(e),  6,  7,  362,  363- 

Petit,  209 

Proctor,  161 

167,     197,     222,     316 

365 

Pelt,  241 

Provence,  E.  of,  200 

344,     345 

Routledge,  102 

Pettit,     Pettyt(t),     132 

Pryce,  264 

Richard  Coeur  de  Lion 

Rowe,  99 

138 

Pryse,  200 

278 

Rowland,  207,  208,  241 

Pettiward,     174,     174*1. 

Pulham,  348 

Richardson,  51*. 

Rowley,   7,    16,   38,  68, 

178,  196,  218,  219 

Purle,  209 

Richirs  or  Richers,  145 

97,  «48,  319 

Pettyward,  210 

Py,  285 

209 

Rows,  294 

Peverel,  163 

Pyell,  277*1. 

Richer,  102 

Roys,  96 

Peverell,    25,    26,    216 

Pyke,  135 

Richmond,  207 

Ruck,  11,  12 

217 

Pykenham,  97 

Richmond,  E.  of,  172 

Ruck-Kecne,  12 

Peyforer,  163 

Pyme,  351 

Rickman,  278 

Rufus  I.,  229 

Peyton,  116,  278,  293 

Pypard,  51,  52,  176 

Ridley,  100,  302 

Ruggle,  133 

Peyvere,  300 

Pyshall,  90 

Ridnall,  290 

Ruly  or  Rugley,  139 

INDEX  NOMINUM. 


xxi. 


Rungeton,  107 

Rush,  76,  78,  82 

Rushbroke,  293 

Rushbrook(e), 
282,     283,     288,,     289, 
3'8,     329.     33'.     33°- 

338 
Russebrok,  329 

Russell,    34,    92,     258. 

32°.  324,  354 
Russia,  Emp.  of,  258 
Rust,  231,  241,  264 
Rutland,  278 
Rutland,  E.  of,  257*1. 
Ryan,  56 
Rychars,  145 
Rydett,  283 
Rydnall,  281,  282 
Rykhill,  217 
Ryngesale,  33 
Rys,  245 

Rysby,  245,  264,  265 
Ryvett,  147,  148 
Sadler,  284 
Sage,  113 
St.  Albans,   E.   of,   194 

334,  35" 

St.  Asaph,  Bp.  of,  29 
St.  Benet,  127 
St.  Clare,  259 
St.    Clare,    Abbess    of 

'54 
St.    Cleer,   Clere,   &*c. 

260 
St.   Edmund,  339,  340 

357,  358 

St.  Etheldred,  316,  317 
St.  John,  145 
St.  Osith,  Abbot  of,  234 
St.  Ositha,  72 
St.  Philibert,   116 
St.  Poll,  46 
St.  Valery,  158 
Salines,  259 
Salisbury,   105 
Salisbury,      Title,      96 

'77-  255,  36' 
Salkeld,  178 
Salmon,  166 
Salter,   132,   I32«.,  281 

282,  284,  285,  289,  29 
Sampson,    42,    45-46*1. 

77,    77"-,    87,    88,    90 

9',   93,   95,    '02,    '03 

285,  303,  329 
Samson,  23 
Sanderson,  Lady,  225 
Sandwell,  219 
Sandys,  174 
Sare,  209 
Saulter,  140 
Saunders,  99,  319 
Savigni,  25,  26,  181 
Savill,  148 
Savoy,  Count  of,  43 
Saxey,  Saxy,  343 
Saxham,  327,  329 
Saxo,  181 

Saxony,  D.  of,  199 
Say,  222,  318 
Sayer,  208 
Sayge,  93 


icaccario,  163 
Jcakelthorp,  152,  235 
Scalariis  or  De  Scales, 
239 

Scales,     178,    222,    222W., 

239, 240, 256, 258, 348 

^calpi,  25,  98,  124 
Scapi,  29 
Scarfe,  241 
Scarpe,    280,    282,    287, 

288,  290,  293 
Scarven,  343 
Scharcheneheye   or   Es- 

corcheveile,  50 
Scotland,  329,  331 
Scott,  35 

Scroop(e),   115,  202 
Scrope,  116 
Scryvener,  24 
Scudamore,  223 
Seaman,  276,  283 
Seaman  al.  Turner,  308 
Seckford,  88,    101,    109 
Sedgwick,  29 
Sefoul,  151 
Segar,  8 
Sellman,  34 
Seman,  71,  280 
Sergeaunt,  152 
Serjeant,  89,  206 
Sewell,  103 
Seyer,  148 
Shaa,  350 
Shakelthorp,   152 
Shakespeare,   164 
Shardelo\v(e),  96,   116 
Sharpe,  279,  287 
Shave,  241 
Sheafe,  210,  241 

Sheffield,  15 

Sheldon,  121,  160,  204 

Shelley,  55,  191 

Shelton,  48,  73,  74,  78, 
82*1.,  109,  154,  235 

Shepherd,  208,  241 

Sheppard,  113,  287 

Sherman,  30 

Shewer,  75 

Shiffner,  12 

Shipbrooke,   Earl,  8 

Shotisbroke,  86 

Shrewsbury,  E.  of,  150, 
164,   165 

Shyrynton,  20 

Shys,  209 

Sibton,  Abbot  of,  327 

Sicklemore,  6 

Sidney,  223,  263 

Sighere,  King,  229 

Sigvart,  170 

Simon,  Abbot,  309 

Simond,  209 

Simonds,  81 

Simpson,  210 

Sire,  308 

Siric,  22,  47 

Skarpe,  285,  289,   290 

Skeat,  277 

Skeet,  200 

Sketter,  117 

Skinner,  357 

Skippon,  95-97 


Skipton,  54 
Skipworth,  210 
Skott,  284,  291 
Skrene,  217,  218 
Skreyve,  171,  178 
Skudamore,  263 
Skulthorp,  314 
Slaughter     or     Slater, 


Stamford,  E.  of,  334 
Stampe,  97 
Stanbridge,  233 
Standbrigge,  233 
Stanfield  (  ?),  71 
Stanham,  321 
Stanley,   i24«,  260 
Stannard,  207,  208 


183,  184  Stapleton,  115 

Slegh,  91  Stapulton,  91 

Smeri,  70  Starkey  (?  Storky),  275, 

Smith,     76.  102,     161.      350 

173,     208,  210,     225,  Starling,  48 

235,     241,  278,     286,1  Staunto  (?),  237 

287,     302,  305,     343,  Staunton,  45,  66,  309 
354-     355  Staverton,  91,  214 

Smith-Carington,  278      Steel,  274 


Smithe,  233 

Stephen,  282,  286. 

Smy,  241 

Sterne,  310 

Smyth,     93,     172,     204,  Stevens,  363 

279,     281,     285,     287,  Steygall,  206 

320,     343,     355              Stigand,  25,  26,  32,  50, 

Snellyng,  330                       57,  119,  123 

Soame,    37,     109,     147,  Still,  13 

207,  236,  237                 I  Stirling,  E.  of,  322 

Solemy,  77 

StokdaJe,  91 

Somers,  73*1. 

Stonham,  274,  321 

Somerset,  263                    Stowe,  183 

Somerset,     D.     of,     18,  Stowmarket,  132 

105,  178 

Strange,    165,   200,   245, 

Sondynge,  23 

264,     265,     283,     286, 

Sorrell,  131,  208 

307,     308,     346 

Sorsby,  275                         Strangulf,  85 

South,  283,  284,  288         Stratford,  28,  94,  95 

Southall,  93                      >  Stratfort,  5,  68 

Southampton,      E.      of,  Stratton,  53,  87,  88 

222,  263,  319                  Straunge,  267,  287 

Southewell,  65                 ,  Strokys,  29 

Southwell,    54,   65,    67.  Strutt,  250 

252                                    Stubbin,  78 

Sowth,  283,  285 

Stubbs,  213 

Spakkyng,  235 

Sturmy,   131 

Spalding,  248 

Sturton,  204 

Sparrow,    29,    103,    113, 

Stutevile,  355 

190,  265,  337 

Stutter,  48 

Speers,  208 

Suane,  40,  94,  96,   119, 

Spells,  84 

121 

Spelman,  6,  66 

Suart,  28 

Spencer,    34,    35,     125. 

Sucklinge,  59 

139,  208,  259 

Sudbury,  350 

Spenser,    20,    77,     142. 

Suerting,  71 

32' 

Suffolk,  Title,  i,  48,  64, 

Spice,  23,  52,  91 

86,    95,    96,    99,    129, 

Spicer,  222,  262,  267 

'33,     '43,     '44,     '5', 

Spiet,  126 

152,  154,  164-166,  186, 

Spinke,  226 

196,  197,  200-202,  235, 

Spring(e),   86,   92,    105, 

258,     259,     263,     266, 

'33,     '40,     145,     M7. 

333 

214,     258,     280,    282, 

Sulny,  77 

284,     289,    291,     293. 

Sulvey,  77 

304-307,  3",  3'8,  3'9, 

Sulyard,    27,   93,   95-97, 

326,  332,  334,  351 

186,  202-206,  210,  2ii, 

Sprouston,  89 

240-242,  352 

Sprouton,  89 

Sulyerd,  54 

Spryng(e),      11-13,     30, 

Surrey,  E.  of,  235 

92    259 

Suthflet,  23 

Stafford,  178,  205,  256 

Sutton,    16,    17,    28,   46, 

Stafford,  E.  of,  256 

73,  77,  77"-,  88,   121, 

Stainer,  105 

207,  270,  277,  350 

Stair,  E.  of,  7 

Suwart,  32,  50,  57 

Stalre,  127 

Svvaffham,  330,  357,  358 

Stambridge,  231 

Swan,  17 

xxa. 


INDEX    NOMINUM. 


Swayne,  18 
Swinford,  182 
Swynbournc,  342,  352 
Sydney,  66,  125 
Syer,  208 
Syf,  201 

Symond,  35,  302 
Symonds,  140,  284,  307 

3*6,  35' 
Symons,  132 
Syret,  210 
Tacon,  41 
Taillebosc,  5 
Tailor,  236,  237 
Talbot,  53,  164,  165 
Talebot  or  Talbot,   50 

5' 

Talbott,  346 
Talemache,  10 
Tallemach(e),     10.     13 

3«S 

Talmach(e),  9,  II 
Talmage,  IIM. 
Talmash(e),   9,   30,   33 

58,  236 
Tancred,  130 
Tanner,  125,  241 
Tanston,  24 
Tarver,  28 
Tasburgh,  46 
Tateshale,  So,  84 
Tateshall    or    Tatshall 

79 

Tatyngston,  107 
Tavener,  23 
Taverner,  302 
Tay,  322 
Taylor,  57,  313 
Teddington  (  ?),  217 
Tela,  22 
Tendring(e),  19,  20,  65 

'47 
Tendring  al.   Whipple 

24 
Tendryng,    10,    44,   65, 

104 

Ten  i  son,  146 
Teoni,  20 
Terrell,  23 
Terry,  175,  219,  278 
Tey.  81,  99 
Thalemache,  9 
Thclnetham,  300 
Theltham,  248 
Theobald,  275 
Theodred,  Bp.,  252 
Theodric,  162 
Thinge,  209 
Thirning,  154 
Thomas,  265,  282,  287, 

288,  291 
Thompson,     209,      288, 

290 

Thormod,  102 
Thomeff,  105 
Thornhill,  249,  279 
Thorold,  197 
Thorp(e),    40,    80,    83, 

*S',     «5*.     «S4.     '55- 

Mi 

Throgmorton,   172,  301 
Thrower,  207 


Thurlow,  243 
Thurmod(e),  319 
Thurmood,  319 
Thurston,    41,   66,    113 

140,  300,  331.  336 
Thwaites,  40 
Tibetot,  79,  i  if, 
Tichebourn,  89*1. 
Ticheburne.  89 
Tilney,  15,  81,  83,  84 
Tilton,  172 
Timperley,   5111.,   54-57 

161-179,  264 
Tinting.  298 
Tiptot,  26 
Tirwhit,  153 
Tocha,  5 
Todenham,  72 
Toli,  119.  228 
Ti, llt-mac  he.   10,   11,   13 

33-  'oo 

Toubrigg,  181 
Touns,  308 
Touny,  287 
Tooke,  4,  34 
Tooke,  Hales-,  34 
Tooley,  158 
Torrington,  285 
Tost,  77 

Tostin,  9,  119,  124,  126 
Tostock,  347 
Touse,  318 
Tower,  206 
Townesend,  351 
Townsend,  122 
Townson,  275 
Treice,  33&n. 
Treie,  200 
Trelawney,  305 
Tricker,  241 
Trimmer,  337 
Tripp,  280,  283-285,  292, 

293 

Trumpington,  245 
Trumuin,  104 
Pudman,  60,  61,  141 
Pulby,  146 
Pumenan,  109 
Puneman,  108 
Purchill,  25,  26 
Purgisus,  5 
Purgot,  104 
Turi,  5,  36,  85 
Turner,  34,  56,  63,  205. 

208,  209,  236,  308 
Tweed,  135 
rwyer,  81,  171 
Ty,  86,  99.  152 
Tychebourne,  Kt)n. 
Tye,  23,  352 
Tyffyn,  236 
Tyllott,  294 
Tylney,  77,  81,92 
Tymworth,  345 
fyndale,  29,  240 
Tyrell,  7,   181-188,   190- 

192,  202,  203,  209,  225, 

23'-233-  235-238,  252. 

314.  3i4». 
'yrrell.  173,  249 
yrwhite,  153 
'yrwytt,  341 
yse,  319 


Tyson,  125 
Ufford,   3,  86,  99,    116 
129,     151,     152,     15 
197,     200,     201,     235 

258,  266 
Ulestan,  28 
Ulfketel,  E.,  255,  265 

294.  322,  326,  354 
Ulmar,  25 
Ulnod,  85 
Ulsi,  104 

Ulster,  E.  of,  14311. 
Uluric,  108 
Ulveva.  71 
Ulvey,  25 
Ulwin,  70 
Umfravile,  234 
Underwood,  208,  240 
Ungle,  96 
Upton,  301 
Ustred,   140 
Valence,  see  Waterford 
Vallibus,  in,  113,  11 
Valoignes,  43 
Valoines,  309 
Valoins,  151 
Vandyke,  57 
Varennes,  130,  131,  272 

316 

Vaux,  in,  113,  172 
Veisey,  59.  60,  141 
Ventris,  269 
Ver,  32 
Verdon,    86,    165,    255 

256,  360 
Vere,  5,   14,  17,  18,  21 

28,    34,    65,    94,     ioi 

105,     106,     198,     252 

327,  348 
Verney,  352 
Vernon,  8,  121-123 
Verulam,  Ld.,  2O4«. 
Vesey,    58-63,    92,    140 

141,  152 

Villiers,  236,  237 
Visdelieu,  28,  86,  87,  91 

98,  99 
Voisey,  59 
Voss,  102 
Vyse.  343 
Wachesham,  121 
Waddington,  298,  355 
Wade,  138,  209 
Wage,  214 

Wakely(n),  277*.,  278 
Wakorle(e),  277 
Wakerley,  275-279,  319 
Wakirle,  277 
Waldegrave,  13,  44,  69 

73.  77.  '03,  214,  304 

35'.  35* 
Walden,  247*1. 
Waldingfield,  17 
Waleys.  91 
Walker,  20,  138 
Walkerleye,  277 
Walkfare,  265-267 
Wall,  135*. 
Waller.  320 
Walleys,  91,  172 
Walpole,  184,  254,  297 

3°3.  3*3 
Walsham,  272 


Walsingham,     33,     34, 

204,  223,  263 
Walsokene,  260 
Walter,  162,  239 
Walton,   17,   18,  21,  59, 

97.  «40 

Wankford     or     Wang- 
ford,  61-63 
Wanz,  9,  14,  85 
Ward,  45,  '25,  «38,  '53. 

IOOH.,    207,    209,    282, 

3'4 

Warde,  101,  292 
Warden,  Abbot  of,  302 
Warenger,  212 
Warner,  223 
Warren,   142,  235,  272, 

282,  285.  289,  290,  345 
Warren,  E.,  64,  90,  318 
Warreyn,  285 
Warwick,    E.    of,     178. 

185,  200,  361 
Waryn,  77 
Waspe,  62 

Waterford,  E.  of,  165 
Watcrhouse,  161 
Watford,  164 
Watryley,  278 
Watson,  302 
Weaver,  223,  263 
Webb(e),  147,  194,  226, 

...2(>4,  348,  355 
Webster,  142 
Weever,  6,  304 
\\Vinhou,  3 
Welbeck,  48 
Welbury,  280 
Wei  ham,  208 
Welle,  76 
Weller,  331,  336*. 
Welles,  177,  259 
Wellington,  D.  of,  165 
Wells,    29,    171*.,    199, 

322,  328 

\Velnetham,  350 
Weman,  256 
Wenhon,  22 
Wenn,  259,  351,  353 
Went(e),    54,    106,    107, 

180,  237,  238 
Wentworth,  26,  54,  109, 

218,  246,  247,  285,  352 
Wenycve,  60,   141,   156, 

'57,  260 
A'est,  210 
A'estbrom,  201 
iVestern,  24,  106 
iVesthorp,  324 
Westmoreland,    E.  .of, 

164,  252,  361 
iVestmoreton,     E.     of, 

58n. 

.Vest on,  5 
Westoneston  or  Wiston, 

'55 

Vestwode,  17 
.Vexford,  E.  of,  165 
iVeyland,  142,  217,  352, 

353 

Veyward,  77 
Vhale,  326 
Vhelnetham,    17,    350, 

353 


INDEX   NOMINUM. 


XXlll. 


Whetley,  18 
Whettell,  249,  250 
Whipple,  see  Tendring. 
Whitaker,  269 
White,  218,  264,  298 
Whitgrave,  173 
Whittell,  46 
Whytaker,  287 
Wicke,  209 
Wickingham,  348 
VVigmore,  66 
Wilcocks,  Dr.,  257 
Wilcox,  122 
Wilfric,  299 
Willement,  343 
Willford,  204 
William,   79,    in,    114, 

162,  239,  272,  302 
William  Rufus,  181 
Williams,  68,  208,  241 
Willis,  153 
Willoughby,    i,   54,   56, 

116,  152-155,  186,  258, 

259 

Wilson,  308,  324,  337 
Wilton,  116 
Wilts,  E.  of,  73,  177 
Wimarc,  40,  47,  85,  94 
Wimarcson,  9,  119 
Wimundhale,  5 
Wincenan,  24 


Winchester,  Bp.  of,  34   ] 
Winchester,    Marq.    of,1 

263 

Wincks,  207 
Windham,  186 
Windsor,  13,  252,  320 
Wingfield,    23,    24,   40,! 

SIM.,   53,  66,  77,   MM, 

115,     116,     160,     161, 

211,  278,  359 
Wisgar,  159,  167,  345 
Wiston,   see   Westones- 

ton. 

Wistric,  85 
Witgar,  158,  159,  228 
Withe,  109 
Withepole,  175,  I75«- 
Withermarsh,  48,  69 
Witherpole,  231 
Withmer,  216 
Wodderspoon,  197,  198/1 
Wodehous,  352 
Woderowe,  156 
Wolf,  17,  53,  88 
Wolferston,   17,  32,  40, 

77,  91,  101,  109 
Wolfreston,  53,  71,  124 
Wollaston,  173-176 
Wolsey,  12,  13,  26,  31, 

57-58*.,  121,  122,  155 
Wolverston,  64,  87,  124 


Wolverton,  104 
Wombwell,  308 
Wood,  264,  287,  320, 

355.  363 
Woodhous(e),  235,  347, 

348 
Woodhous   al.    Reppes, 

348 

Woolnough,  149,  159 
Wool  version,  124 
Woolward,  28 
Wooton,  236 
Wootton,  320 
Worcester,  Bp.  of,  142 
Worcester,    E.    of,    65, 

352,  353,  361 

Wordsworth,  269 

Worswick,  341 

Wotton,  348 

Wove,  aig 

Wrenn,  262 

Wright,  12,  41,  42,  92, 
174,  207,  208,  225, 
226,  241,  258,  283, 
287,  302,  357,  359 

Wroxham,  152 

Wryght,  153 

Wryght  al.  Reve,  268 

Wudard,  340 

Wurliche,  140 


Wyard,  210,  241 

Wyeham,  89 

Wygathe,  247 

Wylde,  139 

Wyles,  153 

Wymbysch,  291 

Wymondsham,  354 

Wyndefore,  214 

Wyndham,  33,  247 

Wyngefeld,  53*.,  325 

Wyngfeld,  88,  105,  252 

Wynne,  122 

Wynter,  266,  351 

Wyseman,  23,  i75«. 

Wythepowle,  35 

Wytton,  93 

Yaxley,  285.  See  Her- 
bert. 

Yelverton,  186,  362 

Yerburghe,  153 

Yerdeburgh,  153 

Yonge,  54 

York,  Abp.  of,  155,  163, 
184 

York,  Title,  80,  105, 
153,  178,  196,  352, 
353,  36i 

Young,  160,  257,  258 

Zouche,  Lord,  114 


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